Meet Julie

Born and raised in Chicago, IL on
March 23, 1972,
I am a K♣️/4♦️

The King of ♣️ is
“The Master Of Knowledge” Card.

The 4 of ♦️ is
“The Stability In Values Card”.

From an early age, I was obsessed with all things metaphysical.

I grew up in a house that had paranormal activity (no kidding) which was subsequently twice exorcised by the Catholic Church! I quickly realized that forces unseen, really do exist!
My mother had friends who were Astrologers, Psychics, Psychologists, Nurses and Clergy, so she relied on them to help us understand what was happening to our family during these times of unexplainable high strangeness. Being raised Catholic, I was simultaneously exposed to alternative perceptions, hidden history and secret knowledge during my formative years.

My parents divorced when I was 7.
I had beyond my basic needs met, but I did not have healthy role models.
But that’s a whole other story.

As soon as I could read, I began my journey dedicated to understanding my place in this weird and wonderful world that we live in. Books were always my friend, and humanity’s mere existence, my motivation.

At 14 years old, I began to experiment with finding answers and solutions in psychedelic medicines. I approached these sacred hallucinogenic substances with both respect and specific intention. That is to say, I did not use them for fun, or to get high.
Psychedelic Medicine came to me as a teacher and a tool for my spiritual and personal evolution.

During my late teens until my mid thirties, I numbed myself with alcohol, which put a hold on the development of my abilities and senses. It was a failed attempt to escape the harsh realities of the state of humanity, and the world …and me having no choice but to be part of it.

I still do not understand how hunger, poverty, homelessness, slavery, human trafficking, violence, corruption, war, and all color of egregious injustices still exists today ….and these sufferings of humanity still needlessly permeate the quality of life for the Earth’s sentient beings!

After all of these years… have we learned nothing from the past?

This planet appears severely mismanaged,
but that’s a thousand or more rabbit holes down...

Humans suffer, including me.
I have always wondered if I could help ease, or even end suffering, for just 1 person… beside myself. But how?

Shielded behind a loss of hope for lack of an answer, I decided to go to cooking school, because I really like to eat. Pursue your passion, right?
I could have been a rising star as a chef, but the long hours of the restaurant grind, drove me into the softer gentler, more waistline fattening arms of the bakery business. I was hired as a baker and became a master cake decorator.
I love to cook, and I still create highly customized cakes today. For a glimpse of my handiwork, check out Julie Zee Baker.

When the glamour of “chef-ism” wore off, I became unhappy. I loved the work, but it wasn’t fulfilling what I felt was my destiny. I thought I would try to find my life purpose in pursuing another passion… mother nature and the outdoors. I found an avenue in retail sales with job at REI. Within a year, I has learned to sell, wrench on bikes, fit a shoe, paddle a boat, and design an appealingly merchandised retail store! I improved me and my overall everything!

My most valuable lesson to date, was learning about myself in how I react to, and then treat other people.

I found myself rising in management, leading a staff of 70+ employees, then training the trainers, managers and my peers…. all while playing outside in some of the most beautiful places in the USA! I was fit, financially and otherwise, except I didn’t have the guy.
But I had finally figured it out, at least partially.

7 years later, I got lucky when I found the one- my husband!
We married in paradise on a beautiful beach near Tulum, MX in 2005!

It was around then, that I left retail. It definitely wasn’t my life’s purpose.
Bottom line: I was not happy. Again.

So… I got creative and combined 2 of my passions: helping people and metaphysical studies. I took work as a Family Service Counselor in the death care industry. I further learned about the preciousness of our time on Earth, the process of dying and how to treat people as I assisted families through grief, loss and painful choices.

Then, one day while at work, I got an email followed by a phone call from an angry husband… concerning his wife’s infidelity with my husband….
and he had the emails printed out to prove it.

We filed a no fault, easiest, cheapest divorce and I moved from Texas…
to the Peruvian Andes.
Yeah. That’s was my reaction.
And I am proud of the courage and confidence required to make it happen.



In Peru, I became a director of an orphanage while managing a retreat center called Hanaq Pacha, in the Sacred Valley. We hosted up to 30 people for Yoga, Ayahuasca and San Pedro healing Ceremonies. I learned even more about caring for people, especially during times of purging their own toxicities.

At 10,000 feet, having just 1 drink of alcohol was a sentence for a headache and ruined tomorrow. I sobered up. And I began to eat whole foods.

I began the deep work on purging my own toxicities.

In Peru, I was given the gift of working with Shipibo Indians and Shamans to use and learn about Plant Medicine.

I had one of the big curtains pulled back…
I began to see myself.

I also saw firsthand, that there are Shaman, and there are Showmen.

Immersed in the incomparable beauty of the Andes and it’s people, I became an avid photographer with a focus on the unusually dark night time sky. You can see my work here at OffTheGridInPeru on Wordpress.

Sobering up in the bosom of the middle of nowhere in nature, regifted me my clarity and a green light to keep up my search for how to ease my own suffering, and that of at least 1 other person..

During this time, I discovered the Magi Card Science.
I learned all about myself and the people around me. I started to “test” the books I had and was convinced enough that for many years to come, I performed readings for other people around me.

Alas, it was time to leave Peru.

Once I returned to the United States in 2013, I couldn’t bear moving to a concrete city after being secluded in the mountains for nearly 3 years. So I transitioned in the place that Mother Nature blessed- Sedona, AZ.

Great, but.. OH NO! What about Money….
I was forced back into what I knew- sales.
But I was able to once again chase my passions- Travel and helping people be happier by achieving their dreams with their loved one

After 7 successful years of touting the benefits of timeshare (which I stand with the owners that for the RIGHT people, it is a life improving asset), I found despair in the pits of the shark tank of the most difficult sales job in the world. What further drove me into anxiety, misery and unhappiness was the unbridled bullying that plagues the industry.

Still I am grateful for the skills learned, the wonderful people I met and all of the places I was able to travel.

When Covid-19 shut down the world, I felt a latent switch flip in my soul.
Something happened to me when the world changed in 2019.

I knew it was time to finally become the person I was meant to be. After a lifetime of struggling to find my Life Purpose, to find answers and solutions, to ease my suffering and that of at least 1 other person, the opportunity to become a Certified Magi Card Counselor appeared.

After the 2021 class with Robert Lee Camp, I created “Navigate Your Fate” to master and bring this knowledge and tool to as many people as I could, and that, my friends, meets the criteria of my life long quest.

And I won’t lie, taking a leap of faith by becoming myself was terrifying… financially, and otherwise.

Readied with the appropriate life experience, training and continued mentorship, I get to spend my days providing these crazy accurate readings to people who want access to the knowledge, contained within a simple deck of playing cards.

A mentor to Card Science students and an Elder member of The Order of The Magi, I am prepared to assist anyone who desires to live their most authentic life.

Sometimes, I still can’t wrap my head around the mystery of the card science and it’s dead on accuracy.. it’s connection to humanity, how old it is and how lucky I am to be chosen to speak it’s language.

I marvel at the persistent industriousness of mankind and have helped many along their way, including myself.

But it’s a process….
and a whole other story.