About Monica

Monica Basile, PhD (she/her) is a visual artist and graphic designer, Reiki master/teacher, and the creator of The Earth Speaks Oracle Deck.

With 28 years of experience as a midwife and bodyworker, Monica weaves her deep appreciation of nature’s rhythms and the body's wisdom into visual explorations of seasonal transformation and cyclical renewal. Her work invites people to experience beauty, enchantment, and connection to the earth as pathways to inner peace.

Drawing on her ongoing herbal studies and lifelong connection with plants, her art practice currently focuses on botanical illustrations as meditations on the spiritual-material interconnectedness between humans and ecosystems.

Monica is a mother and a longtime yoga and meditation practitioner. She believes in the power of gentle compassion, the wisdom of the body, and the light within all beings.

Monica holds a PhD in gender, women’s and sexuality studies. Her commitments to social, reproductive, and environmental justice are present in all she does.