
Learn tarot from it’s roots: where do these cards come from? Who brought them to the west? How should the cards be used? Are all tarot decks the same? What makes a deck of cards a tarot deck? These and many more questions are answered in this section of the course.
please ignore the ifram here - it doesn't seem to work properly - but here is the link to the intro video class for you:
http://www.virtualtarotschool.com/learn-tarot/tarot-class-1-an-intro-to-tarot-2/
Tarot Class 2: the 4 suits
Tarot suits all basically follow the same patterns, no matter what the individual deck you are looking at chooses to call the suits. An in depth training that will make sense of all sorts of decks for you, and clarify the meaning of each of the suits for you.
Tarot Class 3: numbers 1-5 of all the suits
learn tarot meanings of numbers 1-5 of each suit in your deck. They follow a very simple pattern that will only take you about 15 minutes to get the hang of. Learn this pattern, and you will be able to read 20 of the tarot’s cards in under 15 minutes.
Tarot Class 4: numbers 6-10 of all the suits
Learn tarot meanings of numbers 6-10 of each suit in your deck. They follow a very simple pattern that will only take you about 15 minutes to get the hang of. Learn this pattern, and you will be able to read the next 20 of the tarot’s cards in under 15 minutes. By the end of this section of the training, you will have 40 of the 78 cards under your belt already!
Learn the meanings of the pages, knights, queens and kings of the tarot suits, and also their equivalents and substitutes in alternate decks. By the end of this training you will have 56 of the 78 cards learned!
Tarot Class 6: Intro to the major arcana of the Tarot
Tarot’s major arcana cards are the “biggies” of the deck. They take a bit more time to learn, but don’t worry: we’ve got some patterns for you here also. You will learn how to tell a major card from a minor card in any deck, how to lay them out for the rest of the training, and how to approach these cards versus the minor arcana.
In this bonus video, I show you about 12 different alternative decks, to illustrate that, no matter what your deck “calls” your major arcana cards, they will still correlate to the traditional archetypes 99 percent of the time. The best way to get a feel for this is to look at different decks’ interpretations of the major cards, hence this video to show them to you.
In part 8 we will guide you to lay out the majors in a tableau arrangement. In this training, we’ll walk you through the first row of the tableau, including learning in depth meanings for the Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, Lovers and Chariot cards and their equivalents in alternate decks. Numerology of these cards is also discussed, along with a few archetypal stories that will help you remember what you have learned easily.
Tarot class 9: The Second Row of the Tableau
In this training, we look at the second row of the tableau, including meanings for Strength, the Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, the Hanged Man, Death and Temperance, along with their equivalents and counterparts in alternate decks. In addition to these cards own numerology, we will start to see how they relate to each other and also to the cards of the first row. Archetypal stories are weaved into the visual and audio teachings to help you remember the meanings of the cards effortlessly.
Tarot class 10: The Third Row of the Tableau
In this training, we look at the third row of the tableau, including meanings for the Devil, the Tower, the Star, the Moon, the Sun, Judgement and the World, along with their counterparts and their equivalents in alternate decks. In addition to these cards’ own numerologies, we will see how they relate and correlate to the cards in the first and second rows, as well as looking at cross- sum relationships with other cards and other numerological and visual relationships between the cards. Archetypal stories and symbols are also given to make these cards deep meanings easy to grasp, understand and remember. After this training, you will have a knowledge of all 78 cards covered!
Tarot Class 11: Intro to reading the cards
This training will allow you to confidently start putting your comprehensive knowledge of the Tarot together and begin learning how to read the cards in different spreads. Many myths about reading cards are dispelled, and important best practices are given. How to shuffle the cards is talked about, and also how to form a relationship with your querents (those that you are reading for)
Tarot Class 12: Card Reversals
Reversed cards in readings often confuse people, or scare them off altogether because they appear complicated! this lesson will clear all that up for you in a very straightforward way with several good, clear pointers on how to address reversed cards.
Tarot Class 13: The Celtic Cross Spread
this training will show you how to lay out and read the Celtic Cross Spread, which is probably the most widely known and used tarot spread, although it is often misunderstood. Enjoy
here is another training - shorter - that I did a year ago for the Celtic Cross spread.
follow along with a real- life celtic cross reading
there are a few different ways to do choice spreads - here's one of my favorites for you.
here's another of my favorite choice spreads for you!
This course will lead the novice reader from absolute zero knowledge of reading cards to complete competence, with NO memorization needed - within about 9 hours!
The student will learn a PATTERN of reading that stems from knowledge of the 4 elements, numerology, symbolism, jungian archetypes and mythic hero's journey reference which will enable them to pick up ANY deck of tarot cards and read with them. The system taught focuses on patterns and number association and is therefore translatable to reading with ANY 78-card deck. (All real tarot decks have 78 cards in them)
The tarot course will lead you first through learning to read the "minor arcana" cards - of which there are 56, divided into 4 suits... and after that will lead you through reading the "major arcana" cards - of which there are 22. Laura lays the cards out in a series of patterns in which you are taught to easily remember the themes of each aspect of each card rather than memorizing 78 disparate meanings - there really are very easy-to-learn patterns in a tarot deck - and when you grasp the pattens you can read easily with any deck in the world! - all in about 9 hours of instruction and learning in easy video format.