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- 1. Tarot Basics Dr. Charlotte Venkatraman
- 2. About me Doctor and psychiatrist Small business in aromatherapy and other holistic therapies including tarot Interest in tarot since childhood Work part time as a doctor and holistic practitioner now Trustee for Mind
- 3. History of the tarot 14th Century Italy – earliest recorded use in Europe. May have been in use before that. Mostly for games initially French magical revival in the 19th Century – cards seen as illustrating a spiritual journey A.E. Waite and the RWS deck
- 4. Overview 78 Cards in total 22 Majors – spiritual journey. ‘The Fool’s Journey’ 40 Minors – everyday events. Four Suits – Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles 16 Court cards – King, Queen, Knight, Page
- 5. Minors – 4 suits Wands – Fire – South. Ambition / Career Cups – Water – West. Emotion / Relationships Swords – Air – East. Thought / Strategy Pentacles – Earth – North. Resources / Money / Job All numbered 1-10 (Aces = 1) Creative task with 10 stages
- 11. Court Cards Like Jack, Queen King of playing cards Represent people in your life, aspects of you, giving advice King – stable energy Queen – nurturing / becoming Knight – dynamic / moving (adolescent / male) Page – new / young (child / female) Each has a personality
- 13. Majors Labelled 0-22 From the Fool to The World and back around. Spiritual journey – Start with nothing, develop your ego, obtain the world, start again. Constant cycle of Birth, Death and Rebirth Look at the picture Try to think of 0ne or two words to sum it up i.e. ‘new beginnings’, ‘hope’
- 15. Ways of using the cards Divination – different spreads Read for yourself Jung and psychotherapy Meditation / rituals Daily card Walk into the card Art
- 16. Try a reading Let your client shuffle them 3 card reading Past – Present - Future Think about minor suits 1-10 Court card personalities – think of the suit / gender / age Majors – look at the picture and think of a word to describe it Make a story
- 17. Dowsing and tarot Write down different areas of your life – e.g. Career, Money, Relationships, Home, Family Lay cards on them face down Dowse to see which is the most important aspect at the moment Look at the card to see what the main issue is. Add more cards to look for solutions
- 18. Where to go from here Be Flexible! I’m available for readings and teaching in small groups or 1:1 – www.chartopia.co.uk Tarot professionals – http://www.tarotassociation.net/ Magicka school – http://www.magickaschool.com/ Books – learning the tarot, living the tarot, tarosophy, Kick start guides