Further Tarot Card Reading (every other Monday)

Intermediate Tarot Course: Diving Deeper

This course remains designed for tarot readers with a solid foundation from our Tarot for Fun  Over three sessions of 2.5 hours each, we'll delve deeper into specific aspects of tarot, enhancing your ability to receive insightful messages for yourself and loved ones.

Session 1: Mastering the Celtic Cross for Personal Growth

The Celtic Cross remains our focus, but here we'll explore it for gaining clarity on personal challenges and aspirations.

• History and Variations: We'll touch on the origins of the Celtic Cross and discuss layouts that resonate with personal growth.
• Positional Meanings with Personal Lens: We'll re-examine the Celtic Cross positions, focusing on how each area relates to your inner landscape, self-discovery, and personal journey.
• Card Combinations for Deeper Understanding: This session dives into interpreting card combinations within the context of personal growth. Learn to connect with the messages about overcoming obstacles, achieving goals, and understanding yourself.
• Journaling with Tarot: We'll explore journaling techniques to capture insights from your readings and track your personal development journey with the cards.
• Practice Readings for Personal Exploration: Participants will perform practice readings using the Celtic Cross spread, focusing on their own areas of growth. Feedback will be provided in a supportive environment.

Session Materials:

• Handout outlining the Celtic Cross layout and personalised interpretations for each position.
• Reference sheets for card interpretations focusing on personal growth.
• Journaling prompts specific to tarot readings and self-discovery.

Additional Notes:

• This session assumes a basic understanding of tarot card meanings.
• Participants are encouraged to bring their own tarot deck and a dedicated tarot journal.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Confidently perform Celtic Cross readings for personal exploration.
• Interpret the specific meanings of each position within the spread, focusing on your inner world and personal journey.
• Analyse card combinations to gain deeper insights into personal challenges and goals.
• Integrate journaling with your tarot practice to track insights and growth.

Session 2: Exploring Themes in Readings for Self-Awareness

This session expands on identifying and interpreting themes, but with a focus on self-awareness and personal development.

• Identifying Themes for Personal Growth: Learn techniques to uncover overarching narratives within a spread that relate to your journey of self-discovery.
• Connecting Cards for Enhanced Understanding: We'll delve into methods for understanding how seemingly unconnected cards relate to your personal theme.
• Theme-Specific Interpretations for Personal Growth: Learn how to tailor your interpretations of individual cards to align with the overall theme of your self-discovery journey.
• Case Studies in Self-Awareness: Analyse sample readings with thematic analysis illustrating personal growth.
• Practice Readings with Self-Exploration Focus: Participants will conduct practice readings for one another, focusing on identifying and interpreting themes for self-awareness. Feedback will be provided on thematic coherence and personal relevance.

Session Materials:

• Handout on techniques for identifying personal growth themes in tarot spreads.
• Case study examples with thematic analysis focused on self-awareness.
• Practice sheets for thematic interpretation exercises focusing on personal growth.

Additional Notes:

• A solid understanding of basic card meanings and the Celtic Cross spread is recommended.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Identify recurring themes within a tarot spread that relate to your personal growth.
• Analyze the connections between seemingly disparate cards and how they contribute to your self-awareness theme.
• Adapt your interpretations of individual cards to align with your overall journey of self-discovery.
• Deliver tarot readings that offer insightful messages and promote self-growth.

Session 3: Deepening Your Connection with the Cards

This final session focuses on strengthening your personal connection with the cards and your intuition.

• Meditation and Tarot: Learn how to use meditation practices to enhance focus and open yourself to deeper communication with the cards.
• Intuition Development: Explore exercises and strategies to strengthen your intuition and trust your gut feeling during readings.
• Creative Exploration with Tarot: Learn creative journaling, art, or other methods to integrate your tarot practice with personal expression.
• Developing Your Ritual: We'll discuss building a personal tarot ritual that sets the right headspace for insightful readings.
• Sharing Your Journey: Open forum to share experiences, challenges, and successes in your personal tarot exploration.

Session Materials:

• Handout on meditation and intuition development exercises for tarot practice.
• Prompts for creative exploration with tarot.
• Resources for developing your personal tarot ritual.

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