Tarot classes

Jeni Bethell Tarot Reader and Teacher Melbourne Tel: +61 (0)3 9481 8450 Mobile: +61 (0)411 279933 Email: jenibeth@netspace.net.au

The following courses are offered for 2008.

• Comprehensive introductory Tarot course
• Advanced Tarot course
• Meditation on the Major Arcana
• Tarot and the wheel of the year

All classes will be conducted in Clifton Hill.

Comprehensive introductory Tarot course
(20 weeks)

This course is ideal for:

• Those of you who have 'dabbled' with the cards and now wish to consolidate and expand your Tarot understandings
• Those of you who have done a short introductory course or workshop that has inspired you to now develop a more thorough understanding of the cards
• It is also an appropriate choice for complete novices to the world of Tarot cards.

Using the Waite-Smith style Tarot decks (that include the Rider-Waite deck, the Universal Tarot deck, the Radiance Tarot deck and the Diamond Tarot deck), the course provides students with a thorough foundation in the basics of Tarot cards and their use.

One of the aims of the course is to have students develop to the point where they can conduct meaningful readings without the need to refer back to textbooks or notes.

The course includes:

• Study of both Major and Minor Arcana
• An historical overview
• Examination of card symbolism and esoteric associations
• Card interpretation
• Introduction to several commonly used spreads
• Practice in reading and interpreting spreads
• Discussion of ethical considerations
• Detailed accompanying notes
• Review of books and decks available
• A Certificate of Completion.

These are active classes that encourage lots of student participation and co-operation in the learning process.

Class sizes are restricted to ensure an atmosphere of intimacy, warmth and trust.

The course will be conducted at the following times:

For more information about this course, Phone or email Jeni.

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Tarot Meditations: journey through the Major Arcana

“A journey through the Tarot cards is primarily a journey into our own depths”
Sallie Nichols – ‘Jung and the Tarot: An Archetypal Journey’

This course is designed for those who wish to develop a much deeper understanding of each archetypal image depicted by these cards.  At the same time participants may gain personal insights and  understandings about themselves, their psychological and spiritual growth.

 Each session will include:

• examination of the focus card
• journal work
• a guided meditation relating to the card  
• group sharing
• a Tarot reading activity which includes the focus card.

Phone or email for more details or to reserve you place.

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Advanced Tarot course

This 16-WEEK course is designed for people who already work with the Tarot cards and now wish to further develop and expand their Tarot knowledge and skills.

The course will focus on many important aspects of the Tarot in much greater detail than is possible in a standard Tarot course. With each topic, students will have the chance to acquire new understandings and then apply these, at the same time gaining feedback from other participants and myself.

There will be an emphasis on hands-on, experiential learning, with individual, paired and whole group activities.

This is an opportunity to:

• Spend quality time with like-minded people who share your passion for the Tarot, in a warm, comfortable environment
• Apply and advance your existing Tarot knowledge and skills.

Topics to be covered include:

• The Court Cards
• Tarot and Astrology
• Tarot Reversals
• Business, Career and Finances
• Romantic Love and Relationships
• Health and Well-being
• Working with the Moon
• Karma and the Soul's Journey
• Tarot associations
• Tarot profile.

Each topic will run for one, two or three sessions, depending on its complexity.

Phone or email for more details or to reserve you place.

Tarot and the wheel of the year

This new course is designed to:

• familiarise participants with the turning of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, the yearly cycle of Mother Nature
• recognise how our personal yearly cycles ideally parallel those of Mother Nature
• work with specific Tarot spreads appropriate to each festival to better understand our own cycles and work with them constructively. 

Each meeting will include an element of mythology, and a meditation; but the main focus will be working with the Tarot to elucidate each participant's personal journey through the cycles of the year.  

In 2008, meetings will be held of a Sunday evening, between 7pm and 10pm as follows:

• YULE -  22 June
• IMBOLC - 3 August
• SPRING EQUINOX - 21 September
• BELTANE - 2 October
• SUMMER SOLSTICE - 21 December

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Cards on this page are from the
Connolly Tarot Deck, created by
Eileen Connolly, Artwork by
Peter Paul Connolly,
U.S. Games Systems, Inc. 1990.