Welcome to lesson 1 of my ‘Pleasure of Tarot’ course.

I hope you will find these lessons fun and easy to understand.

The course is designed to introduce you to the wonderful world of Tarot and help you to start reading the cards yourself. As I mentioned in the pre-course email you will need to work with your own deck and have at least one or more books to refer to.

Don’t worry if you don’t have your cards or books yet, simply save this lesson for when you are ready to start. We will be sending you subsequent lessons each week so feel free to study and practice at your own leisure.

I believe it is a gift to be able to work with the Tarot cards and communicate with people at a metaphysical level, helping to bring clarity and hope into their lives, and of course there is a great meditative quality working with the cards for yourself.

This is why I don’t believe learning the Tarot should be treated ‘academically’. Of course there is a lot to study and remember, however, your interpretations must be personal to you. In order to do this, you must learn to develop your own relationship with the cards by understanding the feelings, visions and insights you get from them. This introductory course focuses on helping you begin to develop that relationship.

We won’t be covering the history of the Tarot in any great detail, as there are many sites that cover that subject very well, (check our links page for useful sites), and of course there’s a plethora of books for that purpose.

I would recommend studying a number of Tarot books, as I always find something of value from all the very talented Tarot readers out there! As you get to know the cards by studying other people’s interpretations, you will see that the cards have particular positive and negative meanings. What varies is how each of us communicates those interpretations.

Therefore, it is true to say that all of us who work with the Tarot understand that there’s a standard, (for want of a better word), interpretation for each card, but we are all free to communicate that meaning in a way that reflects our spirit and personality.

Each lesson will contain some key information for you to learn and remember, a few practical exercises and 5 multiple choice questions for you to test your understanding and comprehension of the lesson.

If you would like to talk to other 'students' or share your ideas and views about this course, come and join the discussion at the Lotus Tarot Forum:

click here to join the forum and make some friends whilst learning more about your cards and readings!

Have fun and enjoy!!

Best wishes,
Alison