A WALK THROUGH THE MINOR ARCANA

AGENDA

▸ Intro + Housekeeping

▸ Intro to Tarot

▸ Keys to Interpreting the Minor Arcana

▸ Building a Relationship With the Cards

▸ Minor Arcana Suits & Numbers

▸ Court Cards

▸ “Difficult” Cards and Troubleshooting Open Floor

▸ Exercises for Home + Further Reading

INTRO/HOUSEKEEPING

HOUSEKEEPING▸ Bathrooms

▸ Etiquette: Consent is mandatory when touching cards or people

▸ Handouts, Notes, & Additional Resources at https://bit.ly/minor-arcana

▸ Questions

▸ Question for Y’all: How Long Have You Been “Doing Tarot”?

▸ Brand-new!

▸ At least 1 year

▸ At least 3 years

▸ At least 5 years

INTRO TOTAROT

WHAT IS TAROT?

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR & MINOR ARCANA? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?

KEYS TO INTERPRETING THE MINOR ARCANA

KEY 1: TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATIONS

KEY 2: YOUR INTERPRETATIONS

DRAW A RANDOM CARD. WHAT DOES THIS CARD SAY TO YOU NOW? WHAT DETAILS DO YOU NOTICE? PARTNER WITH A PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SHARE.

Exercise Time!

KEY 3: SPREADS

BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CARDS

THINK OF A SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE. GO THROUGH THE DECK AND CHOOSE A PAST, A PRESENT, AND A FUTURE CARD FOR THAT SITUATION. LEAVE THESE CARDS OUT - WE’LL USE THEM IN THE NEXT EXERCISE.

Exercise Time!

SHUFFLE AND DRAW A 3-CARD “PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE” READING ON THAT SAME SITUATION. THIS IS THE DECK’S PERSPECTIVE. HOW DOES IT DIFFER?

Exercise Time!

SUITS & NUMBERS

CUPS

WANDS

PENTACLES

SWORDS

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

COURT CARDS

PAGE

KNIGHT

QUEEN

KING

LOOK THROUGH YOUR DECK AND PULL A COURT CARD. WHO IN YOUR LIFE MIGHT BE REPRESENTED BY THIS CARD? TALK WITH YOUR PARTNER.

Exercise Time!

LOOK THROUGH YOUR DECK AND PULL ANOTHER COURT CARD. HOW MIGHT THIS CARD CONNECT TO WHERE YOU’RE AT IN LIFE RIGHT NOW? TALK WITH YOUR PARTNER.

Exercise Time!

“DIFFICULT” CARDS & TROUBLESHOOTING

HOME EXERCISES & FURTHER READING

HOME EXERCISES

▸ All the Exercises We’ve Done Today

▸ Card a Day

▸ Past, Present, Future + The Deck’s Perspective

▸ Test Spreads to See What Works for You

FURTHER READING & STUDY▸ Radiant Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck

▸ Courtney Weber, Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself

▸ Rachel Pollack, 78 Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness (2019 edition now available)

▸ Isabel Radow Kleigman, Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana

▸ Lon Milo DuQuette, The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Know to Become a Qabalist

▸ Theresa Reed, The Tarot Coloring Book

▸ Other stuff I’ve done:

▸ 2017 Qabala Ritual series: http://bit.ly/qabala-rituals

▸ Genderqueer Tree of Life class: http://bit.ly/genderqueer-qabala

QUESTIONS?

Annie Lynsen • alynsen@gmail.com • @heyluckyannie