Tarot Basics with Claire
8-week online course
Dates: Saturdays Feb 28; March 7, 14, 21, 28; April 11, 18, 25
Time: 2pm - 4pm (ET), 7pm-9pm (UK)
Classes are live and interactive and run weekly. There is no class April 4.​​​
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Free Introductory Webinar​:
On Saturday February 21 at 2pm ET I will give an overview of the tarot, a demo reading, and talk about my upcoming 8-week Tarot Basics course.
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Join Zoom videoconference here
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81990873576
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If the tarot has been calling to you and you’d like to learn it as a symbolic, intuitive way of knowing rather than something intimidating, mystical or woo-woo, join the free webinar to see if this course is the right fit for you.
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The full 8-week Tarot Basics course begins on Saturday 28 February. The program is designed for complete beginners and covers card meanings, the Major and Minor Arcana, the four suits, reversals, and how to confidently do meaningful readings. See the details and register below.​
Tarot Basics 8-Week Course ($250 or £185)
No prior tarot experience necessary: everyone welcome! Your instructor, Claire de la Varre, has been reading tarot for over 40 years, including professionally. Attendees will receive recordings of all classes.
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Feb 28: Lesson 1 – Overview of Tarot
Theme: What Tarot is (and isn’t)
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Brief history of tarot (cards as symbolic language, not fortune-telling)
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Structure of the deck: Major Arcana vs Minor Arcana
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How tarot works psychologically: archetypes, projection, intuition
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Choosing and caring for a deck
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Addressing common fears and misconceptions.
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Practice: One-card daily draw (no “wrong answers”)
March 7: Lesson 2 – The Major Arcana: The Hero’s Journey
Theme: Archetypes and life stages
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The Major Arcana as a map of human experience
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The Fool’s Journey (0–21) as psychological and spiritual development
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Key archetypes (Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Tower, Death, etc.)
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How Majors differ from Minors in readings
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Practice: Personal life-stage reflection using 3 Major cards
March 14: Lesson 3 – Minor Arcana Overview
Theme: Everyday life and lived experience
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The Minor Arcana as daily reality
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Overview of the four suits and their elements
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Wands – Fire – energy, creativity, purpose
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Cups – Water – emotions, relationships
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Swords – Air – thoughts, communication, conflict, pain
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Pentacles – Earth – work, body, money, stability
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Numbers 1–10 as developmental stages
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Practice: Identifying suit dominance in a spread
March 21: Lesson 4 – Suits in Depth
Theme: Passion, emotion, mind, material life
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Wands: drive, ambition, growth, burnout
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Cups: feelings, attachment, intimacy, emotional maturity
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Swords: thought patterns, communication, truth, anxiety
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Pentacles: work, health, money, embodiment, security
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Practice: Problem-solving spread using Swords and Pentacles
March 28: Lesson 5 – Court Cards
Theme: People, roles, and personality patterns
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Pages, Knights, Queens, Kings as stages of mastery
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Courts as:
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People
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Aspects of self
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Energetic roles or responses
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How courts change meaning by suit
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Practice: “Who am I being?” personality spread
April 11: Lesson 6 – Reversals
Theme: Using reversed cards in readings
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Upright vs reversed meanings
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Reversals as blocked, internal, or distorted energy
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Why use reversed meanings
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How stress shows up across suits
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Practice: three card spread
April 18: Lesson 7 – Celtic Cross and Relationship Spreads
Theme: Practical and versatile readings
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Celtic Cross is one of the most widely used tarot spreads
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Relationship reading
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Make your own spread
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Practice: Celtic Cross for yourself​
April 25: Lesson 8 – Intuition & Integration
Theme: Putting the cards together
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How to ask good questions
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Context, metaphorical, archetypal, and literal meanings
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Storytelling across multiple cards
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Extracting the correct meanings
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Reading intentionally and confidently
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Trusting intuition vs memorization
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Reading for self vs others
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Boundaries, consent, and ethical considerations (health, legal, financial questions)
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Developing a personal reading style
