An Introduction to the Tarot - Course Outline

The First Meeting - 

    Part I - An overview of what we will cover in this class: 
	
	Necessary introductory remarks
	The Structure of the Tarot
	The Major Arcana - Archetypes
	The Minor Arcana
		The Four Elements
		The Numbered Cards
		The Court Cards
	The meanings of the cards and using your intuition
	How to lay out the cards, and
	Learning to interpret the cards

   Part II - The Four Elements

   Questions?

The Second Meeting - The Four Elements, continued, or review; 
The meanings of the numbers 1 to 10; The Court Cards (as time allows…)

The Third Meeting -  A review of the material covered so far; Questions?  The Major Arcana - universal themes, the major forces at work in a person’s life.

The Fourth Meeting - A few basic layouts; The Celtic Cross Spread; and, an introduction to reading the cards.

The Fifth Meeting - interpreting the cards - some basic principles.