This course will examine the Tarot through the lens of Jungian psychology to understand the inner processes and structure of the psyche. This course will examine the Major and Minor Arcana of the Tarot to amplify the Jungian concepts of personal unconscious, collective unconscious, the Self, persona, anima and animus amongst others. These terms will be explained throughout the course.

This course will also explore how to use the symbols and images of the Tarot to gain a deeper understanding about the development of ego-personality as an adaptation to our inner and outer worlds, and to develop the skills to self-reflect on our habits of thinking, feeling and doing.

We look at other people and think we know them, just as we look at ourselves and think we know who we are, but by consulting the Tarot through the lens of Jungian psychology we can come to know ourselves in a more fundamental way. We meet ourselves in the Tarot.

During the course participants will also explore the divinatory and oracular powers of the Tarot using Jung’s concept of synchronicity. In between classes participants will be given various course work to do to deepen their understanding and insights of the arcana: starting a Tarot journal, using various practice spreads, exploring the elements with the 4 suits of the Minor Arcana, and using active imagination to understand the creativity of the Tarot symbols and images.