My Tarot Journey: The Courses, Events and People
Tarot Journey Milestones (plus other courses and events)
1994 First Tarot Reading – Melbourne Australia, with Anne Shotter
1997 Bought first Tarot Deck – Universal RWS – Santa Barbara CA
1998 – Reiki I and II attunement
1999 – Reiki Karuna Master attunement
2000 Tarot Lessons 8 weeks – with Margit Immonen at her kitchen table on Saturdays – Canberra, Australia
2001 – Reiki and Sekhem Master attunements, I later taught small courses in Australia and Germany
2004 Tarot Guild of Australia (TGA) – Interest Member
2005 TGA Tarot Workshop – by Mary K Greer and Linda Marson, Sydney Australia
2005 TGA – Professional Member status achieved through the TGA Transition Process
2005 Tarot Association of The British Isle (TABI) – Join, Member
2006 TABI – Endorsed by TABI as a Free Reader
2006 TGA Tarot Workshop – by Mary K Greer and Linda Marson, Sydney Australia
2009 American Tarot Association – Join, Member
I had a long lapse from Tarot – I did readings infrequently, then returned on afterburner
2022 Biddy Tarot – April, joined as a Community Member and enrolled in several courses
2022 Biddy Tarot - Master the Tarot Cards Meanings, Reading Tarot with Confidence, and Become A Tarot Advisor. June, successfully completed the three courses
2022 Certified Biddy Tarot Advisor – July
2022 Omega Institute Tarot Intensive –7 Days, with Mary K Greer, T. Susan Chang, Carolyn Cushing, Jenna Matlin, and Nancy Hendrickson.
2022 Tarot Palooza - October - Virtual Tarot Summit with Barbara Moore and rising Tarot stars various
2022 Jenna Matlin - October/November Reader of the Deck Course – 5 week course, completed
• Spectral Reader – Tarot and Mediumship introduction workshop, attended
• Readers Relief – monthly Tarot Readers workshop, attended x 3
• Lenormand for Light Workers – Self-study course, 5 week, completed
• Psychic Readers Café workshop – attended, January 2023
2022/23 Tarosophy Tarot Diploma – 12 week course with Tarot Professionals by Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin, taught by Janine Worthington, successfully completed.
2023 Charms and Tarot workshop with Dina Berrin – January, attended.
2023 Octopus of Dreams – Tarot reading service launched in March.Tarot Milestones II
The Times of Laetitia.
2023 was mostly taken up with courses taught by Laetitia Barbier.
Her courses are a very enjoyable way to expand Art appreciation through the lens of Tarot.
Kissing the Muse: Breathing Passion into our Daily Tarot Rituals through Art, Magic, and Poetry by Laetitia Barbier. Tarotpalooza Workshop 2022
Death and Resurrection As Muse: Stirring Your Creativity in Times of Crisis with Tarot’s Forgotten Iconography, Symbolism and Storytelling Power, with Laetitia Barbier
Waking Up in Dreamtime: The How and Why of Lucid Dreaming: A Three-Week Online Course with Educator and Dream Worker Tristy Taylor
Orphic Realms: An Introductory Course to Intuitive Tarot with Laetitia Barbier
Dissecting the Tarot I: Reading Reversals, with Morbid Anatomy's Laetitia Barbier
Dissecting the Tarot II: The Celtic Cross Spread, with Morbid Anatomy's Laetitia Barbier
Dissecting the Tarot III: The Grand Tableau Spread: A Historical and Practical Guide into the Citadel of Stories with Professional Tarot Reader Laetitia Barbier
Surrealist Tarot Parlor II: The Treachery of Images with Professional Tarot Reader Laetitia Barbier
"Tarot and The Archetypal Journey" by Sallie Nichols: A Reading Group and Experiential Class led by Laetitia Barbier
Artomancy Circle: Using Art as a Mantic Mirror with Professional Tarot Reader Laetitia Barbier
Tarot as a Shrine: Inviting the Departed into the Reading Space, The College of Psychic Studies UK
The Art of Tarot Journaling: Archetypal Introspection and Self Exploration for a Daily Practice, with Laetitia Barbier
2024
Moon Phase Fantasia: A Nine-Week Autobiographical Workshop, Thea Wirsching and Laetitia Barbier
Explore the impact of Moon phases on personal growth and life patterns. A self-exploratory odyssey to meet the lunar phases' influence over 30 years.
Spectral Reader - Tarot mediumship is a whole new approach: Jenna Matli. My six-week course will introduce a unique process which will help you with:
· Incorporating mediumship, whatever your psychic and tarot abilities
· Feeling safe and secure as you explore the other worlds
· Growing your abilities to new levels previously unknown
· Instead of feeling like you are not "psychic enough" to be a medium, you will feel supported and ready to explore and learn from our beloved dead ancestors and more.
Courses with Laetitia 2024-25
Muses No More, Portrait of Occult Women, with Ùna Maria Blyth, April 2024
MOON PHASE FANTASIA: A 9-week autobiographical workshop with astrologer Thea Wirsching and Laetitia Barbier, May 2024
Death and Resurrection As Muse: Stirring Your Creativity in Times of Crisis with Tarot’s Forgotten Iconography, Symbolism and Storytelling Power, Laetitia Barbier, June 2024
Arcane Intuition: Refining Our Intuitive Edge with the Tarot, with Laetitia Barbier, beginning June 2024
Alchemy Becomes Art: From Hermetic Philosophy to Art History, Robert M. Place, July 2024
The Art of Tarot Journaling: Archetypal Introspection and Self-Exploration for a Daily Practice, Laetitia Barbier, July 2024
Occult Eye - A Conversation with LA Publisher Bibliomancers, October 2024
Astro-Black Mythology: An Introduction to Sun Ra with Dr Marques Redd, December 2024
At the Gate of Janus: Creating Meaningful New Year's Intention - Tarot After School with Spooksvilla + Friends, January 2025
Mixing Metaphors: Integrating Oracle and Tarot Cards for Amplified Readings, With James Ferrera, January 2025
The Occult Sylvia Plath: The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet with Author Julia Gordon-Bramer, January 2025
Queerness & the Occult, with Occult Scholar and Artist Alex A. Jones, April 2025
The Reign of the Emperor and Hierophant with Susan Wands, April 2025
Finding Frieda: the Writing of The Lady and the Beast, May 18, 2025
The Tarot Archetypes: BTS & Tarot, with Tarot Expert Mary K. Greer, June 2025
Photosensitive - Bea Nettles, Creator of the Iconic 1970 Mountain Dream Tarot, June 2025
The Neuroscience of Tarot: An Interview with Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhD, June 2025
Occult Book Worm Summer Club: American Gothic, with Thea Wirshing and Laetitia Barbier, July 2025
Thoth Tarot: The Magickal Tarot of Aleister Crowley and Frieda Lady Harris, with Tarotiere and Artist Safa Mirror, September 2025
The Other Side of Paris: The Shadow Side of the City of Light, October 2025
UK Tarot Conference: Kensington, London, 10 - 11 October 2025: I presented ‘The Morphology of Reality’, a presentation on how to create your own reality using Tarot cards, a unique spread and a Statement of Intent.
The Discombobulator Launch Podcast. Hosted by Laetitia Barbier with the creator Andrea Aste. 2 November 2025. On the Panel were: Kevin Moore, Photographer - Theatre Performer; Kirsten Buchholzer, Gustav Meyrink and the Mystical Labyrinth: A Tarot-Inspired Story; and, Janine Worthington, Tarot Luminary, Creator of InBetween Tarot Deck 2012 and 2019, Oracle Deck of Bridges 2022, Chief Instructor Tarot Professionals 2011-13, Chair of Tarot Association of British and International members 2022-25
The Discombobulator Launch Event, and Presentations, College of Psychic Studies, 21 November 2025
A creation of Andrea Aste, Hosted by Laetitia Barbier
Attending Guests: Motoyasu Sato, Ivana Drobek, Sasha Graham, Silvia Odonovan, Emily Carding, Anastasia Kashian, Janet Piedilato, Andrea Aste
Camena Tarot Exhibition Opening at Galerie Arts Factory, Paris, November 2025. Exhibition opening celebration with Laetitia Barbier and Lou Benesch
Adventuring into Mediumship, College of Psychic Studies, Claire Broad, 22, 23 November 2025