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Simply Tarot Course

Simply Tarot Course

Membership or course?

The course is six weeks a level, an hour and a half at a time. Level 1 is the Major Arcana, one card at a time, properly, plus the framework I use for making sense of the minors. Level 2 picks the minors up in full and takes you into reading for other people, which brings the ethics along with it.

The membership does not have an end. Simply Tarot Circle runs every week, and you read for other people and they read for you, which is where most of my own development came from. Your course place comes with three months of it from the day you start.

So the course gives you ground to stand on. The membership is where you keep going. If you are deciding between them, that is the difference.

For Readers Who Are Done Looking It Up

Youโ€™ve got a deck and youโ€™re trying to read with it. A card comes out, you reach for the book, you find the paragraph, you read the paragraph out. Then you sit there wondering why none of it feels like itโ€™s actually about you.

Thatโ€™s not reading. Thatโ€™s translating, and itโ€™s knackering, because every single card sends you back to somebody else to find out what youโ€™re allowed to think.

Thatโ€™s what the course is for. You learn the cards properly, and then you learn to build on what you know until what comes out of a reading is actually yours.

Why I Built This

When I started learning tarot, I did what everyone does. I bought books. I memorised meanings. I sat there with the deck and the guidebook trying to match the picture in front of me to the paragraph someone else had written. It worked, sort of. I could give a reading. But the meanings Iโ€™d memorised werenโ€™t doing the work. I was reciting them.

Then I realised the meanings were only the starting point. The structure of the deck and the meanings of the cards are real and worth knowing. Knowing them is where the work begins. The reading itself lives in what happens when you take that scaffold and let your own relationship with the cards build on top of it.

So that is what I teach. How the deck is put together, what each card brings to a reading, and then how to build on that until the reading coming out of you is yours rather than mine.

Nobody was running that when I needed it, so I built it.

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Just Tarot. No Bolt-Ons.

I teach tarot. Not tarot and angels. Not tarot and mediumship. Not tarot and astrology. If those are part of how you practise, brilliant, take what works and leave the rest.

But none of them are part of this course, and you wonโ€™t be asked to adopt any of them to follow it. Thereโ€™s no spiritual framework you have to buy into first.

Bring whatever beliefs you bring, or none at all. The course works on the cards in front of you and the relationship you build with them.

What Youโ€™ll Walk Away With

This course gets you to the point where you can sit down with your deck and actually read. You stop looking up meanings while you read. You stop translating definitions in your head. You start hearing what the cards are saying.

  • Read with the meanings, not from them. Youโ€™ll learn what each card brings to a reading, then learn to use that knowledge as the foundation for reading whatโ€™s actually in front of you.
  • Build a relationship with each card. Get to know the cards as characters and energies you recognise on sight, not entries youโ€™re scrolling through in a guidebook.
  • Use the structure of the deck. Understand how the Majors and Minors fit together so you can read combinations and spreads, not just single cards.
  • Hold space for someone else (Level 2). Ask better questions, structure a reading for another person, work with what comes up for them, and know where your ethical lines are.

How It Runs

Pick the cohort that suits you.

Two Levels

Simply Tarot Course Level 1 first, then Level 2 when you are ready. You do not have to decide about Level 2 now.

Simply Tarot Course Level 1: Tarot for Me ยฃ100

This is where you start. Youโ€™ll learn to read for yourself, building the foundations of your relationship with the cards. The focus is the Major Arcana, the twenty-two cards that carry the big themes of a tarot reading.

Youโ€™ll learn how the deck is put together, how to read whatโ€™s in front of you without reaching for a guidebook, and how to use one and three-card readings as a regular practice.

By the end youโ€™ll be reading confidently for yourself, with a practice you can keep using long after the course finishes.

Simply Tarot Course Level 2: Tarot for Others ยฃ150

L2 builds on L1 and takes you from reading for yourself to reading for other people. Youโ€™ll go deep into the Minor Arcana, including the court cards as energies rather than literal people.

Youโ€™ll learn to read with structured spreads, read intuitively without them, work with complex spreads when a reading needs more depth, hold space for the person across from you, and find the ethical lines that work for you. The course finishes with the basics of reading for others as part of your work, if thatโ€™s where youโ€™re heading.

By the end youโ€™ll be reading for others with confidence.

You need to have completed Level 1 (or equivalent prior learning) before you join.

Whatโ€™s Included

  • Simply Tarot Fundamentals. The over 500-page reference covering all 78 cards, yours to keep. Worth ยฃ5, included free with your course place.
  • Recordings (online cohorts). Every session is recorded and shared with enrolled students. Catch up if you miss one, rewatch when something hasnโ€™t quite clicked.1
  • Three months free Simply Tarot Membership from the moment you start the course. Weekly Circle, full resource library, Discord, and your members-only journal access. Normally ยฃ15 a month.
  • Practice readings between sessions. The work between sessions is where the learning settles.
  • A group to learn with. Youโ€™re working through the cards alongside other people, not on your own. Hearing how someone else reads what youโ€™ve been staring at is part of how it clicks.

Upcoming Cohorts

Pick a cohort that suits you and book your spot. New cohorts get added a few months out.

Frequently Asked Questions about Simply Tarot Course

Do I need any tarot experience to start?

No. Level 1 is built for complete beginners as well as people whoโ€™ve been pulling cards for years and want to start over with a proper foundation. If youโ€™ve got a deck and you can shuffle it, youโ€™ve got everything you need to begin. The course assumes nothing.

Do I need to do Level 1 before Level 2?

Yes. Level 2 builds directly on Level 1 and assumes youโ€™ve already worked through the structure of the deck and can read confidently for yourself. If youโ€™ve done equivalent learning elsewhere, get in touch and weโ€™ll talk about whether that counts.

What deck should I use?

Any 78-card tarot deck works. If you donโ€™t have one yet, the Weiser Tarot is the cleanest version of the original Rider-Waite-Smith and the deck most other resources reference. The Light Seers Tarot and the Fifth Spirit Tarot are also brilliant if you want something more modern or more inclusive. You can always get more later. You will get more later.

What if I miss a session?

For online cohorts, every session is recorded and shared with enrolled students, so if you miss one you watch the recording and pick back up the following Sunday. For the in-person weekend, youโ€™re expected to attend both days as itโ€™s an intensive format and the sessions arenโ€™t recorded. If something genuinely goes wrong and you canโ€™t make the in-person dates, you can schedule a one-to-one catch-up with me at the coaching rate.

Are sessions recorded?

Online cohorts are recorded. Every Sunday session is shared with enrolled students, so you can catch up if you miss one or rewatch when something hasnโ€™t quite clicked. In-person weekends arenโ€™t recorded.

What’s the refund policy?

You can get a full refund if you cancel within 14 days of buying your place AND the course hasnโ€™t started yet. Whichever happens first ends the window. So if you book a course that starts in seven days, your refund window ends after seven days. If I have to cancel a cohort, you get a full refund. The full terms are on my terms and conditions page.

Do I get a certificate at the end?

You can request a Certificate of Completion after youโ€™ve completed both levels. Itโ€™s not automatic. You ask for it if you want one. Some people want it for their records or because theyโ€™re planning to read for others professionally. Others donโ€™t bother. Either way, the work itself is what matters.

I’m not based in the UK. Can I still join an online cohort?

Yes. Sessions are held on Sunday, 4 pm โ€“ 5:30 pm (UK Time), so check that works for your timezone before you book. Recordings are shared with enrolled students so if the live timing is awkward you can catch up after the fact, but youโ€™ll get the most out of the course if you can make at least most of the live sessions.

How do I get the Zoom link?

Youโ€™ll get the Zoom link when you book through Amelia, plus reminder emails on the day of each session.

How do I get the Zoom link?

Youโ€™ll get the Zoom link when you book through Amelia, plus reminder emails on the day of each session. In-person cohorts work the same way: youโ€™ll get the venue details when you book and reminder emails on the day.

Build the Relationship

The course runs as six Sundays on Zoom, and you get three months free Simply Tarot Membership included.

  1. Online sessions are recorded and shared with everyone enrolled, and that is part of what you have paid for, so the recordings stay up for the run. You will be on the recording if your camera or microphone is on. Keep them off if you would rather not appear, and you can still join in using the chat. โ†ฉ๏ธŽ