Simply Tarot Course
Stop looking it up.
For Readers Who Are Done Looking It Up
You’ve got a deck and you’re trying to read with it. Maybe you’re at the start, maybe you’ve been at it a year, maybe longer. Either way, you keep ending up with the book in one hand and the cards in the other, looking up meanings one by one and trying to stitch them together at the end. That’s not reading. That’s translating. This course closes that gap by building your relationship with the cards, so when you pull them you’re hearing what they’re saying, not looking up what they’re supposed to mean. That’s what this is for.
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 I’d memorised weren’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.
That’s what this course is built around. I’ll teach you how the deck works and what each card brings to a reading. Then I’ll show you how to use that scaffold to start building a relationship with the cards that’s yours, not mine.
That’s the course I wish I’d had at the start. So I built it.
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 won’t be asked to adopt any of them to follow it. There’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.
£100 for Level 1, £150 for Level 2, three months free Membership when you finish.
What You’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. You’ll learn what each card brings to a reading, then learn to use that knowledge as the foundation for reading what’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 you’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.
Two Ways to Do It
Same course, different rhythm. Pick what fits.
Online: Six Sundays
Live on Zoom, Sundays 4-5:30pm UK time, ninety-minute sessions, six weeks. Cohorts cap at sixteen students. Recordings are included so you can catch up if you need to. The pace gives you time between sessions to practise, journal, and let things settle before we move on.
In-Person: One Weekend
The course runs over two days at in Manchester. You get the same content as the online version, compressed into one intensive weekend. Bring your deck, your lunch, and a notebook. You finish by Sunday night with the foundations in place.
Two Ways to Do It
Same course, different rhythm. Pick what fits.
Level 1: Tarot for Me £100
This is where you start. You’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. You’ll learn how the structure of the deck works, how to read what’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 you’ll be reading confidently for yourself, with a practice you can keep using long after the course finishes.
By the end you’ll be reading confidently for yourself.
Level 2: Tarot for Others £150
L2 builds on L1 and takes you from reading for yourself to reading for other people. You’ll go deep into the Minor Arcana, including the court cards as energies rather than literal people. You’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 that’s where you’re heading. By the end you’ll be reading for others with confidence.
You need to have completed Level 1 (or equivalent prior learning) before you join.
What’s Included
- Simply Tarot Fundamentals. The 558-page reference covering all 78 cards, yours to keep. Worth £5, 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 hasn’t quite clicked.
- Three months free Simply Tarot Membership on completion. Weekly Circle, full resource library, Discord, and your members-only journal access. Worth £45.
- Practice readings between sessions. The work between sessions is where the learning settles.
- A group to learn with. You’re working through the cards alongside other people, not on your own. Hearing how someone else reads what you’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 who've been pulling cards for years and want to start over with a proper foundation. If you've got a deck and you can shuffle it, you'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 you've already worked through the structure of the deck and can read confidently for yourself. If you've done equivalent learning elsewhere, get in touch and we'll talk about whether that counts.
What deck should I use?
Any 78-card tarot deck works. If you don'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, you're expected to attend both days as it's an intensive format and the sessions aren't recorded. If something genuinely goes wrong and you can'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 hasn't quite clicked. In-person weekends aren't recorded.
Can I do the in-person and the online?
Yes. If you've done Level 1 in-person and you want to do it again online, or the other way round, you can. Doing both at the same time isn't going to teach you anything new, but some people find that going through the course a second time gives them more space to deepen their relationship with the cards. It's rare. Most people do it once.
What's the refund policy?
You can get a full refund if you cancel within 14 days of buying your place AND the course hasn'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 <a href="https://tarotwithgord.com/terms-conditions/">terms and conditions page</a>.
Do I get a certificate at the end?
You can request a Certificate of Completion after you've completed both levels. It's not automatic. You ask for it if you want one. Some people want it for their records or because they're planning to read for others professionally. Others don'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 Sundays at 4pm 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 you'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?
You'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: you'll get the venue details when you book and reminder emails on the day.
Build the Relationship
The course runs as six Sundays online or one weekend in Manchester. Either way, you finish with three months free Simply Tarot Membership.
