”Not Your Fortune Teller” is a three-tier learning program designed to guide students from foundational interpretation skills to intuitive, creative, and emotional work with tarot.
Each class supports the development of intelligent and insightful readers by teaching contemporary Tarot reading techniques for the modern world.
Course Descriptions
Introduction to Interpretation™️
Beginner Level
Develop the six critical skills that make any reading a transformative experience.
You’ll learn the ethics, rituals, myths, and best practices for creating a lively, responsible, and loving tarot practice. Playful exercises and games will help you explore each of the 78 tarot cards.
Regardless of experience level, this class is a pre-requisite for intermediate and advanced levels.
Tarot Mechanics™️
Intermediate Level
Explore topics in-depth to elevate interpretation skills to a new level.
You’ll learn how to integrate psychological and therapeutic conversational techniques like non-violent communication, trauma-informed therapy, parts languaging, and performance psychology.
You’ll also learn about the evolution of tarot around the world and the impact of Spiritualism on our modern tarot-reading techniques.
Tarot Council™️
Advanced Level
This highly experimental class features unique and playful reading techniques developed by Carly over years of using tarot as a tool to support artists, entrepreneurs, and adventurers. Readers are encouraged to explore creative concepts with the cards.
New material is created for each session. The topics relate to the interests of the participants and are announced privately before each session begins.
⭐️ All class tuitions are available on a sliding scale based on individual requests. For more information, please contact us here! ⭐️
Tarot
Introduction to Interpretation™️
Mondays, March 11 - April 15, 2024
6:30 - 7:45 pm
$249
This six-week class provides an unshakeable foundation for a supportive and empowering personal tarot practice.
You will be introduced to the history, symbolism, and contemporary meanings of all 78 tarot cards. Learn the fascinating and entertaining history of the practice, dispel impractical myths, discover the best way to draw cards for yourself, how to navigate a multi-card spread, and discuss the ethics of tarot reading.
This class is limited to only six people to ensure the highest level of 1:1 support and connection during this process. Included in your tuition is the exact edition of a classic tarot deck we recommend every student learn with. Techniques practiced in this class can then be applied to any deck!
Classes take place at a private studio on Austin’s central east side. Address to be included in the welcome email.
Level: Beginner
Tuition Includes…
7+ hours of in-class instruction
Recommended tarot deck + handmade tarot card bag
22-page, printed syllabus
Full color, 78-card index
Interactive workbook
Encyclopedia of tarot symbols
A complimentary tarot session
Tarot Mechanics: Making Spreads
Mondays, March 11 - April 15, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 pm
$119
Devising your own tarot card layouts is an empowering skill that allows you to gain more insight and clarity from your reading. Learn creative techniques to create thoughtful tarot spreads AND deconstruct some of the famous spreads from tarot history to learn what makes them wonderful!
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Interpretation
Level: Intermediate
Location: A small, private studio on Austin’s east side. Details will be included in the welcome email.
Tuition Includes…
6 hours of in-class instruction
Printed syllabus
Interactive worksheets
A complimentary tarot session
30% discount on tarot sessions and event bookings
Book Club
The Pages
Why are we called “The Pages”?
In tarot, Pages traditionally represent a fascination with the world, a childlike curiosity, and youthful energy that propels us into the unknown. What better way to embark on a journey of discovery than by exploring the pages of a book?
The Pages is a book club created with that same curiosity in mind. We seek to dive deeper into the fantastical lives and stories of the rebels that influenced our world today. We’ll explore topics related to mysticism, feminism, the occult, and much, much more. This group is welcome to any and all. Bring your curiosity, bring your annotated book, and join us in an open discussion about the magic of our universe.
Past books include Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman, Women of the Golden Dawn by Mary K. Greer, and Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow.