Tarot Journey:
Discovering Simple, Yet Profound Tarot Reading
Private & Group Training
Each of our souls is on an ever-evolving journey toward greater illumination. The Tarot provides insightful awareness on many levels. Performed effectively, a Tarot reading encourages individual strengths, while offering options to overcoming unhelpful blocks. The mystical deck has fascinated layman and scholar alike since its early development in the 15th century. Today, a myriad of classes and workshops are available on the cards' history, symbolism, and divinatory uses. But few address the practical needs of the beginning student—and fewer still present Tarot reading as an art form. I stress visual comprehension of the cards' compelling imagery, combined with hands-on techniques for conducting powerful readings using uncomplicated spreads. Developed for private and group training, these workshops have proven equally rewarding to intermediate students and experienced readers open to an uncluttered approach capable of providing deeply meaningful messages. The purpose of my method is to guide the serious student at any level along a balanced path on a lifelong passage of discovery through the cards.
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced versions are available. Currently, I offer all levels in person for private students and groups.
You can reach me directly by email to discuss in-person private and group training at: orlandotarot@gmail.com
Upcoming Beginner & Intermediate Level Workshops
Opal Moon
2037 Albany Post Road
Croton-on-Hudson, New York 10520
Workshop Date
Tarot Journey Beginner Workshop I [REGISTRATION OPEN]
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST
For More Information
Tel: 914.788.4955
Click Here for more information and Online registration.
Note: Workshop I will concentrate on deck structure, visual comprehension of Tarot imagery, and related exercises. Attendance in Workshop I is mandatory for participation in optional Workshop II. There will be two 15-minute breaks. Very limited space, so please register early. Contact Opal Moon directly about a special discount available for those registering for the entire 2-part workshop series. Even though an illustrated handout will be provided, participants are advised to bring their own Tarot decks, especially for the second workshop. A selection of the recommended decks (SEE BELOW: Required Materials) will be available at Opal Moon at a 15% discount for registered students. Click Here to learn more about the private readings I will be offering following the workshop.
Wainwright House
Home for Mind, Body and Spirit
260 Stuyvesant Avenue
Rye, New York 10580
Workshop Date
Tarot Journey Intermediate Workshop [REGISTRATION TO OPEN]
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST
Note: Pre-registration by TBA mandatory.
For More Information
Tel: 914.967.6080 or E-Mail
Click Here for more information and Online registration.
Note: Attendance in any introductory Tarot Journey workshop at Wainwright House is mandatory for participation in this intermediate level workshop in actual Tarot reading. Please see Required Materials below for recommended decks.
Opal Moon
2037 Albany Post Road
Croton-on-Hudson, New York 10520
Workshop Date
Tarot Journey Beginner Workshop II Optional [REGISTRATION OPEN]
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST
For More Information
Tel: 914.788.4955
Click Here for more information and Online registration.
Note: Workshop II will be devoted to actual Tarot reading. Attendance in Workshop I is mandatory for participation in optional Workshop II. There will be two 15-minute breaks. Very limited space, so please register early. Contact Opal Moon directly about a special discount available for those registering for the entire 2-part workshop series. Even though an illustrated handout will be provided, participants are advised to bring their own Tarot decks, especially for the second workshop. A selection of the recommended decks (SEE BELOW: Required Materials) will be available at Opal Moon at a 15% discount for registered students. Click Here to learn more about the private readings I will be offering following the workshop.
Required Materials: Although illustrated handouts will be provided, participants are expected to supply their own Tarot decks. While the one suggested is the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, the following are acceptable variants: Original Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, Universal Waite Tarot Deck, Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, Albano-Waite Tarot Deck, Diamond Tarot Deck, or the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set. Many of these decks are readily available to purchase Online at Amazon.com or in the New Age sections of local Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. Contact me directly by email at: orlandotarot@gmail.com with further questions about appropriate decks.
Exploring the cards together in the Sacred Space Gallery, Mirabai of Woodstock.
Online Version
A greatly expanded intermediate-level version is offered as a charged Online course available to members of Tarot Professionals. The Journey Begins Tarosophy ® Apprenticeship Course is six-month course supported by my complete manual with additional, original materials created by Marcus Katz, Founder of Tarot Professionals. This includes monthly video lessons to improve reading ability and confidence, innovative exercises, and unique Tarot learning games. Students will require a minimum of only 2-3 hours a week over each month to follow the course and practice new-found skills. All students work in small groups, and are individually mentored using Skype video conferencing for 1:1 discussion. A Forum area is made available for each group to share discoveries. Click Here to learn more.
Michael describes Tarot readings as an "art form." No matter how many interpretations or symbolic systems we learn, it is all theory until the cards come up in a reading. It is just because reading is a kind of art, akin perhaps most of all to story-telling, that new meanings can appear to us at any moment. Michael demonstrates how he works with the pictures to create a story of a person's life in a particular moment. The freshness of Michael's approach exhibits the dedication and sensitivity of his training. What is the mark of a good beginner's course? Simple, that people who are not beginners can learn from it. And this we find again and again in Michael's work of distilled simplicity.—Rachel Pollack, author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom and Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings
By viewing a reading as an art form and emphasizing "good taste" as the mark of a good reader, Michael elevates the Tarot consultation into the soul's story. Learn how to transform your spreads and readings into detailed examinations of the direction life's conflicts are taking you.—Mary K. Greer, author of Tarot For Yourself and 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card
Michael's approach to the Tarot literally transforms the journey of the Fool into what it was always meant to be: A glorious voyage upon the seas of personal spirituality.—Dorothy Morrison, author of Everyday Tarot Magic and creator of The Whimsical Tarot
Michael Orlando's solidly-researched teachings on the Tarot will set the beginner on the proper path to enlightenment.—David Palladini, creator of The Aquarian Tarot and The New Palladini Tarot
Michael's texts, upon which the training materials are based, are an informative introduction to the Tarot that is ideal for adult seekers looking for a lucid and complete approach to the subject without being overwhelming or simplistically childish.—Donald Michael Kraig, author of Tarot & Magic
Orlando has created a wonderful course on Tarot for the beginning or more advanced practitioner. It delves into the most important aspect of Tarot—that is, its use as a life-guide tool. Michael draws on the archetypes found in the cards as a learning device for spiritual and personal growth.—Edain McCoy, author of Past-Life and Karmic Tarot
Michael's concise approach is of use to both those new to the Tarot and experts who desire to refresh their knowledge of the cards. Accordingly, the Fool becomes the protagonist in the story of the soul's destined evolutionary progress from the physical world through the mystical. The great deal of effort he puts into his work is obvious.—Tracy Porter, author of Tarot Companion: An Essential Reference Guide and Tarot: The Definitive Guide