This graduate-level course explores the history of the Tarot, starting in 100 BCE, as well as the significant historical figures who have shaped the Tarot as it exists today. The course will then cover the history of each of the Major Arcana, as well as the way they are interpreted in various systems of divination (Rider-Waite-Smith, Thoth, Golden-Dawn, Mathers, Etteilla, Theirens, Ouspensky). The course will also cover how Sanctum instructor Akiima Nicholls Shields interprets each of the cards upright and reversed for general, past, present, future, love, money, health, and spirituality, as well from an LGTQIA-perspective and common card combinations. The Minor Arcana will be instructed on as well, going into the history of the suits as they changed through time and the divinatory use thereof. After each of the cards has been taught, the course will delve into layouts for readings and instructions on using the cards for spirit communication.
- Teacher: Akiima Shields