OCCULT INFLUENCES IN FOLK HORROR WITH SARAH LYONS
One of the most beguiling and compelling subgenres of horror, Folk Horror has seen a resurgence in popularity recently thanks to films like Midsommar, Kill List, and The Witch. Folk Horror explores our uneasy relationship to the past, nature, and otherness through the use of paganism, magic, and deadly cults, usually set in bleak, rural landscapes.
In this online class taught by writer, witch, and filmmaker Sarah Lyons, we will explore the use of magic, the occult, and the rural Other to construct the dynamics of eeriness and weirdness in Folk Horror. We will look at real life practices and events that inspired various films, and examine how issues of class, race, and religious conservatism are dealt with thematically.
Read more and register here.
Tarot Office Hours: How To Create Your Own Tarot Spread, with Meg Jones-Wall
Join us on November 12th for a special edition of Tarot Office Hours with Meg Jones-Wall of 3AM Tarot, author of the newly released Tarot Spreads: How to Read Them, Create Them, & Revise Them. In this session, Meg will share fresh and imaginative approaches to spread-making—offering new tactics to inspire, renew, and deepen the way we read the cards.
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
Tarot Talk Show: James Ferrara with Mark Rogers
Tarot Talk Show is back and proudly welcomes Mark Rogers, a self-taught artist whose work is a mash-up of folk art, medieval painting, and fairy tale illustration. Mark recently published The Southwestern Bellows, vol. 1, a collection of illustrated short stories of esoteric Alien lore and an accounting of events that transpired in breakaway human civilization. As usual, host James Ferrera from James Jude Tarot will pull cards to guide their conversation.
This special event is free for Patreon subscribers. To become a member of our community, join here.
FREE EVENT: Aradia's Hidden Hand: The Untold Life of Roma Lister with Dr. A.D. Manns
Join Laetitia and historian Dr. A.D. Manns for a book talk and conversation about Aradia’s Hidden Hand: The Untold Life of Roma Lister—the first-ever monograph on Roma Lister, a British-Italian folklore collector, occultist, and friend of the American writer Charles Godfrey Leland. Drawing on newly uncovered archives, Manns reveals Lister’s role in shaping Aradia, her ties to Italian magical circles, and her secret work as a medium—restoring her place among the hidden women who helped shape modern witchcraft.
RSVP for this FREE EVENT here.
LONDON: The Discombobulator Launch Party at the College of Psychic Studies
Join us at The College of Psychic Studies for a FREE evening of mingling and merriment to celebrate the launch of The Discombobulator, a luxury esoteric journal and creative playground of the inimitable artist, Andrea Aste.
This FREE in-person evening celebrates the first issue of The Discombobulator with presentations by some of the magazine's esteemed contributors. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or a soft drink as you mingle in the library with Andrea Aste, Laetitia Barbier and co. and purchase your copy of the magazine. Additionally, there are plenty more unseen and unexpected treasures to explore in the College's exhibition rooms, open throughout the evening.
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LONDON: Daily Journaling with the Tarot at the College of Psychic Studies
Can we really read tarot for ourselves? Mary Greer brilliantly answered 'yes' in her seminal book Tarot For Your Self, but the deeper question remains: How can divination live with us in the everyday? In this in-person class at The College of Psychic Studies, we'll experiment with daily tarot as a reflective practice rather than a message delivery service, using the cards as prompts to expand our journals, awaken our creativity, and weave connections between tarot's imagery and our own inner narratives and dreams. The answers aren't all in the cards; more often than not, they've been within you all along.
Read more and RSVP here.
Tarot as a Shrine: Inviting the Dead into the Reading Space at Morbid Anatomy, begins November 30
Can Tarot help us connect with the departed? In this online class at Morbid Anatomy, we’ll explore how the cards can serve as a bridge to ancestors or felt presences, creating a sacred space for dialogue, guidance, and reflection. Drawing on historical shrine practices and the symbolic language of the tarot, we’ll discuss honoring the dead, expanding the idea of ancestry beyond bloodlines, and developing personal rituals to foster connection and wisdom.
Read more and register here.
FREE EVENT: The American Nightmare: Homeownership and the Haunted House with Leila Taylor
Homeownership has been a thematic device in horror from The Castle of Otranto to Scooby-Doo. With the promise of stability, autonomy, and comfort the house is not merely a financial asset but a representation of our identity and our place in society. But what happens when malevolent forces shatter that illusion of safety? Looking at films like The Amityville Horror, The Others, and His House, this talk will examine the role homeownership plays in horror both as aspirational bait and financial trap.
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Tarot Egyptomania, An Online Class with Robert M. Place
In this two-hour class, award-winning tarot scholar, designer, and illustrator Robert M. Place will explore the history of Egyptomania and explain why the first occultists to write about the Tarot, Antoine Court de Gébelin and Comte de Mellet, believed that Egypt was the source of the Tarot’s mystical trumps.
Read more and register here.
The Art of Tarot Journaling: Archetypal Introspection and Self Exploration for a Daily Practice at Morbid Anatomy, beginning January 11
Weekly Tarot readings can feel confusing or unhelpful—but journaling with the cards transforms them into a powerful tool for self-discovery. In this three-week online class at Morbid Anatomy, we’ll move beyond divination to explore Tarot as an introspective practice, blending art, psychology, and holistic methods. Through exercises like free association, automatic writing, collage, and dream analysis, you’ll develop a personal Tarot journaling practice and learn to structure a month of self-reflective work in tune with your own rhythms, astrology, and private traditions.
Read more and register here.
CRAFT YOUR OWN SACRED SHRINE: PAPER QUILLING WITH ARTIST MIRIAM MORRISSETTE, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 8
In this five-week workshop with artist Miriam Morissette, students will explore the meditative and talismanic art of paper quilling to create a shrine, memorial, or personal talisman. Drawing on historical examples from 17th- and 18th-century European devotional practices, participants will learn both basic and advanced quilling techniques while working with recycled materials and intentional design. By the end, each student will complete a carefully crafted, meaningful object that honors and makes visible what they hold most sacred.
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London: In-Person Readings at the College of Psychic Studies
Join Laetitia Barbier for a one-hour in-person tarot reading as she shuffles her cards at The College of Psychic Studies. In this session, Laetitia will provide an in-depth tarot reading, working with bespoke spreads, tailored to your needs and the queries you seek counselling for.
Read more and book your reading here.
LONDON: Tarot Rituals with Art, Magic & Poetry
In this in-person workshop at The College of Psychic Studies, we will 'kiss the muse', breathing passion into our daily tarot rituals through art, magic & poetry. This is a workshop for those who yearn to infuse their tarot practice with spontaneity, sensorial delight and the untamed impulse of artistic play. Guided by the nine classical Greek muses, we'll explore nine forms of expression: from image-making and lyrical writing to movement, sound and symbolic gesture, braiding them with the arcana. Here, art is not a finished product, but a liberating enchantment; not a display of talent, but a revelatory act of the soul.
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London: UK Tarot Conference
Lecture—Divine Madness: The Fool’s Path Between Worlds of Sanity and Visionary Experience
We’ll examine the Fool not as a figure of naïveté, but as a guardian of altered states, a dancer on the trembling line between genius and madness. Drawing from classical painting, surrealist experiments, diagnostic history, and literature, we’ll explore how hysteria, delusion, and divine folly can unlock new ways of reading. This is an invitation to lose your footing—intentionally—and find revelation in the fall.
Read more and purchase tickets here.
The Other Paris: The Shadow Side of the City of Light 2025
Join Allison C. Meier and me for an extraordinary journey through the hidden and esoteric side of Paris. This intimate adventure offers a curated exploration of the city's history, art, and mysteries, blending scholarship and enchantment with a touch of personal history. This adventure promises to be an unforgettable experience, inspiring a deeper connection to Tarot and Paris itself. Paris awaits!
Learn more about the trip here. This trip is sold out for now, to add your name on the waiting list, send us an email at info@arcane17.co
The Horror of Her & Her Uncanny Arcana with Christopher Marmolejo, starting October 1
This four-part class with Christopher Marmolejo explores the tarot’s summons of the monstrous feminine, delving into minor and major arcana that evoke sirens, witches, vampires, and other defiant, uncanny powers. Participants will engage with the cards to queer the self, confront the abject, and embody the provocative, transformative energies of figures like Circe, Lilith, and Eve.
Read more and register here.
RESEARCHING MAGIC: METHODOLOGIES AND ETHICS WITH SARAH LYONS
People often look to practices of the past to ground their magic in a sense of authenticity and tradition. However, even as ancient sources of magical power become more accessible knowledge of how to read and use these resources remains scarce. In an era of information overwhelm, it can be difficult to find accurate sources, and even more difficult to know what to do with them!
This online class, taught by writer, witch, and filmmaker Sarah Lyons, is designed for practitioners who want to deepen their magical knowledge, and explore primary sources for magical lore such as grimoires, folklore, and ancient magical texts.
Read more and register here.
Oracle Making Class Students ShowCase with Coleman Stevenson and Special Guests
Join artist Coleman Stevenson and the students of our Create an Oracle Deck class for a special student showcase.
Over the course, each participant was invited to imagine and design an oracle deck of their own—crafting a system, an imagery, and a language uniquely theirs. To honor their work, and to give their creativity the visibility it so richly deserves, we are hosting a celebratory event where you’ll have the chance to discover these projects and support their extraordinary imagination.
This event is for Patreon members only. To become a member, you can sign up here.
Image: The Duchess, an oracle card, created by our talented student Miriam Morissette.
Learn Lenormand with Lenormand Expert Serge Pirotte
September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25 / 1:00pm Eastern
Since the 19th century, the Lenormand deck—with its succinct, iconic imagery—has remained one of the most enduring systems of European cartomancy. Where the Tarot speaks in archetypes, Lenormand articulates circumstance. Its clarity and immediacy make it an ideal companion for those seeking insight into tangible, present-tense concerns. In this seven-week virtual immersion with Lenormand expert Serge Pirotte, we will summon the spirit of the Sibyl of Paris and follow a progressive arc—from the simplicity of three-card draws to the intricate architecture of the Grand Tableau.
Read more and register here.
Tarot Office Hours: Arcana Botanica, the Secret Garden of the Tarot de Marseille
Beneath the symmetry and structure of the Tarot de Marseille pip cards, a lush and colorful garden quietly unfolds. In this class, we’ll explore the floral elements that curl, climb, and bloom across the numbered suits—tracing their rhythm, movement, and symbolic language. Far from mere ornament, these botanical forms offer dynamic clues for interpretation, helping us read vitality and meaning into even the most austere arrangements. Through attentive observation and intuitive study, we’ll learn to view the Marseille deck not only as geometry—but as a living, breathing garden of signs.
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
THOTH TAROT: THE MAGICKAL TAROT OF ALEISTER CROWLEY AND FRIEDA LADY HARRIS, WITH TAROTIERE AND ARTIST SAFA MIRROR
September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 5 / 12–2 PM (New York) / 6–8 PM (London) / 10 AM–12 PM (Los Angeles)
In this five-part workshop, trans-disciplinary artist and tarotière Safa Mirror will guide you in approaching the Thoth Tarot, unpacking Crowley’s often cryptic language, navigating his intricate correspondences, and exploring how the deck can deepen your intuition, refine your practice, and support real-world decision-making.
This workshop requires an intermediate understanding of Tarot and is ideal for students of ceremonial magick, as well as those seeking a deeper, more transformative connection with occult Tarot.
Read more and register here.
Tarot Office Hours: Tarot for Creativity with Chelsey Pippin Mizzi
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Chelsey Pippin Mizzi about her luminous book Tarot for Creativity. In this practical and poetic guide, Chelsey shows us how each card can become a portal to creative expansion, storytelling, and self-reflection, whether you are an artist, writer, or simply yearning to reconnect with your imagination. Discover how the timeless symbols of tarot can help you overcome blocks and infuse your work with renewed magic.
This event is exclusive for Patreon subscribers. Become a member here.
Dissecting the Tarot II: The Celtic Cross Spread at Morbid Anatomy
The iconic Celtic Cross spread is one of the most common ways to read cards in the Anglo-Saxon Tarot tradition. First discussed by Waite in his 1910 Pictorial Keys to the Tarot, this large cards tableau is both intriguing and confusing for readers, because of its tsunami of cards and the various attributions they hold. But as we’ll see, the history of this spread—rooted in the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn traditions and its multiple reinventions throughout the 20th Century—contrasts with its monolithic image and univocal interpretations.
In this online class, we’ll try to deconstruct this stone-like monument of Tarot practice, demystify it by looking at its history, reinvent it through games, and make it our own.
Read more and register here.
Tarot Office Hours: What Are You Reading?
What’s on your bedside table these days? What book are you thumbing through late at night? Whether it’s a tarot guide, a novel, a book of essays, a grimoire, or your favorite comic—bring your current read and join us for a relaxed, curious, and wide-ranging book club session. No pressure, just stories, thoughts, and shared obsessions. Everything goes!
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
New York: In-Person Readings at Spooksvilla + Friends
Join me for a 30-minute reading session on August 16th in the low-key Psychedelic Temple of the Lower East Side, Spooksvilla + Friends!
Book your reading time here.
Tarot Office Hours: Three of Wands, Panavisions and Far Horizons
Pursuing our study of the minor arcana card by card, we turn now to the Three of Wands—a card of foresight, longing, and distant projection. With its deep and panoramic view, this figure doesn’t merely look ahead—it extends the soul into the landscape of what could be. In this session, we’ll explore how the arcana act as telescopes of the spirit, offering glimpses of future possibilities, inner expansion, and bold imaginings. Whether you're seeking clarity for your next steps or learning to recalibrate your vision toward the far horizon, this card teaches us to stand still, gaze wide, and keep both eyes open to the beckoning distance.
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
Dissecting the Tarot I: Reading Reversals at Morbid Anatomy
Reversals—cards appearing upside down in a spread —both confuse and intrigue readers, dividing traditions between people who won’t interpret them and others, more intrepid explorers, who see them as a vast, perplexing but insightful territory of information. In this class, through historical examples, metaphorical digressions as well as many practical exercises and games, we’ll learn together how to understand their own language.
Read more and register here.
New York: FIRE WALK WITH US: A TAROT CLASS AND RITUAL FOR THE CREMATION OF ANGER, THE CREMATION OF THE PAST
What if fire—and its power to destroy—were not something to fear, but something to befriend? Not a threat, but your freedom?
Join Laetitia this summer for a special class and ritual at Spooksvilla! We invite you into the blaze—not to be destroyed, but transfigured. Drawing on the elemental force of the Wands suit, we’ll explore fire as both purifier and provocateur: the energy that scorches illusion, confronts guilt, reclaims will, and transforms identity.
Reserve your place here.
FREE EVENT: "Essence of Tarot," an Interview and Book Talk with Mary K. Greer
Join us for a special FREE Zoom event with renowned tarot scholar Mary K. Greer celebrating the re-release of Essence of Tarot, where she explores how fragrance can deepen and transform tarot practice. With over 55 years of experience, Greer is known for her interactive, empowering approach to tarot as a tool for self-development and creativity. This conversation will open a gateway into reading tarot through the primordial sense of smell, enriching both ritual and interpretation.
Read more and RSVP here.
Tarot Talk Show: James Ferrara with Lezley Saar
Tarot Talk Show is back and proudly welcomes Lezley Saar, a visionary artist whose liminal work transcends the boundaries of expectation. As usual, host James Ferrera from James Jude Tarot will pull cards to guide their conversation.
This special event is free for Patreon subscribers. To become a member of our community, join here.
Tarot Office Hours: Geometry of Encounters: Tarot, the Cross, and the Sacred Meeting Points of Meaning and Desire
This short talk, originally presented at the LA Tarot Festival, explores the iconography of the cross as it appears in tarot—less as a symbol of doctrine, and more as a site of convergence. From intersecting lines to archetypal encounters, the cross reveals itself as a sacred geometry where meaning and desire meet, collide, and transform.
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
Tarot office hours: Perfume for the Eyes, an Interview with Artist and Tarot Creator Danielle Delceppo
Come meet the brilliant Danielle Del Cepo for a special showcase of Perfume for the Eyes: A Tarot of Dreams. Each card in this exquisite set is a “visual perfume,” weaving together the ancient language of tarot and the imagined art of visual perfumery. Created by artist, astrologer, and tarot reader Danielle Del Cepo, this deck is a feast for the senses—a luminous doorway into dreamlike divination. Together, we’ll explore her creative process, the poetic dialogue between image and scent, and the unfolding of this singular, multi-sensory tarot project.
This event is FREE for all Patreon subscribers. You can join our community here.
New York: In-Person Readings at Spooksvilla + Friends
Join me for a 30-minute reading session on Saturday, July 12 in the low-key Psychedelic Temple of the Lower East Side, Spooksvilla + Friends!
Book your reading time here.
Paris: In-Person Readings at Belladonne Antiques
Join Laetitia at Belladone Antiques in Marché Dauphine for a special day of readings that conjure the world of the Wunderkammer.
For these upcoming sessions, Laetitia offers you a choice: either a classic tarot reading or a unique Cabinet of Curiosity Tarot spread. In this special spread, each card is inspired by a meticulously curated artifact, inviting you to deep introspection and discovery. From taxidermy fish to memento mori, convex mirrors to astronomical globes, we’ll explore our inner strength, confront the impermanence of existence, befriend our monstrosity, and celebrate our uniqueness.
These sessions are scheduled for Saturday, July 5. Further details will be provided a few days before.
Paris: Tarot Readings at Serpent à Plume
Join me at Serpent à Plume in Paris for a spectacularly weird party—tarot, dancing, entrancing musical acts, rare films, and a set by the headliner Sphaèros. I will be offering 10-minute readings from 9-10pm. Come for the reading, stay for the revelry!
Tarot Anatomy: Arcanas and the Body as a Sacred Vessel for Intuitive Work - Online Class with with Laetitia Barbier
Join me for a 3-week online course exploring the body as a symbolic and intuitive language in Tarot. Through art history, anatomy, and embodied awareness, we’ll examine how human figures in the cards, and our own physical presence, shape their interpretation and meaning. This immersive experience blends intuition, scholarship, and somatic practice to reveal the Tarot’s messages through the wisdom of the flesh.
This online course will be taught via Zoom. Register here.
FREE EVENT: The Neuroscience of Tarot: An Interview with Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhD
What happens inside your brain when you look at a tarot card? How do you attribute significance to symbols? In his book “The Neuroscience of Tarot: From Imagery to Intuition to Prediction,” Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhD, answers these questions and more as he explores the neuroscience behind intuition. During this event, Laeti will interview Siddharth about the physiological experience of tarot: how unconscious synergy allows you to process tarot imagery, attach personal meaning, and elicit emotional responses, laying the groundwork for prediction.
RSVP for this FREE event here.
Chicago: Fire Walk With Us: A Tarot Class and Ritual for the Cremation of Shame, the Cremation of the Past
Once, when Jean Cocteau was asked what he would take if his house were on fire, he answered: “I’ll take the fire.”
What if fire—and its power to destroy—were not something to fear, but something to befriend? Not a threat, but your freedom? Join me this summer for a special in-person class and ritual at Sideshow Gallery. Drawing on the elemental force of the Wands suit, we’ll explore fire as both purifier and provocateur: the energy that scorches illusion, confronts guilt, reclaims will, and transforms identity.
We’ll trace fire across cultures and cards: from ancient midsummer rites of fire-jumping to Lynchian fire-visions, from spontaneous combustion to Arthur Brown’s ecstatic howl—“I am the god of hellfire!” Tarot reveals its burning path of desire, conviction, and creative risk. Through guided exercises and symbolic ritual, we’ll move through catharsis—not by avoiding pain, but by offering it to the flames.
Expect active reflection, spreads to ignite your inner fire, and symbolic—if not literal—acts of combustion. This is Tarot as cremation of the past… and ignition of something holy.
Bring your deck. Bring what you’re ready to surrender to smoke. We’ll take care of the rest.
Purchase tickets here.
CHICAGO: Tarot Esoterica Festival at Sideshow Gallery
Join me at Chicago’s Sideshow Gallery for this year’s highly anticipated Summer Solstice Celebration! Three days of classes, readings, an art show, a tarot ball, and a fabulous eccentric marketplace—you won’t want to miss this!
Friday, June 20
Tarot readings, 12:00–5:30pm (book here)
Vending books & treasures at the Tarot Esoterica Ball & Art Show, 6–10pm
Saturday, June 21
Tarot readings, 12:00–1:30pm (book here)
Vending books & treasures at the Tarot Esoterica Market, 2–7pm
Sunday, June 22
Fire Walk With Us: A Tarot Class & Ritual for the Cremation of Shame, the Cremation of the Past; 2:30–5:30pm
Read the whole schedule of events here.
Animal Symbolism in the Tarot at The College of Psychic Studies (online)
From pale horses and crayfish to foxes, ibis and cats, the tarot's animals reveal latent meanings. Enjoy a sojourn in the tarot's symbolic zoo in this three-part livestream workshop.
In this online workshop, we'll travel through time with the tarot as our magic carpet. The cards will take us on a cross-cultural journey through the kingdom of beasts, chimeras and theriomorphic gods. From Ovid's Metamorphosis to European folktales, we'll look at animals as a repository of symbolic and often magical attributes, examining these through a variety of card divination systems. We'll reimagine the cards through the lens of animal behaviour to reshape our understanding of the tarot. Through practical exercises, meditation and hands-on experimentation, we'll rewild our tarot eye and awaken our instincts as tarot readers.
Part 1 (June 18): Animals as Seers
Part 2 (June 25): Animals as Teachers
Part 3 (July 2): Practice Class
Learn more and register at The College of Psychic Studies.
Cincinnati: Cardtopia Readings & Lecture
Join Laetitia at Cardtopia for a day of tarot readings and her lecture “Grimaud’s Divination Card Legacy,” celebrating the immense contributions of French cardmaker B. P. Grimaud from the nineteenth century to present.
Cardtopia has grown into a premier event for card culture, bringing together exclusive releases, incredible history and inspiring stories and ideas with the best in the world. Each edition builds on the last- it really is the place to connect, and discover over our shared passion.
Learn more and book tickets here.