Tarot in the Year 2025 - The Year of the Hermit presented by JudyAnne Morse
This is a four-part online workshop:
Annual card draw for the Year of the Hermit
Numbers 1 through 10 of suited cards
·Elemental forces and Court cards
Putting it all together in readings.
Tarot is a system of 78 illustrated cards used as a tool for divination, self-reflection, and psychological insight, with roots tracing back to 15th-century northern Italy, where the cards were originally created for playing games before being adopted by esoteric and mystical traditions in the 18th century. The deck is divided into two main sections: the Major Arcana, consisting of 22 cards depicting archetypal figures and forces such as The Fool, The High Priestess, The Tower, and The World, which represent major life themes and spiritual lessons; and the Minor Arcana, comprising 56 cards divided into four suits — Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles — each associated with a specific element and domain of human experience such as passion, emotion, intellect, and material life. A reader lays the cards out in structured patterns called spreads, interpreting their imagery, symbolism, and positional relationships to gain insight into a querent's past, present, and potential future. While orthodox religious traditions have often viewed tarot with suspicion, modern practitioners tend to approach it less as a supernatural oracle and more as a reflective framework — a mirror for the subconscious mind that draws on Jungian archetypes, Kabbalah, astrology, and numerology to help individuals navigate decisions, process emotions, and explore their inner landscape. From Renaissance parlor game to cornerstone of contemporary spiritual practice, tarot has proven remarkably resilient, adapting across centuries and cultures while retaining its core language of symbol, story, and archetype.