The Grammar of Tarot

Do you speak tarot? This three-part livestream workshop proposes a shift in how we approach the Arcana: not as isolated symbols or fixed meanings, but as a structured language with its own internal logic. 

In these three classes, we will step away from traditional spreads and instead examine the cards as linguistic units capable of forming statements, clauses and narrative breaks.

This 3-part online workshop includes:

• Principles from linguistics, semiotics and narrative theory applied to tarot
• How different cards function within a reading, identifying: 
  • Which cards act as subject
  • Which cards introduce action or movement
  • Which cards operate as complement, modifier or mood

As with spoken languages, tarot does not communicate through a single syntax: its grammar is flexible, context-dependent and shaped by position, emphasis and relation.

By learning to recognise these grammatical roles, readers can access a more nuanced and coherent understanding of a reading's message. This approach invites greater precision, interpretive clarity and a deeper sensitivity to how meaning is generated through sequence rather than prescription.

Book now to deepen your tarot knowledge and examine the cards in a refreshing new way.

Entry requirements

• This workshop is open to all.
• Please have with you your own tarot deck

This workshop will be recorded. You will find the recording links in your College Account within two working days from the event - an email will alert you when they are ready. These recordings will be available for replay for three months following the event. Please see our terms for more information.

Previous participants say:

"Fascinating workshop with Laetitia Barbier. Offers a more structured way of working with and extracting meaning from the tarot cards."

"I've done other workshops with Laetitia Barbier and always have a great time and learn a lot. I was reasonably familiar with a lot of the material but learned a lot of new things that I can apply directly to the way I use tarot."

"This was such a great course - Laetitia Barbier has a wonderful energy and prompted so much insight that I found the cups really coming to life in new ways and connecting with them in ways I hadn't allowed myself to do so before!"

"I am a seasoned reader, and Laetitia Barbier's lessons added to my explorations and help coalesce the knowledge I have."