Folks, I’m so excited The Living Tarot book has been years in the making. It’s my answer to a question that has haunted me for years: How do you teach someone tarot? How does an ordinary person turn into an arbiter of fortune, a dweller at the crossroads? How do you become the living paradox that is a tarot reader?
The answer: You teach yourself.
Photography: Danielle Tait
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 'Secrets of Tarot' online lecture series with ATLAS OBSCURA!
Yes, it’s back! My 4-week Introduction to Tarot series with Atlas Obscura is running again, starting next week! It’s going to be a 4-week online lecture series on Wednesdays in May, and it's open to EVERYBODY! Join me for a fast-paced, colorful exploration of tarot history, metaphysics, and praxis.
Read MoreCOMFORT YOUR DEMONS: The 9 of Swords Blanket Project
If you, like me, are a hardcore tarotista, you're familiar with the famous blanket on the Rider Waite Smith 9 of Swords. The protagonist of the card is a literal picture of anxiety—as much so as Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'—but the blanket tells a different story. I've always believed that the blanket represents the implicit security of being grounded, alive, and embodied. The demons in the 9 of Swords are intellectual specters! You can wake up to discover that in real life, you are OK! I think the blanket is a reminder of that. Its roses are a symbol of life's passion and vibrancy; its glyphs are the embrace of the eternal cosmos.
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Photography: Danielle Tait
Announcing...'Secrets of Tarot' online lecture series with ATLAS OBSCURA!
Folks, I’m pretty sure this is the Coolest Gig Ever: I’m leading a 4-week Introduction to Tarot series with Atlas Obscura this fall! It’s going to be a 4-week online lecture series on Wednesdays in October, and it's open to EVERYBODY! Join me for a fast-paced, colorful exploration of tarot history, metaphysics, and praxis, just in time for spooky season.
Read MoreUPCOMING EVENTS! a long-overdue update.
Here’s a handy guide to my 2022 presentation schedule.
Sun. June 19th @ 1pm CDT. Lllewellyncon 2022 - the publisher’s annual virtual symposium featuring dozens of Llewellyn authors. I’ll be doing a quick half-hour presentation on Planetary Magic and Tarot. Link to come.
Fri. July 22nd - Sun. July 24th. Masters of the Tarot at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Jenna Matlin, Nancy Hendrickson and I will be joining the incomparable Mary Greer and Rachel Pollack for this year’s program! I’m going to present my current thoughts on Tarot Magic, the bleeding edge of my praxis!
Read More'CONVERSING WITH FATE' - October lecture series with the Jung Society of Washington
Friends, I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be leading a four-week program looking at tarot and divination in a Jungian context.
The program will consist of 4 two-hour Zoom sessions on Tuesdays through October. Over the course of study, I’ll explore what it means to engage in archetypal sortilege with increasing depth and practical application. We’ll look at what the oracular moment says about reality, ways to hunt and scavenge for meaning, how to make inquiries of Fate, and how to undertake magical acts. Each session will end with hands-on, guided tarot praxis.
If you find yourself irresistibly drawn, like I am, to questions of purpose, meaning, and fate? This one’s for you! It’s a deep, rich intersection of material, and I look forward to exploring it with as many of you as possible.
Register here for the 4-week series: It’s $125, with discounts for Jung Society of Washington members,
Read More"Tarot Basics with T. Susan Chang" - now available for purchase & download!
As you probably know if you’ve been here before, I think EVERYONE should read tarot!
So this past weekend, I did an hourlong presentation at the Chicago occult shop Alchemy Arts explaining why and how.. After reviewing the less-than-ideal Zoom recording, I decided to record the presentation as a solo video in my office. So now I am delighted to offer you my 85-minute love letter to the tarot: Tarot Basics with T. Susan Chang.
UPCOMING EVENT! Tarot Basics @ Alchemy Arts in Chicago—and online on Zoom
Greetings friends! As you probably know, I think EVERYONE should read tarot. My next event, on Friday September 10th at 8pm CST at Alchemy Arts in Chicago, is a way of trying to make that happen. It’ll be one jam-packed, immersive hour of everything you need to know to get started reading the cards and their mysteries.
Read MoreA Year in Spells: 2020-2021
Happy Spring, everyone! With the zodiacal new year upon us, it’s time for an annual ritual of mine - the Burning of the Spells. As you may know, with every daily two-card draw, I write a spell: it’s part prayer, part argument, part conversation, part prediction. In other words, it’s my way of being in conversation with fate. At the end of each zodiacal year, I burn the spells in one of the last hearth fires of the season. (Except for the 2019-2020 year in spells, which were part of the decan walk that became 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana. Those I saved as a keepsake.)
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