EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM THE GROUND UPThe Complete Online Tarot Course
120+ video lessons covering all 78 cards: their wisdom, symbolism, and how to read them with genuine confidence. Plus: how to read for others, develop your personal style, and build your professional practice.
For complete beginners and experienced readers alike.
— WHO This Is ForWherever you are with tarot, this course meets you there.
You've never
held a deck.
Or maybe you've shuffled once or twice and felt something you couldn't name. Tarot Academy starts from first principles and takes you all the way through — no experience necessary.
You pull cards but
second-guess yourself.
You feel something in the cards but reach for the guidebook when things get unclear. This course gives you the foundation to trust what you already sense — and stop second-guessing it.
You've studied
for years.
You know the cards but want to go deeper — to understand the full system, the history, the structure beneath the meanings. This course gives you the framework that makes everything click.
You're ready to
make this real.
Whether you're building a practice from scratch or expanding an existing one, Tarot Academy takes you all the way — from first principles to brand, website, and professional presence.
— THE APPROACHTarot as a mirror.
Not a fortune.
Every card in the tarot deck represents a human experience. Not an abstract concept: a real, lived moment that you have felt, navigated, survived, or are moving through right now.
When you understand the cards this way — as reflections of the human journey rather than symbols to memorize — reading tarot stops feeling like a performance. It becomes a conversation. With the cards. With yourself. With the person across from you.
This is the foundation Tarot Academy is built on. And why, once you learn to read this way, you won't need another course.
How Tarot Academy teaches the cards.
It isn't just a card about sudden change.
It's every moment your foundation shifted beneath you and you had to decide who you were on the other side. That's what we're reading when The Tower appears — not a warning. A recognition.
It isn't just heartbreak.
It's the specific clarity that only grief can bring — the moment when something painful becomes, finally, undeniably clear. Once you understand a card this way, you never forget it.
It isn't naivety.
It's the particular courage of someone who begins anyway — who steps off the cliff not because they can't see the drop, but because they trust what's waiting on the other side.
— WHAT YOU'll walk away withNot just knowledge.
Capability.
By the end of Tarot Academy, you won’t just know the cards.
You’ll know how to use them: for yourself, and for others.
A genuine understanding of all 78 cards
Not keywords. Not memorized definitions. A real, felt understanding of what each card means — where it comes from, what it reflects, and how it behaves in context. You'll never look at a card and go blank again.
The ability to trust your intuition
Tarot is a tool for listening to yourself. You'll learn how to hear your intuitive voice, stop second-guessing it, and let it lead your readings — naturally, consistently, without reaching for a guidebook.
Everything you need to go professional —
including your website
Most tarot courses end when your education does. Tarot Academy ends when your practice begins. You'll leave with your brand defined, your philosophy written, and a complete guide to building your website.
Nobody else teaches this.The confidence to read for others
How to hold space, communicate insight responsibly, navigate difficult cards with grace — and find your own authentic reading style. The difference between someone who reads tarot and someone who reads for people.
Your tarot manifesto
Your philosophy, your ethics, your approach to the cards — written in your own words, in your own voice. This is what separates a reader with a practice from someone who just does readings.
— INSIDE THE COURSE14 chapters.
The whole journey.
Tarot Academy is structured to take you from first principles all the way through to professional practice. Every chapter builds on the last. Nothing is skipped, nothing is rushed, and the depth of the subject is treated with the respect it deserves.
The Foundation
What tarot is — and isn't. A complete history from 15th century Italy to now. How the system works, how synchronicity and symbolism operate, and the Fool's Journey as the map beneath the Major Arcana.
The Major Arcana
All 22 Major Arcana cards taught in three structured lines — the way the deck was designed to be understood. Each card gets its own lesson: symbolism, history, human experience, and how to read it in a live spread.
The Complete Minor Arcana
All four suits — Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles — plus a dedicated chapter on all 16 Court Cards, including how to read them as people, energies, and aspects of yourself and the querent.
Shaping Your Practice
Intuition vs. memorization. Ethics and spiritual responsibility. Bonding with your deck. Creating your tarot manifesto. The psychic clairs. This is where knowledge becomes a living practice.
Spreads & Reading
Daily draws, journaling, the Celtic Cross, and how to design your own spread. A reader who creates their own spread has truly internalized the cards. That's the milestone this chapter builds toward.
Your Tarot Future
How to open your practice to clients. Building your brand, your style, and your web presence — including a complete guide to creating your own tarot website. The course ends. Your practice begins.
— YOUR TEACHERI know what it feels like to be overwhelmed with resources.
I’ve spent over a decade studying and practicing tarot. Slow and steady, pulling cards every day, sitting with the symbolism, reflecting on their meaning. It was more than five years before I ever did a reading for anyone, because of how much I respected the transformative space of a tarot reading. If I was going to do it, I was going to do it right.
And in that time, I’ve met so many people that want to learn tarot but have no idea where to start. There’s tons of resources online, in books, in videos, but those resources are either overwhelming or one-dimensional. Just meanings and symbolism. But what about practical advice for actual client work? What about discovering what kind of tarot reader you are? Or how to trust your intuition?
Tarot Academy is my answer to that. It’s everything I wish had existed when I was starting out: built in a foundational order, where each lesson builds on the previous one. Learning tarot isn’t about memorizing keywords or pre-existing spreads: it’s about seeing the wisdom of the archetypal language reflected in your lived experience. The wisdom of tarot is ultimately the wisdom of our own lives.
I built this course to bring more serious tarot readers into the world. Because the world needs more people who can hold space, reflect truth, and help others find their way back to themselves. If that resonates with you, I’d love to teach you this centuries-old practice, with intention.
"I've had a tarot deck for six years and always felt like I was missing something. After the first few chapters I understood why — I was memorizing, not reading. This course completely changed how I work with the cards."
"The Court Cards chapter alone was worth the entire investment. I've never seen them taught this way — as energies, as aspects of yourself. I finally understand what I'm looking at when they appear in a spread."
"I came in as a complete beginner and finished the course with a reading practice I'm genuinely proud of. The chapter on building your brand and website pushed me to actually launch. I have clients now."
What students are saying.
— THE COURSE.One investment.
Lifetime access.
Tarot Academy is a complete digital course: all video-based, accessible online, and yours for life. No subscription. No set schedule. Study at your own pace, revisit any lesson any time, and go as deep as you want to go.
Founding Member Offer
$1,200 regular price$900
Save $300 · Lifetime access · No subscription · Study at your own paceWhat’s included:
120+ video lessons: covering every card in the deck, in full depth
14 structured chapters: from the history of tarot to opening your practice
All 78 cards: Major Arcana, all four suits, and all 16 Court Cards
Intuition development: how to hear, trust, and read from your inner voice
Ethics, spreads, and client work: how to read for others with care and integrity
Brand, website, and professional setup: everything you need to open your practice. No other tarot course covers this.
Lifetime access, including all future updates: as the course grows, so does what you have access to. Forever.
— WANT TO GO FURTHER? —Tarot Academy Certification
For students ready to go all the way.
from Patrick — directly.
One hour per week. Six weeks. Weekly one-on-one video sessions focused entirely on your readings, your voice, and your development as a reader. Not a group call. Not a forum. You and Patrick.
proves you can read.
Certification culminates in a written exam, an oral presentation, and three complete tarot sessions conducted with real volunteers — recorded and reviewed by Patrick. He interviews your volunteers for honest feedback. You pass, or you retake the exam until you do.
you actually earned.
Students who pass receive a formal Tarot Academy diploma designating them a Certified Tarot Practitioner. It means something because getting it wasn't easy — and everyone who sees it will know that.
— FAQQuestions answered
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None at all. Tarot Academy is designed for the complete beginner who has never held a deck — and equally for the experienced reader who has been studying for years and wants to go deeper. The course starts from first principles and builds from there. Wherever you're starting from, you'll be met there.
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Tarot Academy is entirely online: all video-based, accessible from any device, and yours for life. There are no live sessions and no set schedule. You move through the material at your own pace, in your own time. And if the course is ever updated or expanded, that new content is yours too. Automatically, at no extra cost.
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That depends entirely on you. The course contains 25+ hours of instruction, but your relationship with the material will extend well beyond that. Tarot is a practice, not just a subject. Many students find that certain lessons reward multiple revisits as their understanding deepens.
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Absolutely. The heart of Tarot Academy is developing a personal, grounded relationship with the cards — for your own clarity, growth, and self-understanding. The professional path content is there for those who want it, but it's entirely optional. You choose how far you go.
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Tarot Academy covers the complete professional path: ethics, client work, brand development, and how to build your web presence. For students who want to go further, an optional certification program is available with Patrick directly, including weekly one-on-one video sessions, a rigorous practical exam, and a formal diploma.
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Tarot Academy opens for enrollment in April 2026. Join the waitlist now to secure Founding Member pricing — $300 off the full course investment — and get first access when doors open. There is no set start date once you're enrolled; you begin when you're ready and move through the material at your own pace.
You already feel called to this work. Trust that enough to begin.
Tarot Academy opens in April 2026.