Like many other curious tarot students, I too was both fascinated and confounded by the court cards when I began learning. I felt most drawn to the Queen of Cups, to her watery reveries and intricate grail in hand. I saw myself reflected in her capacity for emotional attunement and breadth of feeling, an embodiment of relational mastery that I yearned to hone in myself.

Admittedly, whenever the card came up in a reading, I’d claim, “There I am!”… and most of the interpretation stopped there. Soon I began to realize that there was so much more to the cards, that each of the 16 courts offered ways to dynamically explore and refine our inner lives.

Our studies will be anchored by this month’s workshop, which will be live streamed directly via Substack on Saturday, June 13th at 11:00AM PST (a replay will be available)! I’m experimenting with this new format and am excited to see how it compares to our typical Zoom meet ups.

In class, we’ll study the court cards as psychic configurations that reveal distinct modes of being and patterns of expression within the psyche. We’ll explore each card in depth, examining their psychological undercurrents, how to interpret them in readings and utilize them for inner work.

Together, we’ll:

• Deepen your understanding of the relationship between tarot, complexes, and Jungian psychology

• Meet the court cards as archetypal personalities and psychic configurations

• Explore each card’s defining qualities, motivations, strengths, and shadows

• Learn four practical approaches for interpreting court cards

• Identify a relevant court card and explore its significance through a guided reading

Please bring a deck to use in class!

If you’re ready to deepen your understanding of the court cards and explore them through a Jungian and archetypal lens, I invite you to join us! Further details for our studies and workshop are below.

How to join this month’s workshop

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How has your inner work been unfolding this month?

Today, I’m opening up the discussion thread to answer your pressing inner work questions. This is your chance to ask me for guidance, interpretation support, or perspective on something emerging in life currently.

Think of it like my monthly office hours — an opportunity for direct support :)

For example:

• Interpretation help for a dream

• A tarot card or spread you’d like another perspective on

• Guidance on an inner work dynamic you’re trying to understand

• Clarification on concepts, ideas, etc from this month’s studies

• General questions on tarot, dreamwork, Jungian psychology, myth, alchemy, or related subjects

• Requests for inner work or study resources (books, classes, etc)

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See you in the comments!
~Alyssa

Have you watched this month’s workshop?

This month’s workshop on synchronicity is now available to stream! In it, I challenged myself to create a framework members can use to interpret and integrate synchronicity by tracing its archetypal and inner work themes. It’s a fairly simple, 4-step process.

If you try out the technique, let me know how it goes :)

What’s coming up next in the membership…

In June, we will study the court cards of the tarot, some of the trickiest cards in the deck! We’ll approach them as psychic configurations that reveal distinct modes of being and patterns of expression within the psyche. Special attention will be given to working with them in readings.

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Please note: Live classes will return in June. I’ll send an update with more details next week.

Synchronicity is a mind-bending concept, asking us to consider how dynamics that should be squarely internal (like a dream, thought, image, feeling) can be reflected outside of ourselves.

A synchronicity may be dramatic and striking, like dreaming of an event before it comes to pass. Or, it can be subtle and inviting, like a recurring theme we keep hearing about that seems full of meaning.

Oftentimes, we experience these synchronicities without a framework to understand, contextualize, or meaningfully work with them afterward. This workshop remedies that, providing an educational foundation of synchronicity from a Jungian perspective. We examine how synchronicity tends to appear during times of emotional intensity and deep inner work, as well as their link to archetypes and the unus mundus.

You’ll learn how to work with synchronicity practically by identifying archetypal themes, exploring symbolic meaning, and reflecting on what these moments may be revealing or asking of your development.

I hope you enjoy!
~Alyssa

Synchronicity will support you to:

• Understand synchronicity through a Jungian framework

• Identify the symbolic and archetypal themes underlying synchronicities

• Explore how synchronicity emerges during periods of transformation, emotional intensity, and inner work

• Develop practical tools for interpreting and integrating synchronicity into your psychological development and life

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Hello members, how has your inner work been unfolding this month?

Today, I’m opening up the discussion thread to answer your pressing inner work questions. This is your chance to ask me for guidance, interpretation support, or perspective on something emerging in life currently.

Think of it like my …

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I’m excited to bring it back this month with Hekate, the liminal goddess and key-holder of dark mysteries who leads us through the crossroads. In this workshop, we explore her archetypal expressions as Great Mother, Sorceress, Psychopomp, and Crone, considering how we can build a relationship to her in these different expressions. Meet Hekate in her many forms, dive into her rich symbols, and uncover her potency as initiator, transformer, and underworld guide.

Archetypal Encounters: Hekate will support you to:

• Understand Hekate as a figure of liminality, unconscious power, and transformation through a Jungian lens

• Recognize the psychological significance of her four archetypal forms: Great Mother, Sorceress, Psychopomp, and Crone

• Interpret the key, torch, crossroads, and dog as symbols of access, illumination, transition, and instinct within inner change

• Apply Hekate’s archetypal themes to guide you through current transitions, changes, and thresholds of life

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I’m away on maternity leave in April and May, which means that our first two workshops will be pre-recorded and sent directly to your inbox to enjoy. I’ll be returning to live teaching in June!

Our monthly inner work experience continues on as usual though. Here’s what you can expect:

• The Oracle — We kick off our inner work with a blended tarot and dreamwork divination to open the archetypal field.

• Workshop — Mid-month, I’ll send out the workshop for you to watch.

• Office Hours Discussion Thread + Q&A — We close out with an office hours style discussion thread. Bring your pressing inner work questions, tarot/dreamwork interpretation requests, etc!

I’ve also added something new…a suggested text or book related to our monthly theme (listed below). This is completely optional, but a great addition if you’re wanting to deepen your studies.

Let’s take a look at our workshops and monthly studies schedule for the next three months!

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Archetypal Encounters: Hekate

Explore the archetypal themes of the liminal goddess

In April, we will explore the dark mysteries and liminal realms of the goddess Hekate through a Jungian and mythic lens, reflecting on her many psychological functions. We’ll work with her archetypal forms and key symbols as a guide through our current transitions, initiations, transformations, and underworld journeys.

Our focus includes:

• Hekate’s archetypal themes and psychological functions as Great Mother, Sorceress, Psychopomp, and Crone

• Her key symbols: key, torch, crossroads, and dog

• How Hekate can help us navigate liminal states, change, and inner transformation

Suggested reading:

• The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

• The Orphic Hymn to Hekate (see below)

“Hekate Einodia, Trioditis [Trivia], lovely dame, of earthly, watery, and celestial frame, sepulchral, in a saffron veil arrayed, pleased with dark ghosts that wander through the shade; Perseis (daughter of Perses), solitary goddess, hail! The world’s key-bearer, never doomed to fail; in stags rejoicing, huntress, nightly seen, and drawn by bulls, unconquerable queen; Leader, Nymphe, nurse, on mountains wandering, hear the suppliants who with holy rites thy power revere, and to the herdsman with a favouring mind draw near.”

Orphic Hymn 1 to Hecate (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.)

Synchronicity

Learn to recognize and interpret synchronicity in your life

In May, we will explore Jung’s theory of synchronicity, where inner psychic states and outer events meaningfully align without direct cause. We’ll work with synchronicity as an expression of the unus mundus (one world) and as the bridge between psyche and matter, learning how to interpret these moments as signals from the unconscious within the individuation process.

Our focus includes:

• Using synchronicity to orient and deepen the individuation process

• Recognizing when synchronicities are occurring in your life and what they are reflecting about the current moment in time

• How to interpret synchronicities symbolically and practically for insight and guidance

Suggested reading:

• Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle by C.G. Jung

Court Cards

Meet the archetypal personalities of the tarot

In June, we will study the court cards as psychic configurations that reveal distinct modes of being and patterns of expression within the psyche. We’ll explore each card in depth, examining their psychological undercurrents and how they emerge in readings and inner work.

Our focus includes:

• Meeting each court card as an archetypal personality or psychic pattern

• Understanding the court card’s unique psychological dynamics and expressions

• How to interpret each court card with nuance, clarity, and depth in readings

Suggested reading:

• Chapter 5, “The Many Faces of the Tarot Court,” and Chapter 6, “The Court Cards,” in Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul by

Please note: Live classes will return this month! I’ll send an update on this closer to the date :)

If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to drop it in the comments below!

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Hello members, how has your inner work been unfolding this month?

Today, I’m opening up the discussion thread to answer your pressing inner work questions. This is your chance to ask me for gui…

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Yesterday, we gathered for an archetypal deep dive into elemental dream symbols and their link to alchemy. This is the perfect primer if you’re curious to begin your alchemical studies and sharpen your dreamwork skills.

I’m heading on maternity leave soon (you can read about that here), so live classes are on pause till June. However! the monthly membership experience will continue with pre-recorded workshops alongside the Oracle and Q&A threads.

Keep an eye out for an update in a few weeks where I’ll be announcing the next 3 months of inner work topics and classes. In the meantime, this workshop will immerse you in alchemical wonder as you explore the transformative currents in the elemental symbols of your dreams. Enjoy!

~Alyssa

Discover how elemental dream symbols reveal the alchemical transformations moving through your psyche

Have you ever dreamed of catastrophic floods, cooking with a roaring fire, flying freely through the open sky, or descending deep into the earth?

Dreams of this nature reflect the elemental operations of alchemy — symbolic and practical processes rooted in fire, water, air, and earth. They arise during times of profound psychological change, highlighting essential themes and dynamics that help us navigate growth and evolution.

In this month’s workshop, we explore elemental dream imagery through an alchemical lens, learning how the operations of calcinatio, solutio, sublimatio, and coagulatio illuminate the forces shaping our lives, and how we can work with them consciously to support clarity, insight, and personal transformation.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Understand elemental dreams through a Jungian and alchemical lens

• Recognize fire, water, air, and earth imagery in dreams and how each element relates to inner and outer dynamics

• Identify which alchemical operation (calcinatio, solutio, sublimatio, or coagulatio) is active in your dream life

• Work with dream symbolism to gain clarity and orientation for your inner work

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Hello members, our month of tarot themed inner work is coming to a close…

This month, I thought we might try something new for our discussion thread!

Comment down below with a brief inner work related question, and I’ll pull a single tarot card to provide you with guidance and insight.

I encourag…

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Perhaps the most exciting and frustrating aspect of working with the cards is how complex and nuanced they are, especially as you attempt more involved spreads. The art of interpretation lives here, where the cards mingle and mix to unveil a story of psychic richness and insight.

This workshop is devoted to cultivating the skills and awareness to navigate readings with ease and creative flow. I hope you enjoy!

~Alyssa

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Explore the art of tarot interpretation and learn to navigate the constellated field for insight and transformation

The Art of Tarot Interpretation introduces a depth-oriented approach to working with the cards as an interactive, related field — where meaning emerges through finding the connection between all elements of the reading. You’ll learn to trace psychological tensions, archetypal flow, contextual dynamics, and symbolic patterns as they unfold across a spread. All of which will help you to build confidence in your readings, deepen your understanding of the cards, and develop creative interpretive fluency.

The Art of Tarot Interpretation will support you to:

• Move beyond reading cards in isolation to perceiving the spread as a dynamic, interconnected field

• Recognize archetypal flow, connections and psychological tension across combinations of cards

• Utilize patterns and groupings (such as numerology of the pips, themes in suits and court cards, and Major vs Minor Arcana) to anchor interpretation

• Learn to uncover the uniting narrative within a tarot spread

• Develop interpretive fluency and confidence when reading complex spreads

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~ Welcome to The Oracle, a monthly divination to open the archetypal field through a blend of tarot and dreamwork ~

There was a time in my early studies of tarot where I felt quite mystified by the whole process. Although there was always an allure and great sense of potency when I picked up a deck, I typically ran up against frustrating limitations.

The reliance I had on the guidebook and looking up definitions…

Drawing a blank as I attempted to gather insight and meaning from a reading…

A sense of overwhelm when there were too many cards to interpret…

I always felt as if I was lacking, wondering when I would arrive at a place of comfort and ease. Then, one fateful day, a friend of mine asked me to pull some cards and read for them. Diving head first, I agreed, and found myself staring down a spread of cards and a rising panic in my chest.

I took a deep breath and just began talking. I entered into this strange liminal state. Here, but not here. Present, and yet connected to something else beyond. The cadence of my voice shifted and insights flowed from the stream of the unconscious with ease.

That day I learned that the tarot is a gateway into the archetypal realm, a psychic portal that allows you to descend to the unconscious and to receive what flows from it readily.

The art of reading the cards must be squarely situated in this truth, for it schools us in the language and power of symbols—how they move us beyond conscious states and into the depths.

I also realized that my ability to do this was reinforced by the learning I had been engaged in: pulling apart the system of tarot, its structures and patterns, its images and feel. Becoming a fluent tarot reader was the merging of a strong educational base with the ease of the diviner. This month, I seek to guide you through a similar path in The Art of Tarot Interpretation.

To begin, let us turn towards The Oracle’s words as guidance for the weeks ahead…

Inspiration and Integration

Ace of Wands: A creative spark ignites; sensing intuitive potential and flows of inspiration; the stirring of passion and possibility

Temperance: Blending and integration; dialectic and its resulting reconciliation; alignment between opposing or complementary forces

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Hello members, how has your inner work been unfolding this month?

As our month of inner work comes to a close, I invite you to join in our monthly discussion thread + Q&A.

This is an open forum to explore all things related to your inner work. Whether it’s a tarot reading you’d like a second perspective on, a dream in need of interpretation, a resource y…

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I often hear my students asking this question as they struggle to build confidence and clarity when reading the cards. Should they lean into the set definitions or follow an intuitive impulse? What does reading the cards actually look like?!

The answer lies in the space where these two approaches blend — a fluid an…

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Our weekend workshop—Tarot for Beginners—was such a rich exploration and time together! I took note of the enthusiasm and desire for more classes that could support a continued deepening and learning of the cards.

It made me wonder…

Would you prefer that we continue our studies of tarot in February?

If so, I would offer an in…

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~Alyssa

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Tarot for Beginners is an introductory workshop exploring the cards as a tool for insight and reflection. Grounded in core principles from Jungian psychology, we explore how tarot unveils the subtle inner workings of the psyche via symbol, image and archetypal expression. Dive deep into the rich world of the tarot and see how it acts as a psychic bridge, revealing unconscious dynamics and supporting the path of individuation.

Tarot for Beginners will support you to:

• Understand tarot through a Jungian framework of archetypes, synchronicity, and divination

• Learn to read tarot imagery as a symbolic language that reveals unconscious dynamics

• Work with the Major and Minor Arcana as expressions of psychological and archetypal processes

• Craft meaningful, psychologically expansive tarot questions

• Begin reading tarot for yourself using simple, intuitive, and repeatable methods

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Hello members!

To kick off our studies this month, I want to offer a simple tarot exercise. What’s great about the cards is that their imagery and symbolism stir psychological activity. Even if you don’t know the meanings well, you can begin to get insights!

I use this prompt often when I’m wanting to journal and it works great as a weekly/daily reading. …

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~ Welcome to The Oracle, a monthly divination to open the archetypal field through a blend of tarot and dreamwork ~

I’ve long been drawn to intuitive practices and modalities that help one commune with the depths. I think it’s in my nature—I’m an INFJ, and since consciousness blossomed within, I’ve felt that there is more to life than what meets the eye. Concrete reality dissolves in the face of the unconscious and its mysterious expressions. Powerful dreams, psychic sight, and visions of sudden knowing have affirmed that the veil between worlds is indeed permeable.

At the age of 14 or so, I had my first tarot reading. The cards always entranced me; there was something about their strange yet familiar symbols that drew me in. Admittedly, in those early days, I didn’t understand the cards well. The Empress showed up often, and I felt fearful, wondering if somehow motherhood would find me earlier than I desired. The reader tsked, saying perhaps I would be giving form to some creative endeavor, not a physical child.

In retrospect, I think this was the archetypal presence of the Great Mother, a powerful force that would eventually bring a difficult but transformative reckoning 10 years later.

“Because the Tarot relies on the universal language of symbolism, its influence has, over several centuries, spread throughout the world unrestricted by language barriers or semantics. And, since symbolism is also the language of the unconscious, the use of the Tarot tends to activate the intuitive mind, or right-brain center.”

— Mary K. Greer, Tarot For Your Self

You see, too often we forget that the tarot emerged like a channeled dream from the roots of the collective unconscious. It is a language of symbols, of archetypal images. When we approach it through the day-world mind, trying to force it into strict categories, clear answers, and rationalizations, we undermine the bridge it creates between psychic layers of experience.

Tarot works most powerfully when it holds us in an archetypal constellation of imagistic wonder. Our inner and outer dynamics are expressed anew—in color, shape, and symbolic form. The grip of ego begins to loosen, and the incredible wisdom and insights that were lingering just under the surface begin to emerge.

For well over a decade, I’ve honed in on this approach to the cards. Situating them in the archetypal ground of the psyche, mining them for their psychological richness, it fast became one of the most impactful of my inner work tools.

This month, as we embark on a beginner’s path to meeting the tarot, let us hold this in mind:

The tarot profoundly awakens imagination; it connects us to the unconscious, so that we may better know ourselves and the path of individuation that is unfolding.

And now, let us turn towards The Oracle’s words as guidance for the weeks ahead…

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Hello members, how has your inner work been unfolding this month?

As our month of inner work comes to a close, I invite you to join in our monthly discussion thread + Q&A.

This is an open forum to explore all things r…

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The replay of our Solstice Gathering breaks down the major themes of the book, accessible whether you’ve read it in its entirety or are just interested in what it contains. I hope you enjoy!

~Alyssa

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Jung’s writing is notoriously impenetrable and academically dense, but in Memories, Dreams, Reflections, we get a deeper sense of the man behind the theory, the psychic drives and images that fueled his tireless pursuits. It is the book I recommend all curious students begin with if they want to learn about Jungian psychology. I consider it the mythic origins of Jung, in his own words.

This month in The Artemisian’s membership, we embarked on a gentle read-along of the book. In our Solstice Gathering, I offered a breakdown of the chapters, covering the major themes of his explorations and how they tie back to core principles of Jung’s psychology and theories.

No reading is required to watch, but I do hope it inspires curiosity into the text!

This replay invites you into the field of Memories, Dreams, Reflections, supporting you in:

• Understanding Jung’s relationship to dreams, fantasies and visions as formative psychological events

• Recognizing the role of crisis, breakdown, and disorientation in the individuation process

• Exploring how symbolic images act as mediators between consciousness and the unconscious

• Situating your own inner experiences within a larger archetypal and psychological context

In this gathering, we explore:

• The archetypal and psychological dimensions of Memories, Dreams, Reflections

• Key themes from Jung’s early life, dream encounters, ruptures, encounters and more

• An introduction to core Jungian ideas as they emerge from his personal experience

• Quotations from Jung’s Life and Work, which contain the original interviews behind Memories, Dreams, Reflections

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LAST CHANCE — Register for our Solstice and Memories, Dreams, Reflections Gathering

This Sunday, our members community will gather for a special end of year session to celebrate the solstice and reflect on Jung’s autobiography — Memories, Dreams, Reflections. You do not have to read the book to attend! I’ll be covering major themes from the book, how they relate to core Jungian concepts, and ways to connect further to the depths of the unconscious in the spirit of Jung’s inner work. Register here!

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