September 4, 2021: Tarot Flora and Fauna Part 2: Plants, Herbs, Trees and Flowers

Please join us on Saturday, Sept 4th, 2021 for part two of our exploration of the flora and fauna of tarot.  We will once again be meeting virtually via Zoom from 1PM to 3PM.  

This month we will begin with a short show and tell of your botanical or nature-based decks if you choose to use them. We will then look at some of the Flora in the Rider Waite deck before moving onto some creative activities using plants as botanical archetypes. Finally we will read and share a few nature inspired mini spreads.  If you would like to share and use a nature (plant-inclusive) tarot or oracle deck for this session, that is wonderful, but not exclusively necessary. You will be able to participate in all activities with any deck and any level of  (or lack of) knowledge about plants, herbs, trees and flowers. Although having a phone with which to “Google” or plant guide book nearby for looking things up might be helpful.   

Zoom link will be shared by email and in our Facebook group a few days in advance. You can also contact Jill or Carolyn if need be. See “contacts” tab. 

Mass Tarot Meeting 8/7/21: Tarot Flora and Fauna Part 1: The Tarot Menagerie

Please join us on August 7th from 1pm to 3pm, for our virtual Mass Tarot Meeting via the Zoom platform. 

This month we will be embarking on part 1 of 2 sessions connecting tarot to the natural world with Jill Scott. Part one will be tarot’s connection to the animal world. Part two will be plants. Tarot, as a moral guide, is a great tool to navigate the preservation and appreciation of our flora and fauna which is at risk due to climate change and the resulting extreme weather patterns. It’s also a lot of fun to connect tarot concepts to plants and animals to deepen our understanding of tarot’s universal language. 

This session we will be discussing the depictions of animals in traditional tarot, as well as coming up with our own animal associations. We will explore some important nature related questions and spend a little time discovering our animal spirit guides. 

If you have an animal themed deck you would like to bring and share, we will start with a show and tell. But if you do not have an animal themed deck, don’t worry because all the activities can be done without one. If you have ever considered creating a fauna-based deck, this would be the perfect preparatory session for you. 

***zoom link is shared in our Facebook group. If you don’t have access, you can email me (Jill) at pathfindertarot@comcast.net for the link***

July 3rd, 2021: Creating a Tarot Spread Inspired by a Card with Carolyn Cushing

Please join us on July 3rd, 2021 for our Mass Tarot Meeting from 1PM to 3PM. We will be conducting the meeting via the ZOOM platform. Link will be shared by email and in our Facebook group when available. Once the Lilly Library begins letting out the community room again, we will move back to in-person meeting.

This month Carolyn is planning to lead us though a process of creating a tarot spread inspired by a single major arcana card. She has said that after sharing some tips on spread creation, we will each work with a major arcana that we know well or are inspired by to create a spread. We will have time to work alone, in pairs and as a full group to to create, tweak and share our spreads with each other.

**We are looking for members with ideas for meeting topics to facilitate upcoming meetings. Please contact Jill or Carolyn if you would like to volunteer. Super bonus points of you can host a zoom session for the full 2 hours.

Jill: pathfindertarot@comcast.net

Carolyn: carolyn@soulpathsanctuary.com

June 5th, 2021 Comparing Justice and Judgement in the Tarot

Please join us on June 5^th, 2021 via ZOOM from 1Pm to 3PM for our Mass Tarot June 2021 meeting. 

This month we will be looking at the Major Arcana cards Justice and Judgement with Jill.  We will attempt to gain a comprehensive theoretical understanding of these two cards by defining and comparing them. Your insights and input will be welcomed as we will spend a fair amount of time in discussion. We will then apply our understanding of the concepts of Justice and Judgement by means of reading a couple short tarot spreads. If possible, please bring a modern deck that has Justice (XI) and Judgement cards (XX) that you really like. It would be best of the deck has fully illustrated minor arcana as well. This session would be good for both tarot students and pros. Hope to see you there!

May 1st, 2021 Mass Tarot Meeting: Ask the Planets

Please join us on Saturday, May 1st, 2021 from 1PM to 3PM for a presentation on Tarot and Astrology by Zanna Gruber. We will meet on the ZOOM platform until further notice.

Ask the Planets:

At this meeting of Mass Tarot we will be blending some astrology in with our Tarot. We will be looking at the astrological meanings of the Sun, Moon and the 5 visible planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. We will do a 7 card reading with a card representing each planet. Please bring 2 decks (both Tarot and Oracle decks work well for this) and think of a situation or area of your life about which you would like advice from varied perspectives.

A ZOOM link will be provided by email if you get Mass Tarot notifications and in the comments of the event listing in our facebook group. Alternatively you can email or fb message Carolyn or Jill.

Carolyn: carolyn@soulpathsanctuary.com

Jill: pathfindertarot@comcast.net

Tarot on the Labyrinth Path

Please join us on Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 at 1:PM to 3:PM for our March ZOOM meeting. Please watch your email for the zoom link (you can sign up for email notifications on this site) The ZOOM link will also be posted in our facebook group and available by request from Carolyn or Jill. Please do not share the link outside the group.

Tarot on the Labyrinth Path

by Sandra Haynes

for the Massachusetts Tarot Society

April 3rd, 2021

In this session we will look at one of humanity’s oldest symbols, the labyrinth. We will learn how to draw a simple 3 circuit labyrinth and how this symbol’s structure points to transformation. We will use this labyrinth path as a tarot reading. 

We will also delve into the bronze-age myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and how the major arcana archetypes are represented in the myth and when overlaid on the labyrinth form a series of gates the fool, Theseus, must pass though to reach the Minotaur and emerge again.

We hope to see you there!

March 6th, 2021 Mass Tarot: Special Guest Presenter: Rachel Pollack

Please join us on Saturday March 6th, 2021 from 1PM to 3PM for a very special Mass Tarot gathering via ZOOM.

THE ART OF THE QUESTION, with Rachel Pollack
For many Tarot readers the question is the root of all we do with  tarot.  Not just readings, and certainly not just predictions but also  looking into the essence of Tarot.  Because it is the question that  allows the Tarot to speak to us.  There are questions that are simple  and practical, questions that are profound and philosophical,  questions that are about issues common to many people’s lives, and  questions that are strange and mysterious.  We set the question and  then we shuffle.
Here are three questions that we can explore about Tarot itself:1. What is the Tarot for?2. What is it in and of itself (what is its essential nature)? And of course,3. How does the Tarot work?
This will be the first part of our time together.  The second will be  something I’ve wanted to do for many years—simply answer people’s  questions about Tarot, and Tarot readings with no other plan or set  materials.  So think about questions you’ve had about the cards—their  qualities, what we can do with them, how to understand what they show  us.
I do not want to know the questions ahead of time—the idea is to  respond in the moment.  However, I invite people to send any questions  they have ahead of time to Carolyn (carolyn@soulpathsanctuary.com).   And we’ll try to make time for spontaneous questions as well.
I look forward to all of us learning together.

HOW TO ATTEND (from Carolyn)

#1: If you haven’t signed up yet, now is the time to do so. Send $6 or  more $s (Rachel gets it all) via PayPal.com to pay@masstarot.org. When  I see the payment, I’ll send you the link so you have it to sign in  that day.
If you have sent your money, but don’t have a link yet: First, check  your spam / promos / junk. Lots of my emails have been ending up  there, especially when they have Zoom links, I think. Of course, if  you don’t see it there, reach out to me for the link.
#2: For those that are attending, check out Rachel’s invitation to  send a question for her to answer. Then send your question to me. I’m  going to put them in a hat for random picking that day.

February 6th, 2021: An Inner Journey with the Tarot

Hi, Fellow Tarot Lovers:
We will gather in Zoomlandia (info below) this Saturday, the 6th, at  1pm. We had to switch things up so I will be leading the session. Here  is what is on offer:

An Inner Journey with the Tarot
The pandemic continues, snow stops traffic, and pilots are forgetting  how to fly! We’d better take an inner journey instead and that is  exactly what we will do this Saturday. After a meditation to create an  imaginal landscape in the room where we are, we will use the cards to  find a soul tending question and be guided on a pilgrimage to find the  answer to that question.
Use any deck that inspires you. You may want to separate out the  Majors to be prepared ahead of the session. Have a notebook and pen  handy. You’ll be invited to move a bit around the space that you are in.

If you are on our email list, you have already received the link to this meeting. It will be shared in the Mass Tarot Facebook group as well, or if need be, you may contact Carolyn at Carolyn@soulpathsanctuary.com or Jill at Pathfindertarot@comcast.net

P.S. I hope you saw Monday’s email with the news that Tarot Grand  Master and Vibrant Storyteller Rachel Pollack will be our March guest.  As this is a special event, you do need to make a payment, but it only  $6 sent to Pay Pal using pay@masstarot.org. We are not offering this  beyond Mass Tarot at the moment. When I get notification that your  payment is in, I’ll send you the Zoom link for the session.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Cheers,Carolyn

Wheel of The Year Spread, January 2, 2021

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven, unless its roots go down to hell” Carl Jung

Please join us on Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 from 1PM to 3PM via Zoom, for our annual Wheel of the Year tarot reading led & hosted by Carolyn Cushing. If  you have your WOTY notes from last year, bring them along. This  practice is reflective as well as predictive. If you do not have your  notes or have never done this spread with us, that is fine, too, you  will still be able to follow along. Please bring a comfortable deck to  work with, and your tarot journal if you keep one.

We will post the Zoom link in the Mass Tarot Facebook group, and attach it to your reminder email. You can also contact Carolyn or Jill by email for it. Carolynn@soulpathsanctuary.com or (Jill) pathfindertarot@comcast.net. Please do not share it outside of our group.

We look forward to seeing you!!

Mass Tarot Meeting, 12/5/2020: Combining Oracle Cards with Tarot

Please join us on Saturday December 5, 2020, via ZOOM for our monthly virtual meet-up. The meeting will begin at 1PM and finish at 3PM.

This month we will be exploring ways to combine oracle cards with the tarot. Oracles cards can direct, invite, or simply add depth to our tarot readings. We will be reading for ourselves and taking turns reading for each other. Please have both a tarot deck and an oracle deck available.

If you need to purchase an oracle deck, a good place to start is here: https://www.usgamesinc.com/Tarot_and_Inspiration/oracle/

You can also find many independently published decks on Etsy, and some good deals on used decks in the FB group Tarot Marketplace. Alternatively, a homemade oracle deck would be a fun art project for those who are creatively inclined.

The ZOOM invitation (link), once it is available will be posted in our Facebook group and sent out with our monthly email reminder. You can also obtain the link by emailing Carolyn@soulpathsanctuary.com or Jill at pathfindertarot@comcast.net.