Tarot is a Gift to Astrology: We Start This Sunday
Restoring the image to the abstract. Join me March 1st to find your own symbolic fluency.
Hello Loves,
There are moments on my astrology path where I suddenly think I’m a crazy person, that the astro world is a cult, and I ask myself, “How did I even get here?”
My latest reckoning began with a Neil deGrasse Tyson rabbit hole. I went in trying to sharpen my astronomy skills and came out wondering: “What’s the point of astrology? What’s the point of any of this?”
I’m not the first to point out that science can be its own religion—and it can be a real bummer.
This isn’t anti-science rhetoric; it’s simply a plea for meaning. One can easily go mad seeing connections in everything, yet I choose to believe in a world infused with significance.
As I sat down to prepare notes for my upcoming course, Astrology for Tarot Readers, the same question kept resurfacing: “Why any of this?”
After a long internal debate, I landed somewhere steady. Astrology is scaffolding. It’s the structure upon which we hang our stories. It’s more than that, of course. But as a tool for meaning-making, it’s extraordinarily powerful. Whether or not it’s “true” is beside the point. Storytelling is a fundamental human need.
I learned this the hard way.
In my early years as an astrologer working in a psychic shop, I looked at tarot readers the way some astronomers look at astrologers: as phonies. My people memorized cycles and historical patterns to glimpse the future. These hacks shuffled a deck and suddenly had answers?
I was quickly humbled.
Clients would look at my computer screen and ask, “Where’re the pictures?” Yes, they actually asked for pictures. I was giving them planets; they wanted cards.
And that was how I started reading tarot.
Early humans looked to the sky, saw images, and told stories. Astrology was born from that instinct. It was never purely mathematical. It was symbolic. Narrative. Image-driven.
In the late nineteenth century, during astrology’s revival in the West, members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn created a rigorous table of correspondences linking tarot and astrology. MacGregor Mathers anchored the Minor Arcana to the 36 decans of the zodiac, tying the cards to ancient segments of the sky already rich with sacred imagery.
Without venturing too far into historical terrain beyond my expertise, here’s my working thesis: Tarot is a gift to astrology. Like the discovery of the outer planets or the influence of depth psychology, it has expanded the dimensions of our craft.
When astrology becomes too abstract, tarot restores the image.
Astrology for Tarot Readers
Over the next six weeks, I’ll be exploring this intersection in my course, Astrology for Tarot Readers.
We’ll move through the building blocks of astrology—planets, signs, and houses—and map them onto the tarot in real time. Together, we’ll move beyond correspondence into the space of storytelling and lived experience to find our own symbolic fluency.
If you’re new to astrology, you’ll leave with a solid foundation. If you’re a seasoned practitioner, expect to leave with new allies and new language for your practice.
Class begins this Sunday, March 1, at 11 AM PT and is offered through Laetitia Cartomancy.
Eclipse Special: One-on-One Readings
As the eclipse season unfolds, I’m offering a small number of focused eclipse readings at a reduced rate.
Eclipses tend to accelerate the narrative. They illuminate fault lines and bring conversations that have been simmering into the open. In these sessions, we’ll look at the house axis being activated in your chart and trace the deeper storyline that wants your attention now.
If you’re standing at a threshold, this is a powerful time to gain clarity.
Club Astro
If you prefer to study the sky in community, Club Astro remains my favorite container. We meet twice a month to make sense of the terrain together. This is a dedicated space to bring your charts, ask questions, and find clarity alongside a small cohort of seekers.
Members also receive access to workshops, discounts on in-person events, and a steady rhythm of conversation that continues beyond any single transit.
The next Office Hours are Thursday, March 12th, at 5 PM PT. To join, simply become a paid subscriber ($18 a month). If you’re craving continuity rather than one-off insights, I’d love to see you there.