LAETITIA BARBIER

French-born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy from 2012 to 2024 as a programming director, head librarian, and occasional curator. Her book Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive was published in 2021 with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. She is the author of the Tiger Tarot Guide Book, a unique Tarot deck by symbolist artist Lori Field. As a writer and scholar, she has the privilege of collaborating with the iconic French maître-cartier Grimaud, notably on the exquisite re-release of their 1930s Tarot de Marseille and Belline Oracle. 

Laetitia has lectured, taught, and read cards for various cultural institutions such as Greenwood Cemetery, Artyard,  Fotografiska NY, the College of Psychic Studies in London, and the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

COURSES TAUGHT

Arcane Intuition: Refining Our Intuitive Edge with the Tarot
Artomancy Circle: Using Art as a Mantic Mirror
Danse Macabre and Daredevil Flappers: Exploring the Art, Symbolism and Practice of The Carnival of the End of the World Tarot by Kahn & Selesnick
Death and Resurrection As Muse: Stirring Your Creativity in Times of Crisis with Tarot’s Forgotten Iconography
Dissecting the Tarot I: Reading Reversals
Dissecting the Tarot II: The Celtic Cross Spread
Dissecting the Tarot III: The Grand Tableau Spread: A Historical and Practical Guide into the Citadel of Stories
Divine Sisters of the Tarot: Exploring the Sacred Feminine in Images
Harvest of Gold: The Suit of Coins in the Tarot, Fall Equinox and the Poetic Language of the Land
Molten Reveries: The Suit of Cups in the Tarot, Spring Equinox, and the Fluidic Language of Imagination
Orphic Realms: An Introductory Course to Intuitive Tarot
Passing Through Walls: The Trickster Art of Tarot Storytelling, Non-Verbal Tales and Reinventing One's Narrative with the Help of the Cards
Sallie Nichols' "Tarot and The Archetypal Journey": A Reading Group and Experiential Class
Surrealist Tarot Parlor I: The Convulsive Beauty of the Arcanas
Surrealist Tarot Parlor II: The Treachery of Images
The Stalactites of Reason: The Suit of Swords of the Tarot, Winter Solstice and the Warm Embrace of Death
The Art of Tarot Journaling: Archetypal Introspection and Self Exploration for a Daily Practice