Harvest of Gold: The Suit of Coins in the Tarot, Fall Equinox and the Poetic Language of the Land, with Morbid Anatomy’s Laetitia Barbier. Beginning December 4th.

2 week online course
Saturdays 2pm-4pm Eastern Time ( December 4th /11th)
PLEASE NOTE: All classes will also be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Taught via Zoom by Morbid Anatomy Programing Director Laetitia Barbier

$110 ($99 for $5/a month and above Patreon members)

Please note: Zoom invites are sent five days before the first class meeting. If you do not receive it, please email us at info.morbidanatomy@gmail.com.

This class on the Suit of Coins in the Tarot, is the first opus of a four part series dedicated to the minor arcana, their connection to seasonal change, and the philosophical allegories they present. Modeled after the concept of the Book of Hours, this Tarot workshop will, each season, go through the iconography of a specific suit, studied through the lense of art, history and mythology. Together we’ll take a closer at the story they tell, and how these ideas can ignite an introspective journey and allow for personal transformation.

The Planet Earth has a rhythm of its own, gently inclined from its axis, rotating around the sun, a slow and steady revolution. In order to sustain itself, mankind had to intimately understand this rhythm, dance to the tempo of seasonal shifts, intuitively guessing when to provide for their land and the best moment to harvest the fruit of their labor. Some times are for giving, others are for receiving.

In this two week interactive program, we’ll study the suit of coins, its connection to the Fall equinox and the meaning hidden behind agricultural metaphors populating numerous historical and contemporary tarot decks, including the Rider Waite Smith, the Pavlov and the Carnival of the End of the World. Through iconographic example, parlor games and discussions, we’ll also study the narrative arch of the suit itself and how to read these cards in the context of a reading or for more meditative pursuit.

Each students will be provided with a private access to a virtual classroom, including iconographical references, a bibliography and a workbook containing daily journaling prompts and creative assignments to do in their own time.

French born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar, as well as professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy since 2011 as a programming director, head librarian and occasional curator. Her new book “Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive” published by Abrams will be out November 2021. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.