Learn to Read Tarot Without Memorizing Card Meanings
Griffin’s next class series, beginning March 10, 2026 and taught with Goat Ced, will take a distinct approach to the tarot than his previous tarot classes. Sign up to join in person or remotely via Zoom below!
This tarot class will be different from others. As Ced Traditional Witches, we have a completely different take from the standard understanding of how to read the cards. These are the things we will be covering in this series:
In the animistic world of the Ced Tradition Witchcraft, everything has a Spirit. This is also true of the Tarot. It is the Spirits that we develop relationships with, using what the old world called ‘the Sight’ or the ‘Gifts’. Formula readings of what the cards mean, or pulling from a book, will only get you so far. The composition of reality can’t be worked like a recipe, with ingredients coming together to bake a cake. And there are some key reasons for this, which for many aren’t even on the radar!
Having a deeper understanding into how a Tarot Deck works doesn’t mean it makes it more complex. It simplifies it by clearing the clutter of additional layers of imagery and helps us focus in on the key elements. This focus can aid you in finding the best deck for you personally. Then you can forge a deep and personal connection with your deck that can tap into the tides of reality as related through you.
So rather than having to memorize somebody else’s associations with the cosmological Spirits of a Deck, we will teach you to build your own. What you need to recognize is that the Deck represents an order of Spirit that makes up your reality. Each card is an expression of a key Spirit within that reality. And it needs to be related to you and accessible to you. You and your Spirit are the threshold through which the Deck shall speak. The Deck gives language to a spiritual extension of you. As the tides and forces in reality shift and change, responding to the Spirits and events in your world, so too will the order and placement of the cards shift in accord. But the mediation of the Deck, the Rosetta Stone that will decipher the spread – that is you alone. So take the time to find clarity for yourself. What is the personal cosmology this deck presents to you? What does each card and each assembly say to you? Then you have a coherent Spirit partner that speaks your language and brings clarity to the invisible forces of Fate. That is something no book can deliver to you!