Demo Course

Using the user name that you created for yourself as a Tarot Academy member or e-mail used during the registration process, you can log in from https://www.academyofdivination.com.

On the Home Page:
(1) Scroll down to read the Announcements, which are located after the left-hand sidebar with the Videos, Audios, Written Lessons, and Bonus!
 

Yes. The lessons in the membership site refer to information in both books. While the information is explained in depth in the lessons, The Easiest Way To Learn The Tarot— EVER!! and Advanced Tarot Secrets are textbook-workbooks with practice drills to help solidify the readings. The books are available for purchase through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Which Tarot deck should I use? The course is taught using the original Rider-Waite Tarot deck, which is packaged in a yellow box, illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. The Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot is a high-definition edition. The symbolism and imagery in the decks are the similar to the original Rider-Waite Tarot deck. But, there are differences in the cards’ color and level of details.

Study Groups open up at week 6. Before this point it is simply too much stress to put on more advanced students. Take your time learning, and practice what you know. Please don’t try to get more advanced students to “teach you,” or think that your previous tarot experience makes you above the simple rules we ask you adhere to. All of what we do is to help YOU, so please go at the pace of your lessons.

When you start your foray into the world shared study it’s always good to work alongside the guidance of a moderator. Think of the moderators as training wheels – they’re there to help keep you steady and on track as you learn and help to prevent you from falling or hurting yourself. Check our moderator’s study group schedule below. To join, contact a moderator (see below for more details).

After you’ve built some experience studying-practicing with classmates in our moderated study groups you’re welcome to pair off and work with a study buddy. The study group leaders and moderators will be watching your interaction to see when they feel it is a good time for you to pair up with another student, and they will often recommend one who is right for you. Of course you can always study with whomever you like. We do it a certain way because we get the best results in the world. We want YOU to get the best results in the world, and we have seen what happens when people try things their own way and eventually burn out and never achieve greatness.

While it is tempting to simply study with people who share your opinions this often has led to cliques which inevitably break up, but only after alienating the members from everyone else. This is your path, your life, and your journey. We’re not your mommies. We are just here to help, so please be careful of being led astray. Look at the long term goals involved and whether you want this community to support yours. 🙂

Moderators can be contacted through our private message system. To get there go to your profile page and click “messages”. Once that page has loaded click “compose” to bring you to the private messaging screen.

We use Skype to connect to together, like a conference call. There’s no need for a web camera since the calls are audio only. Sessions are weekly and kept to an hour, though at times they may run a bit longer.

Step 1: Make a Skype Account. You need to have a Microsoft account to use Skype which you can get here: https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form

Step 2: Download Skype.
Skype for Desktop PC and Mac: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

Skype for Mobile: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-mobile/

Skype for Tablets: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-tablet/

A Rider-Waite or a clone that is very faithful to the Rider-Waite art is recommended. Universal Waite, Rider Waite, or any of the recommended decks in Dusty’s book, your text book(s), a pen/pencil, a notepad, and a cell phone/camera for photographing any spreads you cast (this is optional)

On the Home Page, click on the image below “This week’s lessons” on the top of the right-hand sidebar.
Follow the checklist, which is still under beta testing. You can also click on “Videos” on the right-hand sidebar to find the replay of the week’s lessons.

Check out our school calendar to see what we have going on for everyone!

On the Home Page, click on “Videos” on the right-hand sidebar. Feel free to share your thoughts under “So … what do you think?” for each video In addition to your weekly lessons, bonus videos from past workshops and seminars and Two Minute Tarot Tips will be posted as additional resources.

On the Home Page, click on “Audios” on the right-hand sidebar.
Download the MP3 file of the bonus lessons to listen on the go.
For the Public Podcasts, they are available on the go using the free Easy Tarot Lessons app for Android through Amazon or Google Play and for Apple through iTunes.
In addition to your weekly lessons, bonus audio lessons from past workshops, seminars, and interviews will be posted as additional resources.

On the Home Page, click on “Written” on the right-hand sidebar. These include written lessons, thoughts, notes from the field, experiences, and general advice gained from 40 years of studying the tarot and over 20 years of reading and teaching it professionally. Feel free to share your thoughts under “So … what do you think?

On the Home Page, click on “Bonus!” on the right-hand sidebar. These include extra audio and video lessons.

On the Home Page, click on “Events” above the Easy Tarot Lessons header. Click on either “School Calendar” or “Live Training!” to see the schedule. On the School Calendar, click on the event for more details.
Please note that all times are listed in Pacific Time so convert from your local time accordingly.
Events can be displayed on a Month, List, Week and Day view by clicking on the appropriate tab.
Events can be toggled forward and backward by chosen view by clicking on “◄” or “▸”, respectively.
On the Month view, click on the category of events— Living Training, Q&A with Dusty, Social Stuff, Oddball Stuff, Certification, Lessons, and Study Groups— to group events on the calendar accordingly.

In addition, recent and upcoming events are also rotated on the Home Page. When the event appears, click on the “>” for more information. Recent events will have a replay link.

Feel free to share your thoughts under “So … what do you think? For upcoming events, click on the “>” for more information. Upcoming events will have a registration link.

If your e-mail with the registration links to upcoming events is lost, you can always go to the membership site to sign up for events. On the Home Page, upcoming events are rotated on the Home Page. When the event— public workshop on Wednesday, live training for registered students on Saturday— click on the “>” for more information about the session and a registration link. Because each event has its own meeting code, a separate registration is required for each event.

• I want to personalize my Profile Photo.To the right of the Easy Tarot Lessons header, click on the orange photo slot next to your name. A Personalization Menu will appear with tabs for Activity, Profile, Notifications, Messages, Friends, Groups, Forums, and Settings. Click on the Profile Tab, which is the second from the left. Below the Profile Tab, click on the Change Profile Photo option. Follow the instructions to upload a fun photo (JPG, GIF or PNG format) saved on your computer. We recommend a square shaped photo to fit the shape of the photo tile.

Yes! No! Wait—I am not an accountant! Okay, so wince we do NOT want to get in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (US: “IRS”), we have to say “ask your accountant or certified professional tax preparer.” BUT . . . here’s what we do know . . . This is essentially a vocational school. Being online may or may not make a difference in your country, state, or province. If you are pursuing a career, or are an established professional (you already charge money for readings) you “might” be eligible for tax breaks of some kind—credits or write-offs), so we strongly recommend that you keep your online receipts and of course any paper receipts you may get from buying tarot books and decks. Show these to your tax-preparer and see what they say. But until that time, please don’t make any assumptions that would get you in trouble with your local tax collector.