CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Jungian tarot reader

Sharpen your skills and gain confidence as a Tarot reader with our in-depth Tarot Reader Certificate Program. Grounded in Jungian Psychology, this program equips you to read Tarot for others or integrate it into your coaching or counseling practice.
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Deepen your competency in reading the Tarot through a Jungian Lens

This certificate program will help sharpen your skill in utilizing the ancient and beautiful oracle: the Tarot. It is designed for you to share Tarot readings with friends, read Tarot for others to help them develop their potential, or to add the Tarot as an adjunct to an already thriving coaching or counseling practice.


This extensive program is led by Jungian Analyst Kenneth James, who is a masterful teacher and a magnificent Tarot Reader. The program consists of theory, exercises, practice, and reflection.

Each module includes one or more on-demand videos and a live class of three hours. Before each module, please watch the on-demand video(s), and feel free to bring any questions to the live class.

The certificate program on Tarot reading is grounded in Jungian Psychology, that is, work with the Tarot is viewed primarily from this perspective. The program will, therefore, cover critical Jungian concepts such as the Ego-Self axis, the transcendent function, the relationship between complexes and archetypes, synchronicity, and how quantum physics elucidates the often misunderstood qualities of the psyche. 


Jung Platform hosts two other programs on the Tarot taught by Kenneth James. These programs address the basics of understanding the Tarot from a Jungian perspective. This certificate course, however, will provide deeper insights into the cards and develop competency in reading the Tarot for others within a consultative setting. 
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Why Tarot reading on Jung Platform?

Analytical Psychology, the psychological discipline founded by C.G. Jung has always drawn upon a wide range of resources to help people enrich their lives both in the world and within themselves. Myth, religion, divinatory systems, art, culture, social sciences, physical sciences, philosophy, music, and dance are among the domains explored by those interested in the soul’s life as understood by Analytical Psychology. 


The Tarot, a system of divination with a long tradition, utilizes rich esoteric symbolism which can be employed to depict human psychological states and better understand them. Each card has almost countless interpretations. When placed in combination with other cards in arrays known as “spreads,” the Tarot can be used to guide the sincere seeker to attain insight and guidance about many life circumstances. 

Although there are many Tarot decks available for use, in this program we will use the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck as the foundation for instruction and reading. There are many reasons for this decision, but the most pragmatic is that this will allow a significant amount of sharing of interpretations, as well as opportunities for program participants to read for each other. Having a common deck as a reference facilitates discussion and sharing of amplifications of interpretations, thus deepening our relationship to the dimensions of the psyche which the Tarot symbolizes.

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Alternatives: Other Jung and Tarot Courses

If you're interested in Jung and the tarot, we also offer shorter courses on the topic:

  • Jungian perspective on the tarot by Ken James. An introduction course that explores the link between Jungian psychology and the tarot. 
  • Jungian perspective on the tarot (level 2) by Ken James. This course is for advanced learners, and follows up on the previous course.
  • Mythic tarot courses by Juliet Sharman Burke exploring the mythological stories of the minor arcana, the court cards, and major arcana. 
  • Or Susan Chang's exploration of tarot for daily life for people that are familiar with the tarot and enjoy exploring the taort


Program overview

This program was previously offered in 2022, 2023, and 2025. No new dates are currently scheduled.
In 2026-2027 Jung Platform offers the Mythic Tarot Reader Certificate Program

Please note: The live classes are three hours long. The live webinars start at 7:00 AM PT / 10:00 AM ET (U.S. time zones) and 4:00 PM Central European Time.

Module 1

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Introduction & getting connected

Module 2

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 Structure and dynamics of psyche 

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 Transcendent function and the Tarot 

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Celtic cross, major arcana and paths on the Kabbalistic tree of life 

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Salon presentations

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Salon presentations

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Module 8

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Tarot decks
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This certificate program is ideal if:

  • You want to become skillful in reading the tarot.
  • You want to do tarot readings for friends or others to help them develop their potential, or if you want to add the Tarot as an adjunct to an already thriving coaching or counseling practice.
  • You have a wish to deepen your competency in working with the rich symbolism of the Tarot.
  • You have an interest in Jungian psychology.

How you will benefit

  • Fluency in reading the tarot for others, among which is the Celtic Cross spread.
  • Ability to work with symbols in the tarot (and general) as you will view these symbols as potentially containing clues about your personal development journey.
  • If you are a coach, a therapist, or another type of healer, this certificate program can add new dimensions to your work and its effectiveness.
  • Feeling grounded in Jungian psychology in relation to the Tarot.
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By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Conduct Tarot consults using the 3-card spread and the Celtic Cross.
  • Integrate Tarot readings into your work with others.
  • Foster and facilitate transformational processes in yourself and others.
  • Ground Tarot readings in a broader Jungian perspective.
  • Deepen awareness of inner and outer structures using the Tarot.
  • Cultivate a deeper consciousness embracing the ancient wisdom of the Tarot.

Application process

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Send an application letter and CV to Jung Platform. We will evaluate both and get back to you if you have been accepted.

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In your application letter, please provide a self-evaluation of your current tarot reading skills and experience.

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If you have any other questions, please connect with us: info@jungplatform.com.

Pricing

Single payment

$3,295

Three installments

$1,165

For more information about pricing options available contact info@jungplatform.com

Meet the Program Facilitator

KEN JAMES

Ph.D
Kenneth James, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He is the founder and director of The Soulwork Center, dedicated to facilitating the process of individuation according to the teachings of C.G. Jung and other contributors to the field of Analytical Psychology.

Dr. James received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Along the way, he studied voice at the American Conservatory of Music and learned a modality of music therapy at the Institute for Consciousness and Music in Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed four years of post-doctoral study in theology and scripture at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He has taken lay ordination in Zen Buddhism and has studied the Kabbalah with a Lubavitcher rabbi in Chicago.

Ken’s studies of the Tarot began at an early age. He was introduced to the notion of divination by an elderly aunt from Scotland who read tea leaves. Coincidentally, he purchased his first Tarot deck in his late teens from a Scottish woman in a store on State Street in his home town of Chicago. Formal study of the Tarot, as well as astrological studies, were continued at The Astrologer’s Medium, an esoteric store that operated in Chicago during the 70s and 80s of the previous century.

Dr. James has led workshops around the world on the relationship between divination and synchronicity, and on the use of the Tarot to explore the unconscious. The synthesis of Jungian thought, clinical practice, and the numinous has been a strong motif throughout his career.