Jungian Perspective on the Tarot: An Introduction

Lecture Description

In this lecture, Ken James delves into how consulting the tarot can help us understand the way our psyches work. Ken helps us see the Tarot as a tool that can serve the individuation process. In Jungian psychology, individuation is the goal of all inner work. The individuation process involves the task of becoming the person intended by nature or by divinity or both. 

Ken explains how the unconscious is always present and flowing with images/symbols/energies. Jung pointed to how the tarot can be used as an intuitive method that has the purpose of understanding this flow of life. When we go with the flow of life, we are better able to do the work of individuation. When we fight the flow of life, we also fight the process of individuation, ending up more divided. 

By taking a look at the Tarot we are shown both the collective, transpersonal forces & the very personal, person-centered energies that make us. We can learn how to synthesize all of that and live our life with as much integrity as we can. 

Enjoy a bonus exercise at the end of the lecture!

This lecture is ideal if

• You want a brief introduction to the Tarot
• You want to understand how working with the Tarot reveals unknown layers of ourselves & others
• You want to get a sense of some key concepts of Jungian Psychology and how they can be woven into the work of the Tarot

By the end of this lecture, you will

• Have a better understanding of how using the Tarot helps to further our Individuation process
• Identify how the structure of the Tarot deck can be compared with the structure of the psyche
• Learn how to keep a Tarot Journal to facilitate self exploration and general knowledge of the psyche