Introduction to Reading the Tarot with Jezmina Von Thiele

Name: Introduction to Reading the Tarot with Jezmina Von Thiele
Start: 2025-04-21T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 19 Sheafe St, Portsmouth, NH

Schedule

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

19 Sheafe St, Portsmouth, NH | Portsmouth, NH

Jezmina Von Thiele will introduce you to the art of tarot. You will learn about the history and cultural context of the tarot cards and their use as divinatory tools, some basic tarot spreads, the meanings of the cards, and approaches to familiarize yourself with their meanings. You will also learn some beginner exercises for strengthening your intuition.
Students will receive an emailed PDF after the class. Jezmina will be working with the Smith Rider Waite deck.
Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is the co-author of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling with Paulina Stevens, and a fortune-teller in their mixed Sinti Romani tradition, based in Portsmouth, NH as a resident reader at Deadwick's Ethereal Emporium. Jezmina deals in tarot, palms, and tea leaves, and teaches workshops on divination, spiritual wellness, and the creative arts in-person and online (visit jezminavonthiele.com). They often tell fortunes and perform poetry with The Poetry Brothel, Boston’s premiere immersive literary event. Jezmina is co-host of Romanistan, a podcast celebrating Romani culture, available on all podcast platforms and romanistanpodcast.com. Roma are an Indian diasporic ethnic group, also known by the slur/misnomer, Gypsies, and fortune telling is one of the Romani people’s many survival trades.
Classes will take place at the Deadwick's Common Room, 19 Sheafe St., Portsmouth, NH and will run approximately an hour and a half to two hours. Please arrive promptly at 6pm, and allow time for parking. Guests attending via Zoom will be emailed a class link prior to the class. The fee for this course is $44/student.