Reading Landscapes & Navigating Tarot Weather with LAETITIA BARBIER

LAND ART: Reading Landscapes and Navigating Tarot Weather Through the Works of Ecological Visual Poets

In the PRS Library!

In the Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot, the landscape is never incidental. Weather, light and atmosphere continuously shape the scene: skies darken or clear, mountains block or elevate, gardens grow through dedicated labor while open land exposes nature’s formal creative genius. These elements are no backdrop—they actively participate in meaning-making. A reading, in this sense, is not only symbolic but environmental: it asks where you stand, to be immersed in the land and sky and sense how deeply you allow yourself to be immersed within it.

In the 20th century, the emergence of land art brought forth a similar sensibility. Artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Ana Mendieta, Robert Smithson, Agnes Denes, and Nancy Holt approached landscape not as scenery, but as ensouled material and creative collaborator. Their works—melting, eroding, dissolving—were morphed by time, weather and ecological forces.

This exercised-based class explores what we can learn practically about Tarot from these artists and their incredible practices. Rather than reading cards as isolated symbols, we will approach them as environments in flux. Seasonal change becomes narrative, landscape shapeshifting both in structures and colors, while the reader blends into an active inhabitant within the field of meaning. Divination, in this light, emerges as a form of ecological awareness—an art of perceiving and working with the conditions that sculpt both inner and outer worlds.

Overview
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | LAETITIA BARBIER Workshop: LAND ART: Reading Landscapes and Navigating Tarot Weather Through the Works of Ecological Visual Poets

Ticket price: $55 | 3-Hour Workshop in the PRS Library

This workshop is a separately ticketed event from the Festival single-day and two-day passes. Please check the Festival schedule to ensure this event doesn't conflict with other events you may want to attend at the same time.

are also available for $70 (Four Auditorium Presentations and Exclusive Tarot Shadow Play World Premiere) OR get the most value with a for $100 that includes the Friday ritual, panel and after-party PLUS the Saturday presenters & shadow puppet performance - that's ten esteemed Tarot luminaries and the premiere of a brand new Tarot shadow puppet show written exclusively for the Festival of Tarot and PRS!!!

*Please note that passes do not include workshops or the tea ceremony, which are separately ticketed events and may run concurrent to other presentations in the lineup.

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Presented by James Jude Tarot
Co-Presented by The Philosophical Research Society, TarotArts, and 22 Teachings

About the Festival:
The Los Angeles Festival of Tarot is an annual event presented by James Jude Tarot with the support of The Philosophical Research Society, TarotArts and 22 Teachings. Learn more about the Festival, the Presenters and the 2026 Program of events at www.lafestivaloftarot.com

For the 2026 Los Angeles Festival of Tarot, we invited presenters to explore Tarot as an ecosystem—a network of interrelated symbols, environments, structures, traditions and imaginal worlds.

Ecosystems may be natural or constructed, terrestrial or cosmic, physical or symbolic. Terrain, architecture, weather, oceans, galaxies, communities, and cultural systems are all lenses through which to approach the cards.

Follow @festivaloftarot @jamesjudetarot @philosophical_research_society @tarotarts and @22teachings for festival updates and sneak peeks!

About the Facilitator:

(Camena Tarot, Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive) is a French-born independent scholar, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy from 2012 to 2024 as a programming director, head librarian, and occasional curator. Her book Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive was published in 2021 with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. Along with her friend Lou Benesch, she’s the co-creator the Camena Tarot. As a writer and scholar, she has the privilege of collaborating with the iconic French maître-cartier Grimaud, notably on the exquisite re-release of their 1930s Tarot de Marseille and Belline Oracle.

Laetitia has lectured, taught and read cards for various cultural institutions, such as Greenwood Cemetery, Artyard, Fotografiska NY, the College of Psychic Studies in London or the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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The views, opinions, and thoughts expressed by the presenters are solely those of the presenter and may not represent those of the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), its affiliates, or any individuals associated with PRS. Presentations are intended for informational and entertainment purposes.

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