Mary K. Greer has been studying and teaching tarot for the last half century. She is author of eleven books on tarot and on magic. They include Tarot for Your Self: A Workbook for Personal Transformation, Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses, Essence of Tarot: Using Essential Oils, Magic, and Rituals to Empower Your Readings, and Mary K. Greer’s 21 Ways to Read a Tarot card. She has taught tarot for 11 years at the New College of California. She has a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Central Florida, where she first taught tarot in 1974.

In this conversation, Mary K. Greer explores the culture of tarot and its rich historical, symbolic, and experiential dimensions. She discusses tarot as a tool of archetypal insight, intuition, ritual practice, and even as a bridge to AI-assisted pattern recognition. Additionally, she considers tarot’s cross-cultural resonance and its role as a holistic path of personal transformation.

00:00 Introduction: the tarot and archetypes

03:36 Early encounters with tarot in the 1960s

06:27 The fool, the magician, and archetypal lessons

10:49 Intuition, pattern recognition, and tarot readings

15:00 AI and tarot: surprising collaborations

20:44 A.E. Waite, Pamela Colman Smith, and the Golden Dawn

29:00 Ritual, essential oils, and expanding tarot practice

38:17 Astrology, psychic insight, and the tarot journey

45:33 Visions, meditation, and inner dimensions of tarot

59:53 Conclusion: tarot as a cross-cultural path

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Published on October 3, 2025