The Energy Body in Tarot
with Philip Carr-Gomm & Steve Hounsome
Many of us spend years learning the meanings of tarot cards, yet still sense there is something deeper moving beneath the images. A hidden pattern. A living structure.
Over decades of shared study and practice, Philip Carr-Gomm and Steve Hounsome developed a way of working with the Major Arcana through the seven chakras, not as theory, but as a lived experience. What emerged became the Three Septenaries: a map that reveals how every card participates in the journey of body, mind, and spirit. This nine-lesson course invites you into that practice. Works with any tarot deck, and complete beginners are warmly welcome.
Two master teachers, one shared practice, and a journey through the seven chakras they built together over decades. Nine lessons that will change the way you see every card in your deck.
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What's Included
What You Get
12 Video Lessons Across Nine Sessions
Philip and Steve guide you through the full chakra system from root to crown, with an introductory framework lesson and a closing reflection that draws the entire journey together. Watch at your own pace, with lifetime access to all recordings. Two live Q&A sessions with both instructors give you the opportunity to ask questions, share your readings, and receive personal guidance.
15 Guided Meditations with Original Music
Eight guided meditations with original sound healing music composed by The Mind Orchestra, using planetary frequency drones tuned to each chakra’s vibrational frequency. Plus seven voice-only recordings of the same journeys, for those who prefer silence or wish to use their own background sounds. The music is not ambient background; it is a functional component of the meditation practice.
12 Downloadable PDF Handouts
Five framework documents covering the Tarot-Chakra system, the Three Septenaries, the Human Energy System, the Opening Chakra Reading, and Exercises with The Fool. Plus seven detailed chakra correspondence sheets, one per energy centre, with colours, elements, planets, sounds, glands, balanced and blocked states, and the seven personal issues for each chakra.
7 Bonus Tarot Therapy Meditations
Created by Steve Hounsome from his Tarot Therapy practice, these seven standalone guided meditations are yours to use as often as you wish. Journey through the Temple of the Major Arcana, meet the Spirit of the Tarot, explore the three Realms of Body, Mind, and Spirit, and experience the elemental energies of the Minor Arcana. Each is designed so that every visit yields different insights.
Your Practice
What You'll Learn
Framework
The Three Septenaries: A Hidden Map in Every Deck
The 21 numbered Major Arcana arrange into a 7×3 grid: seven chakras across three realms of Body, Mind, and Spirit. The Magician, Strength, and The Devil form the Base Chakra column. The Chariot, Temperance, and The World form the Crown. This is not a single-card-per-chakra shortcut. It is a complete structural system that accounts for every card in the deck and gives each card two coordinates: a chakra and a realm.
Method
Your Own 11-Card Chakra Sub-Deck
Each chakra receives three Major Arcana cards plus eight Minor Arcana (a numbered pair across all four suits). That gives you an 11-card focused mini-deck for any energy centre. Separate them, shuffle, and draw three cards for a reading specific to that chakra’s domain: physical aspect, mental aspect, spiritual aspect. Seven sub-decks, seventy-seven cards. Plus the Fool. The entire deck is accounted for.
Meditation
Sound Healing Tuned to Each Chakra
Nick Gent of The Mind Orchestra composed original music for each meditation using planetary frequency drones: sustained tones tuned to the vibrational frequency associated with each chakra’s planetary ruler. Saturn for the Base, Moon for the Sacral, Venus for the Heart, and so on through to the Crown. This is not background music. It is an instrument of the practice, and many students find it is the meditations that stay with them longest.
Self-Inquiry
49 Personal Issues Explored Through Tarot
Each chakra lesson includes the Seven Personal Issues exercise, where you use tarot to explore specific life areas connected to that energy centre. Survival, security, and belonging at the Base. Creativity, sexuality, and boundaries at the Sacral. Love, compassion, and forgiveness at the Heart. Across nine lessons, you build a structured 49-issue personal inquiry that uses the cards as therapeutic lenses.
Perspective
The Fool as Journeying Awareness
Rather than assigning the Fool to a specific chakra, the course treats it as the awareness that moves through the entire system. In Lesson 1, you embody the Fool before beginning the journey through visualisation, dialogue, and six exercises in inhabiting the card. In Lesson 9, you return to the Fool after completing the journey through all seven centres. This framing transforms the Fool from a card to be read into a perspective to be lived.
Capstone
The 21-Card Closing Chakra System Reading
The culminating spread of the course. Twenty-one cards laid in a 3×7 grid, mirroring the Three Septenaries structure: three rows (Body, Mind, Spirit) across seven columns (Base through Crown). This is not a spread you learn from a book. It is a reading you arrive at after nine lessons of working with each chakra individually, a reading that maps your entire energy body at this moment in your life. The course closes with a final three-card draw: What have I been taught? What do I need to let go of? What do I take forward?
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Is This for You?
Who This Course Is For
This course is for anyone who senses that their tarot deck holds more than card meanings, that the cards connect to something in the body, the emotions, and the spirit that goes deeper than intellectual interpretation. Philip Carr-Gomm and Steve Hounsome designed these nine lessons as a genuine practice, not a lecture series. No prior knowledge of the chakra system is needed, and the course works with any tarot deck.
What makes this course unusual is its method. You will not be handed a chart of correspondences and asked to memorise it. Through guided meditation, reflective exercises, and the ongoing conversation of each lesson, you discover your own relationships between the cards and the energy centres. The framework provides structure. The meaning emerges from your practice.
Whether you come to this course through tarot, through energy work, through Druidry, or simply through curiosity, you will leave with a way of working with your deck that you cannot find in any book, because it will be entirely your own.
Free companion resource: keep our free 7 chakra chart beside you as you study · the seven centres and their correspondences on one printable page.
- Tarot readers seeking depth beyond card meanings who feel that their practice has reached a plateau and want a structured way to explore the energetic, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the cards they already know.
- Energy workers and meditation practitioners who are drawn to the chakra system and want to integrate tarot as a reflective tool for each energy centre, using the cards as mirrors for the inner landscape rather than instruments of prediction.
- Students of Druidry, Western mysteries, or psychosynthesis who appreciate that Philip brings four decades of Druidic leadership and psychosynthesis psychotherapy, and Steve brings forty-five years of healing work and the Tarot Therapy methodology, so that both the psychological and the spiritual dimensions are honoured.
- Complete beginners to tarot who want to start their practice with depth rather than memorisation, learning to relate to the cards through meditation and personal experience before approaching traditional interpretations.
- Anyone seeking a structured self-inquiry practice who wants more than a card-a-day habit, a nine-lesson journey through seven energy centres, 49 personal issues, and a set of meditations they can return to for years to come.
Your Path
Course Outline
Nine lessons moving through the chakra system from the ground up, beginning with a foundational introduction and ascending through each energy centre before a closing lesson that draws the entire journey together. Each lesson includes video, guided meditation, handouts, and card exercises.
Lesson 1: Introduction
Philip and Steve set the foundation for the entire course. You will learn how the 78-card tarot deck maps structurally onto the seven chakras through the Three Septenaries, a 7×3 grid that assigns every Major Arcana card to a chakra and a realm (Body, Mind, or Spirit). The Fool is introduced not as a card to be placed in the grid, but as the journeying awareness that moves through the whole system. You will perform your first Opening Chakra Reading, a 7-card diagnostic spread drawn from the full deck, and begin working with The Fool through six exercises in visualisation, dialogue, and embodiment.
Includes: 2 videos · guided meditation · 5 PDF handouts (The Tarot and the Chakras, The Three Septenaries, The Human Energy System, Opening Chakra Reading, Exercises with The Fool)
Lesson 2: Base Chakra · Muladhara
The journey begins at the root. The Base Chakra governs survival, security, grounding, and your connection to the physical world. You will work with the three Major Arcana cards assigned to this centre, The Magician, Strength, and The Devil, exploring how each expresses the Base Chakra’s energy at the levels of Body, Mind, and Spirit. A guided meditation with a planetary frequency drone tuned to Saturn opens the practice, followed by the 3-card chakra reading using the 11-card Base sub-deck and the 7 Personal Issues exercise.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Base Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 3: Sacral Chakra · Svadhisthana
The Sacral Chakra is the source of creativity, emotion, and desire. Its three Major Arcana cards, The High Priestess, The Hermit, and The Tower, create a particularly striking progression: intuitive potential at the Body level, solitary wisdom at the Mind level, and the shattering revelation of The Tower at the Spirit level. Through meditation, card exercises, and the 7 Personal Issues framework, you will explore creativity, sexuality, emotions, pleasure, grief, and boundaries.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Sacral Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 4: Solar Plexus Chakra · Manipura
The seat of personal power, confidence, and will. The Empress, the Wheel of Fortune, and The Star illuminate this energy centre across Body, Mind, and Spirit. The Star at the Spirit level connects hope and inspiration to personal power, while the Empress at the Body level grounds creative abundance in physical nurturing. You will explore self-esteem, empowerment, courage, responsibility, and autonomy through the per-chakra reading and personal issues exercises.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Solar Plexus Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 5: Heart Chakra · Anahata
The Heart is the central pivot of the entire energy system, the bridge between the lower and upper chakras, between body and spirit. The Emperor, Justice, and The Moon are its three guides, and the Pages (rather than a numbered pair) appear here because the Heart stands at the threshold between worlds. Through guided meditation and the exercises, you will explore love, compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, and the deep connections that sustain us.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Heart Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 6: Throat Chakra · Vishuddha
The gateway of expression, truth, and authentic voice. The Hierophant, The Hanged Man, and The Sun map this energy centre, with The Hanged Man at the Mind level teaching that true expression requires surrender. Knights bring movement and agency to the communication centre. You will discover the power of chanting before meditation and learn that at this level of the energy body, sound itself can create change.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Throat Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 7: Brow Chakra · Ajna
The third eye, the seat of intuition, imagination, and inner vision. The Lovers, Death, and Judgement are the cards assigned to this centre. Death at the Mind level connects the Brow Chakra to the release of fixed perception, while Judgement at the Spirit level links inner vision with awakening. Queens bring receptive wisdom and mature insight. The meditation works with both hemispheres of the brain, balancing the sun and moon energies of perception.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Brow Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 8: Crown Chakra · Sahasrara
The culmination of the journey through the energy body. The Chariot, Temperance, and The World are the cards of the Crown, with The World at the Spirit level representing the ultimate wholeness and completion of the entire Septenary system. Temperance at the Mind level brings the alchemical blending that precedes transcendence. Kings bring mastery and full expression. The Crown meditation takes you to a sacred inner temple that many students return to long after the course ends.
Includes: Video · guided meditation (with music + voice-only) · Crown Chakra Correspondences PDF
Lesson 9: Reflections
The final lesson returns to The Fool, now seen through the eyes of someone who has journeyed through all seven chakras. You will perform the Closing Chakra System Reading, twenty-one cards laid in a 3×7 grid mirroring the Three Septenaries structure, revealing how your energy maps across the entire system at this moment in your life. The course closes with a final 3-card reading: What have I been taught? What do I need to let go of? What do I take forward?
Includes: 3 videos · Exercises with The Fool PDF (revisited)
Your Guides
Meet Your Instructors
Philip Carr-Gomm
Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids for 32 Years · Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist · Co-Creator of the DruidCraft Tarot · Author of Over 20 Books
Philip Carr-Gomm is a psychosynthesis psychotherapist, co-creator of the DruidCraft Tarot, and author of over twenty books on the intersection of psychology and spiritual practice. He served for thirty-two years as Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, one of the world’s largest Druid organisations. His therapeutic background shapes the way each chakra lesson frames the personal issues exercise, treating the tarot not as a predictive tool but as an instrument of self-understanding.
Steve Hounsome
Creator of the Tarot Therapy Methodology · Author of 12 Published Books · Creator of the Tarot Therapy Deck · 45 Years of Healing Experience
Steve Hounsome is the creator of the Tarot Therapy methodology and deck, the author of twelve published books, and a healer with forty-five years of experience. The seven bonus meditations in this course are his creation, each designed as a repeatable journey that reveals something new with every visit. Philip and Steve are both senior members of the same Druidic lineage within OBOD, and this course was built on their long-running collaboration, not assembled from separate contributions.
Included with the Course
Ask Philip & Steve Anything
Not Just Recorded Lessons
Twice during the programme, Philip and Steve came together live to answer students’ questions, discuss what had been arising in their practice, and offer the kind of guidance that only comes from a real conversation. Both sessions were held on Tuesday, August 25 and Tuesday, September 22, 2026, and the full recordings are in the course, so you can hear every question and answer from your first day.
Have a Question for Philip & Steve?
You can also ask questions live during the session.
Live & Interactive
Two recorded sessions
One mid-course, one at the close · held August 25 and September 22, 2026, and recorded in full in the course.
Personal Guidance
Both instructors present
Not a guest appearance. Philip and Steve together for the full session
Nothing Missed
Recorded for later viewing
Watch live or catch the replay. Every session is yours to keep.
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- 2 live Q&A sessions with Philip & Steve
- Original healing music by The Mind Orchestra
- 12 video lessons across nine sessions
- 15 guided meditations
- 7 bonus Tarot Therapy meditations
- 12 downloadable PDF handouts
- Chakra correspondences and exercises
- Certificate of completion
- Community discussion forum
- Lifetime access to all class materials
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
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- 2 live Q&A sessions with Philip & Steve
- Original healing music by The Mind Orchestra
- 12 video lessons across nine sessions
- 15 guided meditations
- 7 bonus Tarot Therapy meditations
- 12 downloadable PDF handouts
- Chakra correspondences and exercises
- Certificate of completion
- Community discussion forum
- Lifetime access to all class materials
- 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Special Price
$149
10% of your enrollment supports student scholarships
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any experience with tarot to take this course?
No experience is needed. The course is designed to welcome complete beginners alongside experienced readers. Philip and Steve explain the tarot structure from the ground up, and the guided meditations and exercises are designed to create a personal relationship with the cards rather than requiring memorised meanings. If you have tarot experience, you will find a new dimension to cards you thought you already knew.
Do I need to know anything about chakras or energy work?
No. Each chakra is introduced thoroughly in its own lesson, with a detailed correspondence PDF covering location, colour, element, planet, sound, and the seven personal issues. The course teaches you the chakra system through the tarot, not the other way around.
How long is the course?
Nine lessons containing 12 video sessions, 15 guided meditations (8 with music, 7 voice-only), 7 bonus Tarot Therapy meditations, 12 PDF handouts, 2 live Q&A sessions, and a final quiz. You can move through the lessons at your own pace. Many students take one lesson per week, but you have lifetime access and can revisit any lesson as often as you wish.
Which Tarot deck should I use?
Any Tarot deck works. The course uses the Rider-Waite-Smith numbering system (Strength as VIII, Justice as XI), which is the standard in most modern decks. Philip and Steve refer to the DruidCraft Tarot and RWS in their examples, but the exercises, meditations, and readings work with whatever deck you feel drawn to.
What are the guided meditations like?
Each chakra lesson includes a guided meditation with original music composed by The Mind Orchestra using planetary frequency drones, sustained tones tuned to the vibrational frequency associated with each chakra’s planetary ruler. There are also voice-only versions without music, and seven bonus Tarot Therapy meditations created by Steve Hounsome. Many students find the meditations become the most valuable part of their ongoing practice.
What is the Three Septenaries system?
The central structural insight of the course. The 21 numbered Major Arcana cards (I through XXI, excluding The Fool) arrange into a 7×3 grid: seven columns for the seven chakras, three rows for the realms of Body, Mind, and Spirit. Every Major Arcana card has two coordinates, a chakra and a realm. Add the Minor Arcana (8 cards per chakra), and the entire 78-card deck maps onto the energy body. This is not an arbitrary assignment. Philip and Steve guide you through the logic so you can test and explore it for yourself.
What are the 11-card sub-decks?
Each chakra receives 3 Major Arcana cards and 8 Minor Arcana cards (a numbered pair across all four suits). That gives you 11 cards per chakra. You can separate these from your deck and use them for readings specific to that energy centre: a physical, mental, and spiritual perspective on the chakra’s domain. It is a practical tool you can continue using long after the course ends.
Are the live Q&A sessions recorded?
Yes. Both live sessions with Philip and Steve were recorded in full and are included with your enrollment, so you can watch them at any time. Many students find the Q&A sessions valuable for hearing how other students are working with the material.
Is there a community or forum where I can discuss what I'm learning?
Yes. Every course includes access to the Global Spiritual Studies community forum, where you can share your chakra readings, discuss the meditations, ask questions about the Three Septenaries, and connect with fellow students exploring the energy body through tarot.
Do you offer scholarships?
Yes. 10% of every course purchase goes to the Global Spiritual Studies Scholarship Fund. If financial circumstances make it difficult to enroll, we encourage you to apply. The application takes just a few minutes and is entirely confidential.
What if I don't enjoy the course?
We offer a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If you work through the material and find that this approach to tarot and the chakras does not resonate, contact us for a full refund. No questions, no conditions.
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We believe the opportunity to explore the energy body through tarot should be available to anyone who feels called to the work. Financial circumstances should never be the reason a practice like this remains out of reach. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, the process is simple, confidential, and takes just a few minutes.
