Certificates and qualifications

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Sep 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

moonlight	12 Sep 2004
I was wondering if there were any formal qulifications I could get to become a professional tarot reader?. I'm in Australia and haven't heard of any courses I could do to get the qualifications. Is there anything over the internet that I could do?.

Rusty Neon	12 Sep 2004
Perhaps this: http://www.tarotguild.org.au/ Professional membership (credentialing): http://www.tarotguild.org.au/members.htm

Fulgour	12 Sep 2004
TABI offers a free on-line course: http://tabi.org.uk/page.php?page=course On completion of the course and a successful completion of a straightforward test of what the Tarot "basics" are, you will be awarded with the TABI Certificate of Achievement

closrapexa	12 Sep 2004
Why bother?

Fulgour	12 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by closrapexa Why bother? Well, you did ~ but you didn't bother to say why?

moonlight	12 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by closrapexa Why bother? I think that having some sort of qulification shows that you are serious about the Tarot. Not to say that those who don't have a certificate aren't. I just think that people would feel better knowing that you have something under your belt to show. And it would be a good personal accomplishment as well I think.

Teranar	12 Sep 2004
You could always Prattle on about its Histroy, that usually get em!

Sulis	12 Sep 2004
Hi Moonlight - I found you some previous discussions we've had about this; http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19823&highlight=certification http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10426&highlight=certification http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26996&highlight=certification http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19685&highlight=certification there's quite a lot to trawl through there but they are interesting discussions. Love sulis xx

jmd	12 Sep 2004
Given that I have only yesterday made a post on this general area, I thought I may as well link to the thread titled: Ethics and Certification For what it's worth, I personally do not agree that certificates or Tarot 'qualifications' are in any way viewed with any kind of legitimacy in Australia - thought there may be pockets or specific areas in which this has become, unfortunately, the case. Numerous well-worth attending courses are being run by quite a number of people around various parts of the country, and these, of course, I would personally recommend - even if I happen to personally not be in agreement with details. These are, however, different to either certificate or to claimed formal qualifications. At this stage, the only formal qualifications which exist in Australia are research postgraduate university degrees - and of course these become irrelevant to one's reading abilities or credentials.

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