Salem Arts Metaphysical Series
Tarot Intensive
For Artists & Creatives
Dates:
September 30, 2026
October 7, 2026
October 14, 2026
6:00 pm EST - 8:00 pm EST
Learn how to read the Tarot in this Beginning Tarot class where we will explore the history of the Tarot, the basic symbolism and meaning of all 78 cards, and how to use the Tarot for self-reflection and as a divination tool. Each class in this three-week lecture series will include a guided meditation and an opportunity to both give and receive Tarot readings in an inclusive supportive workshop setting. This class also includes an artist talk on how to best use the Tarot as an artist and a creative. Whether you are new to Tarot, could use a review, or simply want to gain a new perspective, this class will help you push the relationship between your creative skills and intuitive gifts while developing a newfound confidence in reading the Tarot for yourself and others. Please bring to each class your very own deck of the Rider-Waite Tarot and any materials you feel would enhance your learning such as a sketchbook, Tarot journal, water bottle, and pen. Hope you can join us for this rare and enriching opportunity to celebrate the Halloween season at Salem Arts!
About Leah Ordonia
Leah Ordonia is a mixed media gallery artist, illustrator, animator, and lecturing artist with a background in television and film production from her hometown of Los Angeles, France, New York, and Boston.
As a CalArts alum with directing experience at Gobelins L’école de l’image in Paris, France, Leah has worked on productions for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, 20th Century Fox, Epitaph Records, Disney Education, PBS Digital Studios, and WGBH among others. Her films have screened in festivals including SIGGRAPH and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Leah has taught animation courses at CalArts, the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, Massart, and currently teaches The Business of Animation at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.
On her spiritual path, Leah is a shamanic ancestral lineage holder, a Reiki Master, a Rune Grandmaster, a Belvaspata Healing Grandmaster, and psychic medium. She is grateful to have had many great teachers from various spiritual traditions including the world renown psychic medium Thomas John, the star of the reality television series “Seatbelt Psychic.” She is skilled with various forms of divination such as the Tarot, oracle cards, pendulums, tea leaf reading, and scrying in nature. As a lover of the outdoors, she is also a volunteer at the Southend Corridor Community Gardens who have just been awarded the 2026 First Place Pollinator Garden in the Boston area.
Leah has served at the Lily Dale Healing Temple in Upstate New York, plant medicine ceremonies, inter-state metaphysical fairs, and healing circles. She is a contributor to the City of Lights Prayer gatherings, the Soul Journey Sundays Collective, and is a member of the Mystic River Grove, the Massachusetts branch of the International Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. Her goal is to co-create a better world through the power of art, universal love, Earth healing, and magic!
As a member of the Salem Arts Association Board of Directors, Leah holds a vision to bridge the gap between the visual arts and the metaphysical arts to take the potential and impact of pure creativity to new heights.
