Please note: the course lessons are currently available in Italian only.
Who it is for
The course is designed for people who start from zero but want to learn to read the Vera Sibilla with method: not only memorising meanings, but recognising areas of life, people, directions, combinations, context and the tone of the spread.
Recommended duration
- 11 modules in the web app
- 106 study units, including the 10 introductory history lessons, the 52 card sheets and the quizzes
- 6 guided cases with a question, your own reading and a commented comparison
- 8 weeks of study, with 3 sessions a week
- 1 practice notebook, essential for noting recurring combinations
The My path page shows where to resume, the progress of each module, a recommended exercise and the cards to review after the quizzes. Timings for individual lessons are indicative. The current module and lesson are kept in the browser together with your progress.
Interactive path
- The history of the Italian Sibyls: ancient prophetesses, Cumae, art, playing cards, historical decks and European traditions, in ten illustrated lessons.
- History and method: observation, question, orientation and preparing the reading.
- Suits and families: telling areas of life and functions apart.
- Hearts: the 13 cards and the commented quiz.
- Flowers: the 13 cards and the commented quiz.
- Diamonds: the 13 cards and the commented quiz.
- Spades: the 13 cards and the commented quiz.
- In-depth combinations: context, sequence, constraints and directions.
- Spreads and workshops: reading structures and practice.
- Images and spreads: observing and comparing methods.
- Final exam: romantic, professional and open cases.
The 106 units are studied on the platform: the path opens with the history of the Sibyls and artistic reproductions, continues with the 52 cards and includes commented examples, activities and quizzes.
Final goals
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- tell suits, court figures, area cards and event cards apart;
- read a card upright and reversed without isolating it from its context;
- use the surrounding (“crown”) cards to refine the meaning;
- build a clear answer to a concrete question;
- recognise combinations about love, family, work, money, contracts, symbolic health, obstacles, secrets and legal matters;
- conduct a short, orderly and respectful reading.
Map of the source transcripts
| Area | Main original lessons |
|---|---|
| Foundations of the deck | 1-5 |
| The reading and the querent | 6-9 |
| Suit of Hearts | 10-26 |
| Suit of Flowers | 27-45 approx. |
| Suit of Diamonds | 46-72 approx. |
| Suit of Spades | 73-111 |
| Bibliography and independent study | La Vera Sibilla - Una bibliografia.txt |
| Advanced series "When the cards begin to speak" | 103-107 and new lessons 105-107 |
Study method
Approach each module in four steps:
- Understand: read the lesson and pick out the keywords.
- Note down: create a sheet for each card or combination.
- Apply: do exercises with simple, verifiable questions.
- Reread: return to the spreads after a few days and correct your interpretation.
In the workshop choose Guided exercises to work on a prepared question and sequence. Write your own interpretation first; then compare it with the commented reasoning and use the self-assessment grid. Free text does not receive an automatic mark. The Free spread keeps the draw of three to five cards and all the combinations.
The journal stores several readings with question, period, cards and later observations. You can export it as JSON. The data stays local to this browser: exporting lets you keep a copy.
Final assessment
Before the assessment you can take the in-depth unit Images and spreads, also available in the web app: iconographic observation, comparing favourable cards, Conversazione and Riunione, short spreads, the tower, a relationship with two significators, extended spreads and the wheel of the year. It includes eight lessons with exercises and a quiz.
The final test consists of three complete readings:
- a romantic reading;
- a reading about work or money;
- an open reading, with a question asked by another person.
For each reading you must produce: question, chosen method, cards drawn, summary reading, analytical reading, forecast, margins of uncertainty and a later follow-up check.