The Neuroscience of Tarot: Moving from Mental Imagery to Intuition and Insight

The Neuroscience of Tarot: Moving from Mental Imagery to Intuition and Insight

Siddharth Ramakrishnan PhD
January 18th | 12:00pm – 2:00pm | Online on Zoom

We all talk about gut feelings and making decisions on the spur. We also experience those Aha moments in the shower when we have miraculously solved some problems. What makes your brain go from looking at patterns around you to making intuitive leaps of faith and gaining insight? In this interactive workshop, we will use tarot imagery to help us gain understanding of the power of our own brains to come up with intuitive decisions. Dr. Ramakrishnan will draw upon his expertise in neuroscience and tarot imagery and his most recent book – The Neuroscience of Tarot.

Siddharth Ramakrishnan, PhDis a neuroscientist, artist, and educator. He is theChair of Neuroscience and Professor of Biologyat the University of Puget Sound and a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award. His research spans developmental biology, neuroendocrinology and neuroethics. A Fellow of the UCLA Art|Sci center, his collaborations with artists have led to exhibitions and documentaries that blend the worlds of art and science highlighting topics like Hox genes, animal umwelts and biomimicry.An avidTarotreader, he has designed and created theNeuroTarotdeck based on the major arcana of Tarot and infused with neuroscience. He was the keynote speaker at NWTS 2023 and a panelist at the Masters of Tarot workshop (2023) with Mary K. Greer at Omega, Rhinebeck NY.

His book “The Neuroscience of Tarot”, is with Llewelyn Worldwide. www.brainmystic.com