Arcana Symmetry: The Hidden Structure of Tarot Cards
Finbarre Snarey
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional speaker / journalist and researcher
- Fee:
- Paid: From £75, plus agreed travel expenses where applicable. Online talks by arrangement.
- Category:
- Humanities
- Updated:
- 12th August 2026
- Tagged:
- Tarot | Rider Waite Smith | Symbolism | Art
What happens when we stop looking at tarot cards one at a time and start looking at the relationships between them?
Finbarre Snarey explores the patterns, echoes and mirror relationships hidden within the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot. Drawing on his own research into the structure of the deck, he shows how familiar cards can reveal unexpected connections when viewed alongside their counterparts.
The talk approaches tarot as a carefully constructed visual system: 78 images communicating through contrast, symbolism and symmetry.
It offers a new way of looking at one of the world's most recognisable decks and asks whether its structure can tell us as much as the individual cards themselves.
No previous knowledge of tarot is required.
Views: 17 | Enquiries: 0About Finbarre Snarey
Finbarre Snarey is an arts and culture journalist, producer and tarot researcher based in Nottinghamshire. He is the founder of the British Tarot Archive and creator of Tarot Interviews, an interview project that uses tarot cards and chance to create unusual conversations with writers, musicians, artists and other cultural figures.
His research explores tarot as cultural history and living heritage, including the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, the work of artist Pamela Colman Smith, the preservation and circulation of tarot decks, and the changing place of tarot in British culture.
Finbarre has presented his tarot research at Goldsmiths, University of London, and works across journalism, podcasts, archives and festivals.
His talks explore unusual aspects of tarot, cultural history, interviewing and creative technology, combining original research with his experience of building independent arts and cultural projects.
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