Counting the Omer 2025: Tarot & the Gates of Light by Mark Horn/Shavuot-Wrapup

Special announcement: As a precursor to this study please purchase a copy of Mark Horn's "Tarot and the Gates of Light: A Kabbalistic Path to Liberation." Please read the introductory chapters before the first class. This explains the Kabbalistic underpinnings of the Tarot, the Sephirot and which suits are aligned with which elements. Also follow Mark on Instagram and Facebook as he posts there during the Omer Count.

By special request from our members! We will be sharing our journeys over the next 49 days, the Counting of the Omer.

The kabbalistic tradition of Counting the Omer, daily meditation on each of the 49 days between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Pentecost) begins on the second night of Pesach, which occurs at in 2025 at Sundown on Sunday April 13th, 2025 and ends at Sundown on the 49th day, at Sundown on Saturday May 31st. On the 50th day, The Feast of First Fruits, or Shavuot/Pentecost, begins at Sundown on Sunday May 31st and ends at Sundown Monday June 1st. See the Chapter on Shavuot in Mark's book for the tarot meditation on Shavuot.

We'll be following along in Mark Horn's book as before : "Tarot and the Gates of Light: A Kabbalistic Path to Liberation", and using our tarot cards as illustrations of the kabbalistic principles presented to us from the Sephirot of the Tree of Life, work to throw off our self-imposed chains of bondage (mental-emotional-physical-spiritual), defeat our inner Pharaohs, and make our way to our own sacred mountains whilst preparing to receive a spiritual revelation, each in our own way.

This journey through the tarot minor arcana cards numbers 4-10, in the suit of your choice, corresponds Sephirot 4-10 on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life of the Jewish Tradition (not the Golden Dawn tradition.)

Because I too am counting the Omer for my own personal enlightenment and growth, there is no charge for this series of gatherings.

Here is the 2025 weekly discussion schedule:
Sunday April 13th Chesed/4
Sunday April 20th Gevurah/5
Sunday April 27th Tiphereth/6
Sunday May 4th Netzach/7
Sunday May 11th Hod/8
Sunday May 18th Yesod/9
Sunday May 25th Malkuth/10 and Shavuot preparations
Sunday June 1st Shavuot/Pentecost/Wrap-up

I hope you can join us online every week, or from time to time as we Count the Omer this year.

Namaste, Cheryl Ryder, ABQ Tarot Tribe Organizer

Here are some links you'll want to bookmark for this journey:

Mark's Instagram for Gates of Light:
https://www.instagram.com/gatesoflighttarot/?hl=en

The daily prayer in song before counting that Mark is fond of is on YouTube at:[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8hCiPI1tMQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8hCiPI1tMQ)

Photo of the Jewish Tradition Tree of Life: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah))
Note: there is only one pathway to #10 Malkuth.

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