Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
41. Are Astrology and Tarot Part of Paganism?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Francesca Po [+]
Metta Center for Nonviolence
Francesca Po, DPhil (University of Oxford), is a scholar of religion and nonreligion with research interests in religious change, alternative spirituality, and contemporary witchcraft. She is a member of the Board of Directors at the Metta Center for Nonviolence, is an executive leader in spiritual formation for the Salesians of Don Bosco, served in the US Peace Corps in Kazakhstan, and is the author-editor of Religion and Peace (2022) and The Study of Ministry (2019).
Description
Astrology and Tarot are common in Paganism. Astrology, which had often been marginalised, experienced a revival in the 19th century while the Tarot gained popularity from the 1960s. While neither is essential to Pagan practices, they are commonly associated with Paganism due to their proscribed status by mainstream religious traditions.