TENZ Y2
The Next Round In Revolutionary Orientation with Christopher Marmolejo
Year-long intensive
March ‘26 - March, 27. Thursdays at 1:30pm PT
Live on Zoom, or watch asynchronously
Sliding scale from $1770
Follow the Firmament
TENZ Year 2 continues toward a pedagogy of divinatory acompañamiento, that as a divinatory educator I walk with students through the liminal space of transgressive, decolonial self-actualization in this relational course through the borderlands.
We have done one walk through the minor arcana of the tarot-decans together and we still have so far to go, so much to depth to dive deeper into. While the first year XZ is focused on reading, this year emphasizes writing. In this I invite you to become a writing comadre in that we will approach the writing as dialogic, recursive, democratic, spirit-inflected, and only partially within our conscious control.
I hope to have modeled in the first year, the manner in which the tarot becomes a rich unbound archive, a personal codices, a library of cross-cultural historic thought that can be examined and engaged critically. With Tenz Y2 I continue empowering your ritual relationships, dignity and divinely guided liberatory movement. This year we will collaboratively write the way, we will open and examine new cycles of cosmic coherence, and ritual practices to further and more finely integrate our divinatory mediums.
Cartomancy becomes a cartography to map Black Latinx strategies of survival, resistance and ritual.
Now that we have a solid foundation of the most intimate and ancient zodiacal subdivision we can begin expanding our scope.
The goal through this cumulative work is to empower your voice, your reading and your writing as a critical diviner. I want to us to continue sharing authority, teaching and learning from each other and encouraging each other through this revolutionary moment.
What you’ll learn
Tenz Y2 will alternatively give space for student presentations of their own decan artistic attunings and uncoverings, as well as medieval Islamicate timing techniques. Amidst the charts of our cohorts we will study:
Solar Revolutions, Fidaria, Monthly Profections, Annual Profections, Secondary Progressions, Heliacal Rising and Setting stars and more! I further aim to deeper integrate limipia tools and techniques such as candle work, reading the flame, and barridas.
Who this class is for
Beginners and seasoned readers. Astrologers seeking to expand divinatory literacy. Practitioners ready to study tarot through a decolonial and intersectional lens. We learn together and practice transformation.
While many may now be familiar with “the decan walk” thanks to the modern practitioners championing this work, embarked upon their own personal chronicling of a year, done decan by decan, the task of TENZ is to gather the insurgent, rebellious and affirmative traditions in Black Latinx queer life, or a faggotology as Carlos Ulises Decena describes. The aim is to touch the Divine through the abject.
Please note this is only available to students who have completed TENZ year 1.
How this course works
“The way Christopher teaches tarot and astrology through a queer, feminist, and ecological (to name a few) frameworks is extraordinary. It felt like some of my favorite critical theory classes mixed with spiritual development and group therapy - all things I admire deeply.”
— Alex H.
Ready to walk under starlight?
The Red Read is committed to equitable access and honoring a diversity of lived experiences. A tiered tuition model invites each participant to reflect on their access to resources and choose a price point that feels appropriate — with integrity and without shame.
This model relies on community trust and mutual care. When those with greater financial flexibility choose higher tiers, it helps subsidize access for others. This is one way we practice solidarity and redistribution within our shared learning space.
Abundant Care Rate
$2400 suggested rate
Choose this rate if you have abundant financial resources, access to wealth, or are able to give generously without financial strain. You help keep the work sustainable while honoring your own value! Once you purchase TENZ Y2, please make an additional suggested donation of $630 to The Red Read.
Student Care
If needed, for accessibility, reach out by email for special alumni pricing rates.
Alternatively, If you’re experiencing financial hardship, are systematically marginalized, or otherwise please reach out.
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The Red Decan Walk
Questions?
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This list will be updated soon! Below are Tenz yr 1 dates for a frame of reference.
Our first live class will be March 23rd, 3 pm PST.
Please note times may be subject to change to accommodate the various time zones of students.
Classes will be recorded in case you ever can’t make a class!
Aries Season Sessions:
Orientations - Class 1
March 23th, 3-5 pm pst.
updated due to travel
History, Syncretization, Cards of the Chart
Aries 1 - Class 2
March 27th, 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 2-4 Wands
Reading:
Making Face, Making Soul, Haciendo Caras edited by Gloria Anzalúa
P. 51-64, 36 Faces, P. 1-11, 36 Secrets
Aries 2 - Class 3
April 17th 3-5pm
Integration & Aries in the Chart
Taurus 1 - Class 4
May 1 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 5-7 Pentacles
Reading:
Theories of the Flesh by Julie Avril Minich
P. 69-80, 36 Faces, P. 17-30, 36 Secrets
Taurus 2 - Class 5
May 15 3-5 pm pst
Integration & Taurus in our Charts
Gemini 1 - Class 6
May 22 - 3-5 pm
Tarot: 8-10 Swords
Reading: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion By Jia Tolentino
P. 86-97, 36 Faces, P. 36-49, 36 Secrets
Gemini 2 - Class 7
June 5, 3-5pm pst
Integration & Gemini in our Charts
Cancer 1 - Class 8
June 20 - 3-5pm pst (note shift to Fridays)
Tarot: 2-4 Cups
Reading: The Fantasy Bond by Robert W. Firestone
P. 103-115, 36 Faces, P. 56-71, 36 Secrets
Cancer 2 - Class 9
July 11 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Cancer in our Charts
Leo 1 - Class 10
July 25 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 5-7 Wands
Reading: And The Category Is….Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community by Ricky Tucker
P. 121-133, 36 Faces, P. 80-95, 36 Secrets
Leo 2 - Class 11
August 8 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Leo in our Charts
Virgo 1 - Class 12
August 22 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 8-10 of Pentacles
Text: The Sense of Brown, José Esteban Muñoz
P. 138-150, 36 Faces, P. 104-118, 36 Secrets
Virgo 2 - Class 13
Sept 5 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Virgo in our Charts
Libra 1 - Class 14
Sept 26 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 2-4 of Swords
Reading:
All About Love, by bell hooks
P. 156-168, 36 Faces, P. 134- 150, 36 Secrets
Libra 2 - Class 15
Oct. 10 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Libra in our Charts
Scorpio 1 - Class 16
Oct 24 - 3-5 pm, pst
Tarot: 5-7 Cups
Reading:
Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse
P. 174-186, 36 Faces, P. 150-168, 36 Secrets
Scorpio 2 - Class 17
Nov 14 3-5pm pst
Integration & Scorpio in our Charts
Sag 1 - Class 18
Nov 21 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 8-10 Wands
Reading: Feminism Without Borders by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
P. 192-204, 36 Faces, P. 175-189, 36 Secrets
Sag 2 - Class 19
Dec 12 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Sagittarius in our Charts
Capricorn 1 - Class 20
December 21 - 3-5pm pst (Note shift to Sunday, tentative date based on Holidays)
Tarot: 2-4 Pentacles
Reading: Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks
P. 210-221, 36 Faces, P. 196-211, 36 Secrets
Capricorn 2 - Class 21
Jan- 16, 3-5pm pst
Integration & Capricorn in our Charts
Aquarius 1 - Class 22
Jan. 23 - 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 5-7 Swords
Reading:
Red Skin White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard
P. 226-238, 36 Faces, P. 219-238, 36 Secrets
Aquarius 2 - Class 23
Feb 13 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Aquarius in our Charts
Pisces 1 - Class 24
Feb. 20 3-5pm pst
Tarot: 8-10 Cups
Reading: The Inner Reaches of Outer Space by Joseph Campbell
P. 244-258, 36 Faces, P. 247-263, 36 Secrets
Pisces 2 - Class 25
March 13 - 3-5pm pst
Integration & Pisces in our Charts
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I would suggest seeing this as choosing a decan group(s) you feel called to deepen a relationship, if not outright setting an intention to create your own personalized artistic translation for the entire decan wheel. Research the Gods / Spirits associated with each Decan, lay out the cards of the decan, consider them in your own chart and then find and commit to a form.
Examples include:
- Poetry / prose / essays for each decan. Consider the texts already recommended, expanding, responding &/or critiquing, or alternatively choosing your own texts that resonant with the decan group. Remember texts can include any popular media as well as literary texts.
- Painting, collaging, planting, jewelry making, perfume making.
- Sharing reflexive magical / ritual experiential activity. You could try doing timed elections, invocations, petitions, and reporting and reflecting back to the group through the lens of each card / decan.
-Please make these findings / artistic renderings / translations and experiential discoveries presentable (ie upload images to slides or pdf or something else).
Meet your instructor,
Christopher Marmolejo
I came to tarot as a queer, brown, de-tribalized native from an under-resourced community, already transgressing the status quo. Tarot sharpened that power, and in Thresholds I teach you to do the same.
My background blends training in critical race theory, a Masters in Education, years of classroom teaching, and professional practice as both astrologer and diviner. I do not aim to reform colonial institutions but to cultivate thriving communities outside them.
In this work, education becomes liberation. I build safe, inclusive spaces where the spirit is welcomed. Thresholds expands our reading of tarot and our imagining of freedom, guiding you toward radical self-expression and the practice of liberation.
What my students have to say
Ready to walk the starry camino?
The Red Read is committed to equitable access and honoring a diversity of lived experiences. A tiered tuition model invites each participant to reflect on their access to resources and choose a price point that feels appropriate — with integrity and without shame.
This model relies on community trust and mutual care. When those with greater financial flexibility choose higher tiers, it helps subsidize access for others. This is one way we practice solidarity and redistribution within our shared learning space.
Abundant Care Rate
$2400 suggested rate
Choose this rate if you have abundant financial resources, access to wealth, or are able to give generously without financial strain. You help keep the work sustainable while honoring your own value! Once you purchase TENZ Y2, please make a suggested donation of $700 to The Red Read.
Community Care Rate
40% OFF
Select this tier if you’re experiencing financial hardship, are systematically marginalized, or would not be able to access this offering otherwise. No explanation is needed. This is an invitation to receive with dignity and grace.
If you’d like to access this rate, please use the coupon code COMMUNITY at check out.