Gord
They/Them
Tarot & Sound Facilitator
Transcend Studios
About Gord
I used to be a preacher. I stood up in front of people every week and told them I knew. I knew what the world was. I knew what God wanted. I knew where the lines were.
Then I left. And for years afterwards I didn't know anything, and that was its own kind of work. The pandemic landed in the middle of all that, and tarot turned up. I didn't go looking for it. I didn't believe in it. But it gave me something I needed when I had nothing else: language for what I was actually feeling, and permission to sit with questions instead of forcing them into answers.
That's the work I do now, in three forms: tarot, sound, meditation. It isn't a different flavour of certainty. It's the opposite of certainty. It's space for people to stop performing for a minute and meet themselves honestly.
I'm not going to predict your future. I don't believe in mystical-for-the-sake-of-it stuff and I'm not going to pretend to. Most of us are carrying something we haven't had room to look at, and there's real power in being held while you finally look.
At Transcend, I teach tarot courses, run community sound baths, and lead a meditation class. The format changes. What I'm actually doing doesn't.
Gord's offerings
Tarot
Tarot reflects what's already there. Patterns you're stuck in. Choices you're avoiding. Truth you already know. Not fortune telling. Honest insight.
Sound Healing
Sound healing bypasses your thinking brain and goes straight to your nervous system. Vibrations that create space to properly let go.
Meditation
A few quiet minutes, on purpose. Softens reactivity. Makes the rest of the day feel less loud. The unglamorous practice that actually works.
Train With Gord
Become a practitioner. Train in what they teach.
Simply Tarot: Level 1 – Tarot for Me
Stop looking up meanings. Start reading what's in front of you. Level 1 builds your relationship with the Major Arcana — the foundation every reading sits on.
Simply Tarot: Level 2 – Tarot for Others
Reading for yourself is one thing. Holding space for someone else is different work. Level 2 takes you into the Minor Arcana and the skills that make reading for others sustainable.