Learn and master the intuitive art of tarot reading with this easy-to-use yet comprehensive reference.
Featuring vibrant, full-color illustrations, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot provides all the history and knowledge you need to read the cards with confidence. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced reader looking to deepen your interpretation skills, author and tarot expert Liz Dean provides the clear, concise guidance you seek, including:
- A thorough introduction to tarot—its history, the benefits of reading tarot, and an overview of the cards
- Detailed interpretations for each card of the major and minor arcana, including their symbolism and meaning, reversed meaning, and links to astrology, kabbala, numerology, and chakras
- Step-by-step guides for attuning, cleansing, and protecting your deck and creating a space for your readings
- A wealth of options for card layouts, including all the classic tarot spreads—Celtic Cross; Past, Present, Future; Astrological Week, Month, and Year Ahead; and the Chakra Spread—plus, a mini-layout to try for each of the 22 major arcana cards
- Appendices listing individual card correspondences for astrology, Kabbala and the Tree of Life pathways, chakras, and crystals
Along the way, you will learn how to combine the three essential ingredients of a great tarot reading: knowing the meaning of the cards, how to lay them out, and trusting the intuitive messages the images often spark within us during a reading. This synthesis is the true magic of tarot.
For every tarot reading journey, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot is a must-have companion.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
<TOC-CTG>1: INTRODUCING THE TAROT
<TOC-A>How to Work with This Book
<TOC-A>How Reading Tarot Benefits You
<TOC-A>A Note on the Rider Waite Tarot
<TOC-A>Early Cards: Court and Clergy
<TOC-A>Hidden Knowledge: Astrology and Kabbala
<TOC-A>Evolution of the Tarot: Influential Decks Through History
<TOC-A>Exploring the Deck: The Major and Minor Arcanas
<TOC-CTG>2: HOW TO BEGIN
<TOC-A>Your Cards, Your Energies: Card Attunement, Cleansing, and Protection
<TOC-A>Using the Card Interpretations
<TOC-A>Six Easy Ways to Begin Your Tarot Reading
3: CARD LAYOUTS
<TOC-A>The One-card Daily Reading
<TOC-A>Past, Present, Future
<TOC-A>Ask Three Times: Yes or No?
<TOC-A>The Celtic Cross
<TOC-A>The Week Ahead
<TOC-A>The Month Ahead
<TOC-A>The Year Ahead
<TOC-A>The Tree of Life
<TOC-CTG>4: CARD INTERPRETATIONS: The Major Arcana
<TOC-B>Quick-Reference Meanings
<TOC-B>0, The Fool
<TOC-B>I, The Magician
<TOC-B>II, The High Priestess
<TOC-B>III, The Empress
<TOC-B>IV, The Emperor
<TOC-B>V, The Hierophant
<TOC-B>VI, The Lovers
<TOC-B>VII, The Chariot
<TOC-B>VIII, Strength
<TOC-B>IX, The Hermit
<TOC-B>X, The Wheel of Fortune
<TOC-B>XI, Justice
<TOC-B>XII, The Hanged Man
<TOC-B>XIII, Death
<TOC-B>XIV, Temperance
<TOC-B>XV, The Devil
<TOC-B>XVI, The Tower
<TOC-B>XVII, The Star
<TOC-B>XVIII, The Moon
<TOC-B>XIX, The Sun
<TOC-B>XX, Judgment
<TOC-B>XXI, The World
CTG>4: CARD INTERPRETATIONS : The Minor Arcana
<TOC-B>Quick-Reference meanings
<TOC-B>The Suit of Cups
<TOC-B>The Suit of Wands
<TOC-B>The Suit of Swords
<TOC-B>The Suit of Pentacles
<TOC-A>Afterword
<TOC-BMH>Appendices
<TOC-BMH-1>Astrology, Kabbala, and the Major Arcana: The Golden Dawn System
<TOC-BMH-1>Kabbala: The Tree of Life Pathways and the Major Arcana
<TOC-BMH-1>Astrology, Kabbala, and the Minor Arcana
<TOC-BMH-1>Chakras, Crystals, and the Major Arcana
<TOC-BMH-1>Tarot, Chakra and Crystal Correspondences
<TOC-BMH>Acknowledgments
<TOC-BMH>About the Author
<TOC-BMH>Index
