Tarot Card Combinations

by Dorothy Kelly

Other authorsJoan Bunning (Foreword)

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

133.32424

Genres

Religion & Spirituality

Nonfiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Weiser Books (2003), 354 pages

Description

Tarot Card Combinations is a unique, comprehensive, and highly practical presentation of interpreting the tarot that has helped thousands master the ancient divination. Dorothy Kelly's easy-to-understand approach shares everything one needs to know to unlock the story presented when the cards are drawn. Like other tarot reading guides, basic tarot definitions of the major and minor arcana are included, as well as explanations of basic layout, and how to interpret upright and reversed cards. What makes this book unique is Kelly's presentation of cards in endless combinations, revealing how the cards relate to each other and endowing each card with richer meaning and more subtle nuances than when considered alone. Beginners will learn the basics and be presented with an easy to follow organic system of learning to interpret the cards. Intermediate practitioners can build on what they already know and for advanced readers, Tarot Card Combinations will provide new insight and food for thought. With illustrations showing 2, 3, 4, and 5 card combinations of cards in the popular Waite deck, Tarot Card Combinations is as beautiful as it is informative. Reading tarot cards one after another never reveals the rich meaning of cards considered together. Use Tarot Card Combinations to unlock the depth and meaning of stories revealed in the tarot.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Silvernfire

There's a problem with reviewing a tarot book: if you don't agree with the author's take on the cards, it's hard to judge anything else about the book. That's what happened with me and this book. I think the general approach is sound. Kelly spends most of the book putting together 2-, 3-, and

4-card combinations and showing how she uses keywords to turn those combinations into plain English interpretations, followed by demonstrating some spreads. But much of the time, I wondered how she came up with her keywords in the first place since they were not at all like how I think of the cards, and this distracted me.

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