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Godsfield Press Ltd (2006), Paperback, 400 pages
Description
The Tarot Bible teaches you everything you need to know about tarot, including how to choose the right pack of cards and how to ask questions. It features interpretations for every card of the Major and Minor Arcana, practical advice on how to give readings and how you can use tarot in combination with other divination techniques such as numerology, astrology and crystals. The book also features over 30 tarot layouts that you can use to gain insights into yourself, your relationships and your future.
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LibraryThing member PrincessPaulina
Despite its attractive "eye-candy" images and appealing glossy chunkiness, the "Tarot Bible" is, in reality, a very superficial beginner's introduction to the Tarot!
While unquestionably pleasant to look at, the actual text found in this book just barely skims the wide surface of Tarot: its history,
"The Tarot Bible" contains very short -- 1 page -- sections on each Tarot card's divinatory meanings (roughly 4 short paragraphs per card, including both upright and reversed interpretations), along with specific key words and phrases.
Having the basic key words, and a crisp image for each Tarot card, may arguably be helpful during one's Tarot explorations. But the accompanying 2-paragraph card descriptions found here are practically useless, as is the rest of the book, in my honest opinion! Its modest section of good spreads is the only reason I still have a copy on my Tarot shelf.
The budding Tarot enthusiast is not likely to get very far, armed solely with this handbook; I would have long ago given up on my Tarot journey in complete exasperation, if this book were all I had to go on when 1st starting out!
Luckily, in today's world of online resources, much more information -- above and beyond the scant basics presented here -- is readily available, so anyone with free access to a computer & internet connection really has no need for this book.
If you're a novice, the Tarot Bible probably won't be enough to get you started -- and if you're an advanced reader, you surely already know all of this!
Sadly, the Tarot Bible is just a nice package, with no depth, and very little content!
While unquestionably pleasant to look at, the actual text found in this book just barely skims the wide surface of Tarot: its history,
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the concepts behind divination, ethical considerations, deck purchase/care/ storage, personal rituals, spreads, phrasing the question, shuffling & card selection, journaling, card interpretations, significance of elemental dignities, astrological & numeric correspondence, etc. "The Tarot Bible" contains very short -- 1 page -- sections on each Tarot card's divinatory meanings (roughly 4 short paragraphs per card, including both upright and reversed interpretations), along with specific key words and phrases.
Having the basic key words, and a crisp image for each Tarot card, may arguably be helpful during one's Tarot explorations. But the accompanying 2-paragraph card descriptions found here are practically useless, as is the rest of the book, in my honest opinion! Its modest section of good spreads is the only reason I still have a copy on my Tarot shelf.
The budding Tarot enthusiast is not likely to get very far, armed solely with this handbook; I would have long ago given up on my Tarot journey in complete exasperation, if this book were all I had to go on when 1st starting out!
Luckily, in today's world of online resources, much more information -- above and beyond the scant basics presented here -- is readily available, so anyone with free access to a computer & internet connection really has no need for this book.
If you're a novice, the Tarot Bible probably won't be enough to get you started -- and if you're an advanced reader, you surely already know all of this!
Sadly, the Tarot Bible is just a nice package, with no depth, and very little content!
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400 p.
ISBN
1841812986 / 9781841812984
Other editions
La biblia del tarot by Sarah Bartlett (Paperback)