Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners

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Beginning with Esselmont’s personal story of leaving behind a corporate career to pursue a more grounded, passionate life, this beautiful and useful volume explains how Tarot really works, with a focus on how we approach the cards and draw on our inner wisdom for guidance. The Big Book of Tarot Meanings solves these dilemmas by breaking down each card into the eight most-queried categories, starting with Beginnings and ending with Outcome, with a meaning for each category, upright and reversed. No longer will you have to vaguely extrapolate meaning and insight for diverse questions from the same generic description often given in other beginner tarot books. Throughout this book, you will be introduced to each court card’s personality and archetype and learn how to read them like a professional. You will find court cards less mysterious and more understandable by giving you actionable and easy-to-follow techniques, spreads, and interpretations. Tarot Beyond the Basics: Gain a Deeper Understanding of the Meanings Behind the Cards by Anthony Louis The Ultimate Guide to Tarot is definitely one of the best tarot books to start out with. I like to use this book as a guide as its easy-to-use, yet comprehensive enough.

Every time you draw a card, you open up possibilities. What will appear and what will you see? What lessons could the cards offer up? What aspects of yourself might they reveal? When you finish this book, you will feel more confident when reading the advice from the court cards, as this book will teach you everything you need to know when you understand them. The Best Intermediate Tarot Books Written for novices and seasoned readers alike, The Creative Tarot is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process. Jessa Crispin guides you through the intuitive world of the tarot to get those creative juices flowing again.Also, it helps you develop skills for creating a system of meanings that are tailored to your unique instincts and intuition. The two exclamation points in the title are surely well earned. Your Intuitive Printable Tarot Journal and Workbook Please feel free to send me any book suggestions of your own because I truly love diving into new ways of looking at spreads, cards, readings, and tarot guides. You learn how to readatthe moment, without being tied to a book to consult each card’s meaning. This will result in a more present reading in which you are more open to the messages flowing through the cards. This book is a must-have resource as you will learn many methods, discover meditation exercises, unique interpretation techniques, and how to utilize these correspondences. With the help of these resources, you are sure to improve the strength of your practice and deepen the journey you are on with your Tarot cards. Final Thoughts

When you’re just starting out with reading tarot cards and books, we suggest you take a look at the list below before proceeding with our more advanced tarot reading books. The information in this book is solid and the hands-on exercises are top-notch. With his unique, trademark confessional style, White will teach you the meaning of each of the 78 cards. Tarot and astrology are intrinsically linked, and it’s actually really cool to study how these two tools of divination connect. Although I am more of a tarot reader than an astrologer, I understand the importance of finding the ways these two fields overlap. Corrine Kenner’s Tarot and Astrology: Enhance Your Readings with the Wisdom of the Zodiac is a great place to begin your studies of the tarot and astrology. In clear prose with ample examples, Kenner will take the fear out of applying astrological principles to your tarot reading. This is truly one of those topics where you could spend a lifetime specializing in just the study of advanced tarot and astrology, but Kenner helps you start that journey by discussing beginning, intermediate, and advanced topics, like the planets, horoscope signs, and reading a horoscope spread or chart with tarot fundamentals. It provides easy-to-act steps on how to begin reading and options for different card spreads, often followed by a detailed description of every card of the major as well as the minor arcana’s. A few years ago, I shared my take on the Best Tarot Books for Beginners. With so many new resources on the market now (including my own!), it's time to update the list.

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Reading Tarot often means reading anything and everything we can get our hands on! From books and guidebooks to worksheets and blogs – as Tarot readers, we like to have a lot of information available.

The Ultimate Guide is your comprehensive guide to Tarot Card Meanings – it has everything you need to read the cards like a pro. I’ve really enjoyed reading this book and recommended it to all my tarot minded friends, so I would entice you to definitely read it too! The Essential Lenormand: Your Guide to Precise & Practical Fortunetelling – Rana George VIEW PRICE But while we love to learn, sometimes it can lead to overwhelm. With so many options available, how do you know what to choose? Where should you spend your energy, time, and money? If you are looking to use the Tarot as a guide on a personal transformative journey of growth, Modern Tarot shares with you how the power of the Tarot can be there for you. Whether you are a skeptic or have unshakable beliefs, Tea offers an insightful, upbeat, and humorous approach to using Tarot for self-development.Another excellent book for understanding and forming a deeper connection with the court cards is Your Tarot Court by Ethony Dawn. Other than that, the best thing you can do is to practice, practice, practice (of course)! It’s also useful to keep a journal of your daily pulls so that you can see any patterns emerge and see exactly how these themes emerge in your own life. Once you are comfortable enough reading for yourself, you can move on to your friends and family. After that, joining Facebook groups is a useful way to practice on strangers and learn Tarot tips from the community until you build up enough experience to one day become a professional reader (if that’s what you want)! After reading this book, completing the daily activities and lessons, and mastering her seven steps to provide accurate and insightful readings, you will become more skilled in your craft than ever. What if the path to creativity was not as challenging as everyone thinks? What if you could find that spark, plot twist, or next project by simply looking at your life and your art through a different lens?

Kitchen Table Tarot is the result of years spent sitting down with friends and neighbors who had questions about the Tarot. Melissa Cynova has heard all of the questions and misconceptions that can confuse people, and she wrote this book as a guide through those questions and experiences. With this easy-to-understand guide, you will be in the know about all things in the world of Tarot today. Tarot Reversals for Beginners: Five Approaches to Reading Upside-Down Cards In these increasingly virtual times, The Biddy Tarot Online Community gives you a place to find and connect with your Tarot community digitally. Did you know you have Tarot cards associated with your birthdate and name? They form a pattern and help describe the themes of your life. Do you want to have fun learning to hear what your cards are saying to you from day one? Then The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot-Ever!!is the perfect book for you! Don’t be fooled by the lightened irreverent tone of the author.

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Certainly, not the least book on my list is Tarosophywritten by Marcus Katz. The book features a collection of all the knowledge and wisdom Katz has gained upon 30 years of studying, reading, researching, and teaching tarot. He successfully combined academic rigor with practical experiences. I have started with outlining more introductory tarot books and then touched on some specific beginners’ card reading books, followed up with tarot spreads books, to end with a book that teaches a more spiritual introduction to tarot readings and learnings. The Ultimate Guide to Tarot – Liz Dean VIEW PRICE At the end of your pathworking journey, you will be more connected to your cards and find spiritual enlightenment through the new outlook you now have for each card. Tarot Healer: Using the Cards to Deepen Your Chakra Healing Work A hip, accessible, and practical guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration in the tradition of The Secret Language of Birthdays and Steal Like an Artist among tarot books.