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Summary: The Emperor has no clothes
Review: "Tarot for Your Self" is the sort of claptrap that I have no patience with whatsoever. Her numerological manipulations are pure silliness; you could find more true meaning in a game of solitaire. Ditto her conflation of tarot with astrology. As for her various exercises, I've been using tarot successfully for some time now without having resorted to her deep-breathing rituals and "card-entering" visualization sessions-masturbatory Gedankenexperiments that offer nothing in the way of genuine understanding-which she presents as prerequisites to complete before doing any tarot reading at all. The time it would take to go through and perform all these preliminary exercises, let alone the whole book's worth, is much better spent actually living one's life . . . that is, if one isn't using tarot as a means of fleeing from life rather than an aid in dealing with it. Particularly in her "Prosperity and Planning" chapter, I'm disturbed by the degree to which she seems to encourage bypassing rational examination of problems or goals and running straight to the tarot for answers, instead of using the cards to give yourself a nudge in the right direction when, despite earnest contemplation, you still find yourself at a loss. And then the stuff about crystals . . . what in the name of Jimmy Stewart is this doing in a book on tarot?Naturally, this book is insanely popular. Emphasis on "insane."
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Summary: An excellent read!!!!!!
Review: ...This should be the one! Ms. Greer invites you to get to know the deck not just as a divination tool, but as a way of exploring patterns in your life. She offers great permutations, new ways of looking at old readings--you'll never look at the Celtic Cross quite the same way again once you've 'turned the wheel!' Her chapter on court cards is invaluable--I personally have always found the court cards hard to get a handle on, but through her exercises, I feel much more at home with them. And that's the point--they're exercises so you KNOW tarot, not just some canned memorized responses. Also, her exercises are FUN, keeping the element of play that one needs in tarot, whether you view it as serious divination or jungian, your intuition needs space to free-range, and it has this space through her exercises. A truly essential read for any tarot student.
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Summary: if you only own one tarot book....
Review: ...This should be the one! Ms. Greer invites you to get to know the deck not just as a divination tool, but as a way of exploring patterns in your life. She offers great permutations, new ways of looking at old readings--you'll never look at the Celtic Cross quite the same way again once you've 'turned the wheel!' Her chapter on court cards is invaluable--I personally have always found the court cards hard to get a handle on, but through her exercises, I feel much more at home with them. And that's the point--they're exercises so you KNOW tarot, not just some canned memorized responses. Also, her exercises are FUN, keeping the element of play that one needs in tarot, whether you view it as serious divination or jungian, your intuition needs space to free-range, and it has this space through her exercises. A truly essential read for any tarot student.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: As a Tarot Instructor and professional reader when most people ask me about Tarot books I usually am not impressed. Too much emphasis is placed on the authours process and not enough on getting the person reading the book to read cards well. Not so with Tarot For Yourself. This is probably the finest Tarot book I have read. Simple, playful exercises and ideas get you working with the powerful symbolism in the cards right away. As you progress through the book more and more specific information is presented to help you learn how YOU best work with the cards. This is definately a classic in the Tarot field- but it is also quite up-to-date and even revolutionary in some of the approaches it suggests. This is the only book I let my beginning students use for Tarot. And with good reason. Ms. Greer has done an excellent job of providing you with a path to find the Meaning of Tarot for yourself instead of asking you to memorize her opinions and revelations. Tarot is magic and this book captures some of that wonderful mystery and excitment. Try it for yourself.
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Summary: There is no better book for beginner or experienced reader
Review: I had read cards for several years without much enthusiasm or depth before stumbling across this book and the two companion books, "Tarot Constellations" and "Tarot Mirrors" (both sadly out of print). The books were a turning point that allowed me to go beyond simply reciting memorized meanings of cards. If you have no imagination or intuition this book will be frustrating. If you require a book on tarot to tell you exactly what the author tells you exactly what how to interpret each card in three sentences or less you will not enjoy this book. If you are a person who is unwilling to spend time reading, processing and doing some of the exercises presented you will hate this book. Of course if you are one of those people one has to wonder just why you are reading Trot in the first place. "Tarot for Yourself" is not a quick `how to read the tarot' book. Ms. Greer asks you to think and process her ideas for yourself discarding what you don't find useful and adding your personal views to make reading cards a unique experience. Designed as a workbook "Tarot for Yourself" encourages you to expand your horizons with the method you use for reading. I recommend this book often and suggest people take a year to read, practice and grow while working through the exercises. Ms. Greer encourages you to discover your particular way of interpreting cards. "Tarot for Yourself" provides over a dozen spreads to spur your creativity and give you the information and confidence to create your own spreads. The greatest message Ms. Greer imparts is `trust yourself.'
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Summary: If your new it is a must. If not....
Review: I have been working with the tarot for a few years now, and this book has enhanced my enjoyment of the cards tremendously. I has given me new insights into reading, makes them much easier for me to interpret. The book that goes with this workbook is wonderful also.
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Summary: Remove the Mystery
Review: I think a lot of us started out by reading the canned interpretations that someone put into a book for us. This book is a refreshing new look at the entire problem, allowing the reader to tap into his _own_ symbolism and insight, thereby making a tarot deck truly personal and individual. For people who just want to dabble in fortune telling, this book is probably not for them. For those who are truly interested in connecting the world, God, and their fellow man through the use of our intuition and spiritual connectedness, this book is a must-read.
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Summary: The best Tarot book I ever read
Review: I'm a Tarot schoolar and teacher. This book is a must to all beginners and not so beginners Tarot lovers. Indeed is the best Tarot book I haver read and I recommend it to every person really interrested in Tarot as a serious and honorable matter.
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Summary: Promises to be a lasting classic for new audiences
Review: Mary Greer's Tarot For Your Self originally appeared in 1984 but continues to hold essential information for practitioners: this revised edition expands interpretations, revises meanings for all the cards, and provides a new historybased appendix. It promises to be a lasting classic for new audiences.
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Summary: One of the best tarot books ever!
Review: TAROT FOR YOUR SELF, is an excellent source of information for the beginner and the experienced tarot reader alike. It is not a book that you read and think about, or a book that lists keywords for each card, it is a workbook that requires your attention. It is a tarot journal and an experience through which you learn valuable tarot lessons. Greer offers meditations, rituals, visualizations and dialogues. She introduces you to the court cards in such a good way, that you feel as though you would recognize them on the street, and yet, you are also able to recognize them in yourself too! She also offers mandalas, charts, astrology, numerolgy and affirmations, which are all designed to bring you closer to the tarot, to develop a better understanding and to allow you to "experience yourself in new and ever expanding ways" through the tarot. TAROT FOR YOUR SELF is also an excellent reference book having a section dedicated to extensive meanings of each card and questions you need to ask yourself on pulling each card. It also offers insight on various spreads... from a one card reading, to the Celtic Cross, chakra spread and also the "Tree of Life" spread. Again, Greer introduces the spreads in such a way that it feels as though she is taking you by the hand and walking through each step. Its great... you just can't make a mistake no matter how complex the reading is! Of course, TAROT FOR YOUR SELF can be found on most prominent tarot reader's bookshelves, as it is classified by many as an invaluable tool in your tarot journey and a "must have" for anyone interested in tarot. Dollar for dollar, it is excellent value. However the book has 253 good quality letter-sized pages. Certainly TAROT FOR YOU SELF is a highly recommended book, and a valuable aid in learning and mastering the tarot.
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