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Summary: I always wanted to learn Tarot but...
Review: After many years of memory development, working with imagination, creativity I checked this book in order to learn few things and trry my memory abilities on that...
What was amazing for me, that this book is so easy and well written that there was no need to use memory systems tu understand Tarot, learn card's meanings, spreads.
I have read it with great pleasure. Tarot is not difficult to learn when you get this book and start reading.
Highly professional advice in easy language!
With that book you will explore more than only card's meanings. You will explore yourself, you will find pleasure in Tarot readings because exaplanations make Tarot really 'user friendly" tool.If I knew this book few years ago... Shilo Clancey
Memory Development Specialist also great fan of "The Rainbow Butterfly" book available at amazon.com
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Summary: A wonderful tool for learning Tarot
Review: I found this book to be a very fun way to learn tarot. It is easy to follow and has great descriptions of the cards! It covers the many different aspects of tarot, and gives insight into reading the cards that i have not found in other books. The author gives lots of sample readings and interpretations which i find very helpful and useful.
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Summary: The CIG Tarot 2nd Ed is the most used Tarot book I own
Review: I have always been interested in tarot, and had some readings, but never understood how it all worked together. Then I found this wonderful text at the recommendation of a friend, and I was hooked. I used it as a textbook, learned from the easy examples, and the wonderful modern arch-types. Now the CIG group has updated it with current findings, clarifications, and readings for our current times.
Don't believe me, go out and pick it up or read the chapter Amazon provides. The quality and intuitive nature of the book stands out. I've already bought my copy of this new edition, and I've made gifts to good friends who have been interested in Tarot for a long time.
I couldn't have asked for a better guide or a better set of exercises, and neither could you! I finally am starting to trust my intuition due to my start with learning Tarot with this volume.
Blessed Be!
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Summary: Good beginner's guide
Review: I started to learn Taro from zero and I spent pretty much time in the internet looking for Tarot books. Well, I choosed this one and I wasn't disappointed. Easy to read, easy to understand, many lessons, step-by-step guidance. I would strongly recommend this book to any Tarot newbie. I don't think that it will be useful for more advanced levels though.
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Summary: Good, solid book for all levels of tarot-readers
Review: The "Complete Idiot's Guide to..." line of books is really great. Its guide to tarot is no exception. Easy to read language that a "lay" person can understand, with no hokey passages. Gives useful examples of the various spreads and how to replicate them. Also provides areas to write in your own sample readings. If you're looking for a good resource book, this is it!
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Summary: A great guide for all Tarot readers
Review: This book is a good introduction to Tarot. It uses an analogy we are all familiar with (Wizard of Oz) to help us understand the meaning of a spiritual journey. I think it's insightful and delivered in an understandable format for the novice user. I have been giving readings for the past seven years and still use this as a main reference book from time to time as a refresher course.
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Summary: TOP TAROT TOOL!!
Review: This guide to the tarot is the top reference for interpretation!! It is easy to follow for both the major and minor arcana. The text is a jumpstart for anyone interested in beginning study in this ancient art form and discipline. The book provides in depth study and anaylsis in a quick and easy format. I like the positive,contemporary approach with examples and illustrations that are EASY for any level of student! It is a bible for reference in this intuitive art.
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Summary: Outstanding - light and easy to understand
Review: This is a great book, easy to understand and apply to real life situations. I've read other books and often they are too obscure with meanings that are difficult to connect with real life situations. Not so with this one. Having used a variety of books and read cards for over 20 years, this contains definitions and insight not found in other publications. It also makes doing the Tarot accessible and shows that reading cards need not be "scary," an attribute often associated with this medium, while at the same time staying true to the conventions of the ancient meanings to the cards -- and has fun doing it! Thumbs up for this one .. a reference you'll find yourself going to again and again.
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Summary: Humor is the Key to Enlightenment
Review: We decided that through humor and hands-on classroom experience, to present to the public and students alike, a new approach to the Tarot for the new century. Tarot, in all its mystical and historical past, has a place in the contemporized society of today. Archetypes from Darth Vader to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, all have presence in our New Century. Tarot is a tool for personal growth via its symbology and design. The basics are written to create a personal connection to the Tarot. We want YOU to decide about your life through all the extras we have added to our 2nd Edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot. We believe that anyone can learn the basics and with such a mysterious subject as Tarot, we wanted to keep our book helpful, humorous, and encouraging the Individual to grow at his or her own pace.
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Summary: Good, solid book for all levels of tarot-readers
Review: What I love about this book is that it discusses ways to connect with the cards intuitively and gives detailed descriptions of the traditional meanings. The intuitive treatment of the major arcana is especially good. It includes excerises in studying the imagery as well as excerises in studying the archetypes presented using familiar Greek and Roman myths and more modern movie epics like Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz.
The traditional meaning part of the book is among the best I have seen. Each card is pictured (using the Rider-Waite Deck) and a paragraph or two is written on the imagery and it's meaning. Next the card's interpretation is presented. The interpretations presented in the book are open-ended enough to apply to various questions, decks, layout positions, etc. but not so open-ended you feel like their just trying to write something that pleases everyone. The upright intpretation is followed by an interpretation of the reversed meaning, again, paired with imagery, only now they discuss the reversed imagery - a great way to look at the reversed meanings. Above each card there is a title that sums up the cards meaning. This helps me not lose the forest for the trees. You may be asking why I have only given the book four stars when I have so much praise. The reason is that the information on the minors (ouside the traditional meanings) is lacking, and a "complete" guide should have everything. The explaination of the suits is not bad, but doesn't go beyond what students of tarot learn in the first few weeks. The description of the numbers is absolutely pitiful. Begining students are advised to pair studying this book with another book on minors. Overall a great addition to any tarot readers collection!
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