A Feminist Tarot

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Summary: Good Resource For "Card Meanings"
Review: I think many people overlook this helpful little book due to it's title. A Feminist Tarot as a title seems to make main-stream readers feel there is nothing to be gained her. NOT SO. The reason I like this book so much is it is one of the only Tarot books I have ever seen that takes the "traditional" or "standard" meanings to the Tarot Cards which were mostly established around or before the 1930s and puts those meanings along side the authours contemporary interpretations. The result is a great little snapshot on each card that gives you an idea of the very different places the images on the cards can leave you. If you want to work with book meanings this is the way to go since you can quickly and easily get two VERY different interpretations. This book also has some of the very succinct and logical information on the History of Tarot, and provides an historical outlook often overlooked by Tarot enthusiasts. Definately worth keeping as a reference for the serious Tarot Student, or the student who wants to know "what the cards should mean."

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Summary: My favorite tarot book!
Review: I've read over 50 books on Tarot and I keep going back to this one. Like a great Tarot deck, every time I use this book, I discover a new insight. It is written clearly and laid out well for a beginner, but sophisticated and intelligent enough to continue to appeal to someone like me who has read everything else, too. While the authors are feminist, they are also very in tune with the non-political and the non-gender issues their readers are bringing. I guess if someone hates the idea of the potential power in women, or thinks violent patriarchy is the pinnacle of human development(!), they would be turned off by the authors'feminist approach. But most folks should find a lot to work with here!

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Summary: I WOULD RATE THIS A ZERO IF IT WERE A POSSIBLE RATING!
Review: This book is poorly written, grammatical errors abound, punctuation is so bad and word usage is so abhorent it's oft times extremely difficult to follow the authors thoughts properly and when you CAN follow them, there is a definite man-hating theme in a lot of the interpretations.

The King of Wands (as an example), "A sympathetic man, a feminist. The wand is a symbol not of his rule, but of a kind of once-removed membership in the ranks of women. *wha?!?* This figure is female identified, perhaps, 'sissy' identified....He is a passonate but careful revolutionary and serves as one of the useful and important connections between separatist women and the patriarchy." I swear to you, that is word for word out of this book.

Okay, a) Calling a gay man a 'sissy' is not PC. b)How the hell did all the political hoohah get intertwined in a card that is generallly described as "A country gentleman, loyal and noble, comes of good family," giving us just a general overview of who this person is?

If you're a lesbian and have a seething hatred towards straight men (and it looks like gay men are targets too obviously), this is the book for you. There are other interpretions that have references to women that need to explore 'woman to woman' love, etc., So for a lesbian, I would recommend giving this a look see,
but just know that this is incredibly biased and based on pure fantasy.

If you're a collector of the absurd and obscure in tarot, buy this so you can read it out loud and laugh with your tarot buddies about how ridiculous and out there most of these meanings are compared to any other tarot interpretation book available past or present. If you're a serious student of the tarot however, do NOT waste your money on this incessant drivel.

This is a great concept but falls WAY short of the mark. I would love to see a legitimate tarot book that was based on sane interpretations from a woman's point of view(...). This is just horrid and amateurish (...).