Llewellyn's 2005 Tarot Reader: Your Annual Guide to News, Reviews, Tips & Techniques

by Ruth Ann Amberstone and Llewellyn

Tarot enthusiasts rejoice Look for an array of news, advice, and in-depth discussions on everything Tarot in Llewellyn's new Tarot Reader. Renowned authors and Tarot specialists deliver deck reviews... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738705381
• ISBN13: 9780738705385
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A New Look at Tarot!!

New this year is Llewellyn's offering of the Tarot Reader. It is a collection of articles, a daily calendar, reviews of decks and a section of some basic spreads for reading tarot. At first I thought this was yet another 'Almanac' put out by Llewellyn, and it does, in fact, contain a daily Almanac with moon signs and phases, and major holidays, but as I began to look through the book, I found that, again, the articles are what make this a valuable tool. The 'Almanac' section can also be used as a tool for daily tarot readings, as it provides a little space for notes, or it can be used as a calendar for important dates or notations. But back to the articles. The authors biographies, which are usually in the back of Llewellyn's almanacs, are right up front. And an impressive list of authors this is. Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone are founders of the 'Tarot School, and authors of 'The Tarot school Correspondence Course' and 'Tarot Tips'. and put on the annual national conference 'Readers Studio' for tarot professionals. Nina Lee Braden is author of 'Tarot for Self Discovery'. Bonnie Cheovet is a tarot master, co-founder of the World Tarot Network and Director of Certification for the American Board for Tarot Certification to name just a little of her credentials. Mary K. Greer is founder and director of T.A.R.O.T. - Tools and Rites of Transformation, a learning center for the study of divination, as well as an author of many books on tarot. Elizabeth Hazel is author of 'The Tarot Decoded'. And the list goes on. All totaled, there are 18 authors, all of them providing articles or reviews on tarot decks. The articles, which comprise the bulk of this book, are informative, well written and provide a good overview of the medium. The book is divided into chapters, focusing on the different aspects of tarot - tools, applications, further study and deck reviews. Disbursed between these articles is 'A Closer Look', which is a one page brief description of various Llewellyn decks, with some black and white line drawings of some of the cards, and a bulleted highlights of each deck. Most memorable of the articles 'Those Darned Court Cards' by Thalassa, which provides us with a practical explanation of what many other writers seem to skim over in favor of the Major Arcana, the court cards. Thalassa explains in plain language with a humorous edge, the origins, aspects and meanings of the court cards. Mary K. Greer's article 'A New View: Reversals' examines how to read reversals and the recent trend to not read cards as reversed. Bonnie Cehovet examines 'Value-Added Tarot', or how to add extras to our tarot business to make the client feel they have gotten their monies worth. In the 'Further Study' section, there is a 'Mabon Tarot Ritual' by Nina Lee Braden which incorporates ritual with the tarot cards and is very interesting and worth looking at. The deck reviews were all well written and covered the deck 'in depth', as opposed to the 'C