The Tarot Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Cards and Spreads Volume 7

by Sarah Bartlett

Book Overview

Starting with the basics--choosing the best pack, understanding the deck and its structure, asking the right questions--this comprehensive guide to working with Tarot provides all the information needed to do a full reading. On colorfully, sumptuously illustrated pages unfold the mysteries of each card's symbolic meaning. From the Magician to the Fool, the Lovers to the Hermit, every beautifully presented entry features a picture of the card, as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402738382
• ISBN13: 9781402738388
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Good condition, good shipping

This book came in the perfection condition it was listed under, and with a lot of speed. I haven't delved deeply into the book yet, but the service was great.

A simple yet thorough guide to The Tarot

I decided to purchase this book when I noticed that the Author had used Lo Scarabeo Tarot Decks for her illustrations, in particular "The Crystal Tarot" which is one of the most intricate and beautiful decks ever painted. I love the simple, positive and loving way the material is presented in this book. It is perfect for beginners but also a great book for getting back to the basics if you have been reading widely and your senses have become clouded by loads of different interpretations and view points. A sound purchase for anyone at any level of understanding of The Tarot.

This is the ONE

I am a casual user of tarot but my interest is growing. I have begged and borrowed every book I could find on tarot and Sarah Bartlett's TAROT BIBLE is the one book I thought worth buying. It is very comprehensive and its organization and layout are very helpful, particularly if you are new to tarot. This is truly a tarot handbook for the interpreter of meaning rather than a book about tarot. What I especially like about this book is that it is easy to use in interpreting a layout. For the most part, its interpretations are positive rather than negative. Using other books, readings were confusing at best and alarming at worst. Using this handbook was easy, extremely helpful, and the readings feel very insightful. I contrast this book to Eason's COMPLETE GUIDE TO TAROT (which was neither complete nor a good guide.) Using the same cards and the two books, I got a much better reading -- more insight, more on-target, more directive -- using Bartlett's book. Also, the TAROT BIBLE is MUCH easier to get around in and locate material. I added a few plastic tabs to locate suits and the layouts I want to use. The color-indexed pages do the rest. I particularly like it that every card is covered and in about the same depth. Some books slight the minor arcana to a degree that choosing a minor card in a central position implies a disappointment and a weakness. Also, every card is illustrated. I use another deck and design but the pictures in the book (all in color) are helpful and improve my understanding of her points and descriptions. Every card is presented in a 'you, now' position, a 'blockage' position and a 'future' position as well as descriptions of its general influence. This is extraordinarily helpful to me in interpretation. The book presents several layouts in each of five categories and enough information to explore other layouts -- or even develop your own. The author does not cover reversals except in broad (may delay or up-end a card's meaning.) I didn't find that to be a problem and it's an approach many books take. As a novice, I am not interested in highly refined meanings and detailed predictions. Also, the author does not explore alternative decks to a great extent but this is no problem at all unless a reader wants to invest a particular design with its own particular meaning. Again, not for the novice. Overall, this is a fine book, especially if you want to establish a solid grounding in the tarot without becoming completely dominated by the cards.

WOW! Best Tarot Book Ever!

I have been searching for a good book on the tarot for several months, and found what I was looking for in The Tarot Bible. It covers everything you need to know about the tarot: its history, different decks, card meanings, spreads and much more! I am a beginning tarot student and the explanations of the different cards and how they relate to each other was phenomenal! The detailed explanation of different spreads was extremely helpful, also. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the tarot. The book's convenient size and nice graphics was also a factor in my selecting this book!

A Big Help

I had checked out several tarot books from the library and this book seemed to be the one I always referred to when I was doing my readings. It was the most thorough and most helpful in my opinion. I finally decided to buy it since the library wanted their own book back. I highly recommend it.