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Welcome to the first edition of our new monthly newsletter, the Tarot Update. Each month you'll get an original article by Tarot expert Barbara Moore, excerpts from new books, and more! And as a subscriber, you'll be the first to hear about the decks on sale each month.

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Greetings!
Welcome to the first issue of Tarot Update, a free monthly newsletter filled with tarot information, including upcoming Tarot events and exclusive notice of monthly sale items.

Problem-Solving Tarot Technique
Here is a technique to use if you are having trouble communicating with someone. By using a court card to represent the person, you place some distance between yourself and the issue. This allows you to see things from the other person's point of view and focus on how to best communicate with that person.

Pick out a court card that best represents the person you want to talk to. How would you communicate with the character in that card? What kind of arguments or reasoning would appeal to, say, the King of Swords? How would they differ from those that appeal to the Page of Cups?

Then select a court card that represents you. Imagine these two court cards having a dialogue. Where is there a conflict? Where is there a meeting of the minds? Is there any way the court card representing you can approach the other card in a positive way? Where and how does it break down? Which court card might be able to communicate better? Determine why and adopt those characteristics.

The Reader's Studio
Mark you calendars! The second annual Reader's Studio will be April 23–25, 2004 in New York City. Get three days of intense Tarot training from some of the best authors in the field, including:

* Valerie Sim, author of the forthcoming Tarot Outside the Box (December 2004), and list owner of the popular e-mail list Comparative Tarot (see Cool Links below)

* Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone, authors of Tarot Tips and founders of The Tarot School

* Mark McElroy, author of Putting the Tarot to Work: Creative Problem Solving, Effective Decision Making, and Personal Career Planning and VP of Media for the American Tarot Association

Don't forget to register early, as attendance is limited to seventy-eight. For more details, see www.tarotschool.com/Studio or call 1-800-804-2184.

For Your Information
For those of you with a solid understanding of the cards' meanings, Llewellyn has developed our Special Topics in Tarot series. Each book in the series offers a new technique or application. Want to learn more about interpreting reversals, explore new reading methods, use the cards to interpret dreams, or add a spark of magic to your practice? If so, there is a book in this series for you:

Tarot Tips | Tarot & Magic | Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads | The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals | Tarot & Dream Interpretation | Tarot for Self Discovery

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Related article

 Read another tarot problem-solving technique from the Llewellyn Journal:
Tarot: It's not just for fortune telling anymore
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Upcoming Tarot events
For more Llewellyn Tarot- and book-related events,
check our event schedule
Tarot Tips authors:
Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone
Discussion and book signing
March 16, 2004, 7 p.m.
Bronx Barnes & Noble, New York City, NY
For more information call: 718-862-3954

The Buddha Tarot and The Tarot of the Saints author:
Robert Place
Lecture: "The Story of Buddha Told Through Tarot"
March 16, 2004, 8 p.m.
New York Open Center, New York City, NY
For more information call: 212-219-2527

What Tarot Can Do For You author:
Barbara Moore
Workshop: "Introduction to the Tarot"
April 15, 2004, 7 p.m.
Burnsville Barnes & Noble, Burnsville, MN
For more information call: 952-892-9280

Readers Studio
Tarot conference
April 23 - 25, 2004
New York City, NY
For more information visit: www.tarotschool.com/Studio

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An excerpt from "Professional Tarot"
BY CHRISTINE JETTE

The following suggestions will get you started on your path to becoming a professional reader:

- Have your own reading done by an established professional. Note the narrative and how the cards relate to one another. Decide what you liked and disliked about the style and presentation.

- Work with only one or two layouts at first until the positions are firmly in your mind. You might want to choose one general and one specific layout that ring true to you. Any layout from any source can be used if you feel right about it.

- Keep it simple. Count the number of major arcana cards in a spread and note the minor arcana suits. This will tell you a lot about the general theme of a reading without interpreting individual cards. Stating the theme is a great way to open a narrative.

- Speak out loud and record every reading. As you listen to yourself on tape, try to visualize the layout and see the cards in their positions.

- Answer all questions with as much honesty as you can. By being truthful and saying what the seeker needs to know (as opposed to what the seeker wants to know), you will never have a false frame of reference and never get caught in that tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

- Summarize a reading in three minutes or less. Practice closure and firmly saying time is up. Ending a reading is often more difficult than starting one.

- Avoid the temptation to appear all-knowing, because none of us knows it all. Anyway, do you really want to take responsibility for someone else's life?

READ MORE ...

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Great Tarot decks on sale!
ON SALE THROUGH MARCH 7 ONLY - BUY NOW!

The World Spirit Tarot
ISBN: 1-56718-500-2
Sale price: $19.96 (save 20%)
 The Buddha Tarot
ISBN 0-7387-0441-5
Sale price: $19.96 (save 20%)
 The Quest Tarot
ISBN: 0-7387-0195-5
Sale price: $27.96 (save 20%)

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Cool links

 FREE online web Tarot readings

http://www.tarotpassages.com
(One of the best sites on the web for Tarot deck reviews, useful info, and upcoming events)

The American Tarot Association

Related Tarot articles from New Worlds magazine

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot
(A site featuring many deck reviews and lively forums for Tarot discussions)

Definitions of Tarot terms from the Llewellyn Encyclopedia

Yahoo's Comparative Tarot e-mail group

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