Tarot Update - Issue #12

The Complete Tarot Reader: Everything You Need to Know from Start to Finish
Whether you are a beginner or a bit further along in your studies, Teresa Michelsen's new book, The Complete Tarot Reader, is a must-have. This one-of-a-kind self-study program helps you develop a long-lasting, intuitive approach to tarot reading. Even better, you can use any deck you like. Or several decks. You use your own deck, your life experiences, your intuition, and some basic information on the underlying structure and patterns in tarot to craft a personal understanding of the cards.

Organized like a fun study guide, this book includes study goals, progress activities, and easy exercises for exploring the suits, court cards, and the major arcana. You'll also explore a variety of reading techniques such as reversals, dignities, timed readings. Teresa shares interesting correspondences between the tarot and astrology, numerology, psychology, and mythology. Finally, you'll get practical advice for dealing with difficult querents, reader's block, framing a good question, ethical issues, and interpreting large spreads.

Whew. That's a lot of stuff. And there's more ... but you'll have to get the book to find out. Since it is organized like a self study program, you can work through it by yourself at your own pace. Or it might be fun to create a little group and work through it together.

Here's a little taste - one of the exercises for working with the pips:

Lay out the Ace - 10 of each suit in four rows, with the Aces, 1s, 2s, etc. forming columns.

Look at each column, starting with the Aces. What aspects or properties do all the Aces seem to have in common? Write down as many keywords for Aces as you can think of. Then do the same for each number Two through Ten, focusing only on the traits that the cards sharing the same number seem to have in common. List the keywords that are shared by all four of the cards of that number, and then describe how each card modifies those keywords in its own way.

Pretty cool, isn't it? You're in luck, too, because this marvelous book, plus Teresa's other great book, Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads, are on sale this month (see below).

May Day Getaway
What are you doing May 6 - 8, 2005? Nothing special? Good. Then go here now and sign up for an event that can change your life (or at least make you a far better Tarot reader, provide lots of fun, and maybe even some new friends)

The third annual Readers Studio promises to be just as exciting as its predecessors. Maybe even more so, as we'll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tarot School. This year's teachers are Corrine Kenner, James Ricklef, and Teresa Michelsen. They've got some amazing things planned. Join us. You'll be glad you did.

Publisher's ear
What book do you wish Llewellyn would publish? What subjects do you think are overdone? Let me know your thoughts and ideas at barbaram@llewellyn.com!