Llewellyn’s Little Book of Tarot is another small book with a big impact. Not only is it a pleasure to hold with pages designed to please, there are dozens of decks represented. Here are the pages for a card that is often misunderstood and beautifully illustrated with the Tarot of Durer.  

Rachel Pollack's New Tarot Handbook is a small book that packs a big punch. Each entry gives us traditional wisdom and unique insights. Pollack urges us to dive even deeper by creating a spread for each Major Arcana card. We'll let her guide us to the Star, shall we? The Star In the sequence of the Major Arcana, the most difficult section—the Fool’s Crisis, we might call it—begins with Death and reaches its culmination in the explosiveness of the Tower. The Star shows us that we have come through—we have cast off the Devil’s chains and found hope and openness. The Star resembles Temperance, the card between Death and the Devil, with some important differences. There

  Over the next few months, we'll look at some books created for beginners. We'll see some tips, ideas, and interpretations that may also be of interest to more seasoned readers. Almost every teacher or author has something to share that we haven't heard before. In Tarot for Beginners, in addition to exploring the traditional Rider Waite Smith meanings, we look at three other decks that follow the RWS tradition. We see how they are similar to and different from the RWS image. We hope that seeing these examples helps you interpret your own RWS-style decks with more confidence while recognizing the unique voices of these decks. Let's take a look at a card that is often a

The Moon in Wonderland The books that accompany our decks are full-size, often in full color, full of interesting information. Here is an excerpt from the companion book to the Tarot in Wonderland. XVIII, The Moon Through the Looking Glass It seems fitting that this card features characters who do not inhabit Wonderland but rather are from a poem recited by Tweedledee because this card is all about illusion, deception, and the nature of reality. The connection of this poem with The Moon card is enhanced because it comes from the Tweedle brothers, who are twins. Aside from their names on their collars, they are hard to distinguish from each other, another experience the