Book Review: Llewellyn's 2006 Tarot Reader

What began as an elite Renaissance card game for Italian aristocrats has become a popular divination took for millions of modern Tarot lovers. The cards fascinate us with their uncanny predictions, but they also serve as powerful tools for meditation, magiv, and spiritual growth. ~~ from the back cover

This annual guide features, once again, some of the best news, reviews, tips, techniques and readings one can get on the Tarot. What a way to start the new year!

There are many articles for those in professional practice: One article, "Psychic Fairs, Public Readings" by Corrine Kenner, gives professional Tarot readers guidance in doing readings at psychic fairs - including how to set up a tent if you do shows on the road quite a bit! The focus is on providing ethical, sound readings and enjoying it. James Wells writes on "Going Pro" and gives detailed suggestions on creating your own business as a Tarot Reader. The article on teaching the Tarot carefully lays out ways of getting yourself established as a teacher of this ancient art.

Arnbell Ando, a wonderfully gifted Tarot artist who I met at a meeting of the American Tarot Association a few years ago, writes on "Following the Fool". This meditative journey is a walk with the "God card" of the deck - the one that most challenges people in their efforts to understand the spiritual insight of the Tarot. She takes you through a process that helps to expand your knowledge of the Tarot, one card at a time.

Some very humorous and yet gripping articles catch your eye - "Zapped: When Clients Explode" by Elizabeth Hazel, is great! Who has not had a client who did not like the answer they were given in response to their question?

If you need insight about the use of the tarot as a spiritual tool, "Seventy-Eight Faces of Divinity" by Nine Lee Braden does a fine job. She notes the need to pray or meditate and to take time to study the Tarot before using, rather than only shuffling and flipping a card. The remembrance that Tarot readers are doing a spiritual work is clear.

The deck reviews include "The Guilde Tarot" which was reviewed earlier here on Healing Universe, The Tarot of the Dead, The Pagan Tarot, and The Baroque Bohemian Cats Tarot.

A great buy!

Highly Recommended!