The Ultimate Guide to Tarot: A Beginner's Guide to the Cards, Spreads, and Revealing the Mystery of the Tarot

Learn and master the intuitive art of tarot reading with this easy-to-use yet comprehensive reference.

Featuring vibrant, full-color illustrations, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot provides all the history and knowledge you need to read the cards with confidence. Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced reader looking to deepen your interpretation skills, author and tarot expert Liz Dean provides the clear, concise guidance you seek, including:

• A thorough introduction to tarot--its history, the benefits of reading tarot, and an overview of the cards
• Detailed interpretations for each card of the major and minor arcana, including their symbolism and meaning, reversed meaning, and links to astrology, kabbala, numerology, and chakras
• Step-by-step guides for attuning, cleansing, and protecting your deck and creating a space for your readings
• A wealth of options for card layouts, including all the classic tarot spreads--Celtic Cross; Past, Present, Future; Astrological Week, Month, and Year Ahead; and the Chakra Spread--plus, a mini-layout to try for each of the 22 major arcana cards
• Appendices listing individual card correspondences for astrology, Kabbala and the Tree of Life pathways, chakras, and crystals

Along the way, you will learn how to combine the three essential ingredients of a great tarot reading: knowing the meaning of the cards, how to lay them out, and trusting the intuitive messages the images often spark within us during a reading. This synthesis is the true magic of tarot.

For every tarot reading journey, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot is a must-have companion.

The Ultimate Guide to... series offers comprehensive beginner's guides to discovering a range of mind, body, spirit topics, including divination, crystal grids, numerology, witchcraft, chakras, aromatherapy, and more. Filled with beautiful illustrations and designed to give easy access to the information you're looking for, each of these references provides simple-to-follow expert guidance as you learn and master your practice.

Author: Liz Dean
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Published: 05/15/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781592336579

About the Author

Liz Dean (London, England) is a professional tarot reader and Angelic Reiki(TM) Healer at Psychic Sisters in Selfridges, London. A bestselling tarot author, Liz had studied divination for over 20 years. Liz is the author of The Golden Tarot (over 300,000 sold worldwide), The Ultimate Guide to Tarot, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Spreads, The Victorian Steampunk Tarot, Fairy Tale Fortune Cards, 44 Ways to Talk to Your Angels, The Tarot Companion, The Divination Handbook, and Tarot Made Simple. Liz is also one of the "Tarot Masters" included in Kim Arnold's eponymous collection of 38 essays. In addition, she is a former co-editor of the UK's leading spiritual magazine, Kindred Spirit (2011-2013), and an award-winning poet.