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“Our conscious minds are clever, but unfortunately, they just don't have the full awareness we need to make appropriate choices day by day.”
― Joan Bunning, Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners

“The Swords are the suit of intellect, thought, and reason. They are concerned with justice, truth, and ethical principles.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The Fool stands somewhat outside the rest of the major arcana.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“We always see reality through a lens made up of our own inner state.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“On the Two of Pentacles, we see a young man dancing as he juggles his worldly concerns. The infinity sign loops around the two pentacles to suggest that he could handle unlimited problems. In the background we see two ships riding the waves easily-cruising the ups and downs of life.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The Moon stimulates the creative imagination. It opens the way for bizarre and beautiful thoughts to bubble up from the unconscious, but deep-seated fears and anxieties can also arise.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“When you see the Ten of Cups, know that an end to hostility (both within and without) is possible.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“In Pentacles, we celebrate the beauty of nature, our interactions with plants and animals, and our physical experiences in the body. Pentacles also represent prosperity and wealth of all kinds. Sometimes this suit is called the Coins, an obvious symbol of the exchange of goods and services of the physical world.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The tarot is a mirror that reflects your own consciousness back to you. As you learn, that mirror becomes clearer, and you perceive at deeper levels.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“A rainbow of cups is overhead blessing the scene. This is a symbol of what our emotional life could be at its best.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The King of Wands has the courage of his convictions and always believes in himself.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“Each card has a role to play in showing how the energy is expressed in the world.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“Know you are truly connected to all that is.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The Empress represents the fertile life-giving Mother who reigns over the bounty of nature and the rhythms of Earth. From her comes all the pleasures and joys of the senses and the abundance of new life in all its forms.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“You know your insights are correct when you feel complete and satisfied with them.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The woman on the Eight of Swords is lost and alone. She can’t see because she is blindfolded. She can’t reach out because she is bound. She can’t move freely because she is caught in a prison of swords.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“Small spreads are easy to learn. They convey concise information directly. They’re useful when you need a few basic insights quickly.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“She is often moved by the beauty and tragedy of life.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“To the alchemists of the Middle Ages, the arcanum was the secret of nature.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“A knight is prone to excess, but he is also eager and sincere, and these qualities redeem qualities redeem him.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The secret of creating a story is getting from intellectual understanding to knowing, from a piecemeal graps to a unified vision.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“He seeks answers from within and knows that they will come only with quiet and solitude.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“Revel in the delights of being alive on the Earth at this time.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“When cards are related to each other in a spread, an entirely new level of meaning is created. Combinations appear, and a story line develops with characters, plots, and themes.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“He is ready to embrace whatever comes his way, but he is also oblivious to the cliff edge he is about to cross.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The cards have unique meanings, but they also have a common identity with the other cards in their group.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The Cups are the suit of emotions and spiritual experience. They describe inner states, feelings, and relationship patterns.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“He delivers real chances to experience romance, deep feelings, and the inner life-the wonders of the Cup suit.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“The point is that of all possible stories, I chose a certain one. Why.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

“Look for geometric shapes in your environment. Pay attention to the patterns in objects, but also their influence in the abstract. How does it feel when people are in pairs, lines, circles, or triangles? When are bridges in effect? Try to get in touch with the archetypical energies of different shapes in different circumstances.”
― Joan Bunning, The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth