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Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot: 22 Keys to Understanding Its Symbolic Imagery
This book will change the way you see the cards.
“For years, Wald and Ruth Ann Amberstone’s deep work on the symbols and esoteric traditions of the Rider-Waite-Smith cards has been a legend, the learning and inspiration available only to their students. This book is useful in the deepest possible sense.”
—Rachel Pollack, author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom and A Walk Through the Forest of Souls
Bringing imagery and intuition into a course of study of the tarot, Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot sets itself apart from other tarot books by teaching you how to translate the pictorial symbolism from one deck to another , strengthening your ability to recognize specific icons in any deck and in the world around you. It can be used as both a reference book and as a series of guided meditations on the individual symbols.
Each of the seven chapters discusses symbols with a common theme—crowns, pillars, mountains, crosses, etc.—and provides the lore and mythological meanings of each card. The authors also include an integration lesson and a special symbol spread for each chapter to help deepen your understanding of the cards. Written by Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone, two of the consummate authorities on tarot in the world, this book reveals the hidden current of symbolic meanings and connections in the tarot , unlocking the secrets of the cards to help illuminate every reader’s path in life. Previously published as The Secret Language of Tarot , this is an accessible, must-have guide for any tarot reader.
“For years, Wald and Ruth Ann Amberstone’s deep work on the symbols and esoteric traditions of the Rider-Waite-Smith cards has been a legend, the learning and inspiration available only to their students. This book is useful in the deepest possible sense.”
—Rachel Pollack, author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom and A Walk Through the Forest of Souls
Bringing imagery and intuition into a course of study of the tarot, Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot sets itself apart from other tarot books by teaching you how to translate the pictorial symbolism from one deck to another , strengthening your ability to recognize specific icons in any deck and in the world around you. It can be used as both a reference book and as a series of guided meditations on the individual symbols.
Each of the seven chapters discusses symbols with a common theme—crowns, pillars, mountains, crosses, etc.—and provides the lore and mythological meanings of each card. The authors also include an integration lesson and a special symbol spread for each chapter to help deepen your understanding of the cards. Written by Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone, two of the consummate authorities on tarot in the world, this book reveals the hidden current of symbolic meanings and connections in the tarot , unlocking the secrets of the cards to help illuminate every reader’s path in life. Previously published as The Secret Language of Tarot , this is an accessible, must-have guide for any tarot reader.
304 pages, Paperback
Published November 6, 2023
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October 30, 2024
didn't offer that much new info on the symbols, but lots of meditative exercises where you figure out what they mean for you. every day i spent some time with a symbol and sometimes ascended into clouds and found a castle and went inside and searched for a box that held a key that opened a door to a perfect garden and what is a perfect garden to you? or walked the moon path and climbed up one of the towers and looked around. i am not at all a person that can rotate a 3D apple in their head but it was nice to practice using my imagination. plus there were lots of spreads to try that were meant to help you internalize the symbol meanings, which were hit or miss but also fun practice
also the author's voice was very cute to me. it was kind of clunky but very familiar "Okay so this lesson is going to be a little different than the last one."
all in all i learned kind of shockingly little about the individual symbols but did develop more of a personal relationship with them & had a very pleasant month or so reading this every morning.
also the author's voice was very cute to me. it was kind of clunky but very familiar "Okay so this lesson is going to be a little different than the last one."
all in all i learned kind of shockingly little about the individual symbols but did develop more of a personal relationship with them & had a very pleasant month or so reading this every morning.
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