Mastering the Tarot: An Advanced Personal Teaching Guide

by Juliet Sharman-Burke

No student of the tarot should be without this book. Juliet Sharman-Burke peels back the layers of symbolism of the Major Arcana, teaches you how to strengthen your intuitive response to all the cards, and demonstrates ways of improving your technique in reading them.

Conceived as a teaching platform to further your understanding of the tarot, Mastering the
Tarot includes questions raised by Juliet's own students to illustrate important issues, plus
exercises to heighten your imagination and intuitive response. The uses of a variety of spreads
are explained and a detailed case study illustrates an in-depth reading.

The text is illustrated in colour by cards from a range of classic decks, including the fifteenth-
century Visconti-Sforza, the early twentieth-century Universal Waite, and the more recent
Mythic Tarot and Arthurian decks.

-In-depth analysis of the Major Arcana
-Study of Minor Arcana includes astrological and numerological links
-Practical exercises and question-and-answer features throughout
-Illustrated with full-colour classic card reproductions

Genres: Tarot, Witchcraft, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went through this taking notes in my tarot journal. really good, especially with mythical and alchemical correspondences. her astrological correspondences for kings and queens were different from the notes I had taken before. she didn't go into detail about pages at all. what she had for court cards was helpful, though.

but I got a lot out of it, in general. she talks about not only greek myths, but egyptian and even sumerian, as well as christian, which was worth it just for the correspondences between those mythological systems alone, never mind the tarot.

she also suggests some interesting exercises, such as telling your life story with the cards, or pulling cards randomly and telling a story from the images, without reference to the meanings. in her example she has a child who doesn't know tarot do it. she also has an exercise for each major arcana card, which I did not do nor find too interesting. often it's just meditating on the card and - she always emphasizes this - taking notes.

for the minor arcana she just does a chart in a two page spread. a couple of the card meanings she gives didn't match my understandings, but I have no trouble in taking what resonates with me and my prior learning and leaving the rest on the page. definitely worth reading if you are studying.

[H M · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved Sharman-Burke's Beginner's Guide to Tarot, so I picked this up hoping to gain some more insight from her. She goes into much detail about the Major arcana, and has multiple card images for each Major. If you're having trouble connecting with the Majors, I highly recommend this book. There are also some quite useful spreads in the back, but I was disappointed with her treatment of the Minor arcana. There was only a two-page chart of each suit and number, using pretty basic numerology to explain each of them. If she had written a complete section for the Minors, this would be a 4-5 star review. As it is, it's still a very helpful book for beginners, but if you want more details about the minors, check out the companion book that comes with the Sharman-Caselli deck.

[Ayu Prameswary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Membaca tentang tarot setelah saya tidak menginginkannya lagi menjadi tampak tidak menarik

[Lo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun!

[Teleri]

If it's by Sharman-Burke, it's worth perusing.