Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads

Special Topics in Tarot

by Teresa Michelsen

After learning a few basic card spreads and becoming familiar with individual card meanings, one of the first things tarot readers discover is the critical importance of asking the right question. But without using the right spread, you might not be getting the most out of your tarot readings.

This groundbreaking book is a part of Llewellyn's Special Topics in Tarot series. This series was created in response to an increasing demand for more tarot books on advanced and specialized topics.

Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads is an invaluable resource for tarot readers of all levels of expertise. Learn how

• Pose the perfect question
• Decide how many cards to use
• Clarify the meaning of each card position
• Work with reversals and dignities
• Use special cards such as significators, karmic lesson cards, and clarification       cards
• Modify existing spreads to reflect your own reading style

Inspirations for spreads covering a diverse variety of topics including relationships, financial and career development, predictive readings, personal development, and special occasions. Whether you're a professional tarot reader looking for ways to better serve your clientele or a beginner looking for a way to make your readings more accurate, this book will add new dimensions to your tarot practice.

Genres: Tarot, Divination, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Delacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An easy to read and comprehensive guide to developing your own tarot spreads. Many examples of general or tailored to an individual layouts, with various layout shapes and questions to get our creative juices going. I found this book very helpful back when I got it many years earlier. I returned to it to help with a project and it continues to be an asset. Creating your own spreads really isn't hard, and this book helps create the skills and confidence to fashion personalized layouts.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great primer full of prompts and ideas, but had repetition and could've given us more to work with instead of a coy "you figure it out." Joan Bunning's book on spreads, for example, included a huge, valuable list for card position ideas to work with. Still, I'm already designing a couple spreads.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome and would be great chooise if learn you Tarot on your own. It helps you to understand how questions should be asked to achieve straight answer from Tarot.

[Marcello Tarot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Come tutti i libri di questa collana – Special Topics in Tarot – si tratta di un volume per studenti avanzati: qui non si trovano i significati delle carte, anzi, quando capita di trovare citata una qualche carta il suo significato lo si dà per scontato, senza stare a distrarsi dal contesto nel quale appare. E qual è questo contesto? Come è intuibile dal titolo, questo libro tratta della creazione di stese da usarsi nella propria pratica, ma dire che parla solo della progettazione di stese ex novo sarebbe quanto mai riduttivo: l’ottima autrice infatti contempla tutto quando ruoti attorno a questo strumento principe per i lettori di Tarocchi, a partire dall’attenta formulazione della domanda per poi proseguire con ogni singolo elemento che componga una stesa e, infine, suggerendo una pletora di stese a mo’ di ispirazione, da prendere così come sono o da modificare a piacere secondo quanto contenuto nella prima parte del volume.