365 Tarot Spreads: Revealing the Magic in Each Day

by Sasha Graham

A tarot reading is a quest for answers to your greatest questions, deepest desires, and most profound needs. The power of tarot lies in the questions, and now you can discern answers to those questions with fascinating and magical results 365 days a year. Explore a tarot quest on any topic with extensive spread categories, including: Love and Romance Money and Career Health and Well-Being Home and Family Personal Growth Astrology and the Zodiac Multicultural Holidays Rituals and Occult Studies Grief and Moving Forward Spirituality

Use 365 Tarot Spreads year after year with spreads you can apply anytime and in any situation. Each spread is based on a significant historical or magical occurrence on that particular day, and each one is accompanied by a detailed explanation and sample questions to focus on while reading. This wondrous guide provides a magnificent journey to achieve enlightenment every day.

Praise: "What tarot needs--right now--is Sasha Graham."--Rachel Pollack, award-winning author of 78 Degrees of Wisdom

Genres: Tarot, Nonfiction, Reference, Spirituality, Occult, Divination, Magic

408 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2014

Reviews

[Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is exactly what the title says. It contains 365 different tarot spreads, each one assigned to a particular date, from January 1 through December 31 (including February 29). At first I was a little surprised that they were assigned to specific dates, but once I realized the depth and care taken for each choice, it all made sense.

Each spread is chosen specifically for its date, based on various historical events, holidays, traditions, and more. What I love about it is that it’s clear how much care and thought went into each choice. Every day not only has a spread, but a description of the spread and why it is meaningful for that particular day, along with a quote, and a tarot card whose meaning goes well with the given theme for that day.

I was shocked by the variety of spreads available in this book, even though I knew there were going to be over 350 of them! There are spreads to cover just about any base one could think of:

- Astrological signs, Planets, Tarot suits, and the Major Arcana
- Relationships (Happy Marriage, Find Best Partner, Sibling Issues, Divorce)
- Pop Culture (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Mary Poppins, Lovecraft)
- Health (Diet, Exercise, Healthy Eating, etc.)
- Interesting Phenomena (Synesthesia, etc.)
- Career (Unhappiness at Work, Should I Take/Quit This Job?, Advancement)
- Esoteric (Six Realms, What Does Tarot Mean to Me?, Your Personal Symbol)
- Holidays (Mother’s Day, Int’l Women’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, etc.)
- Financial (Investment, Starting a Business, Contracts/Legal Documents)
- Decision Making (Root of the Problem, Moving, Should I or Shouldn’t I)
- Psychology (Freudian, Jungian, Jungian Archetypes, Dreams)
- Pets (Dog, Cat, Pets)
- Fairy Tales (Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Little Mermaid)

And trust me when I say that there are even more! I really love that this book basically serves as a master list for any kind of tarot spread I could want. If I were feeling ambitious (and I do, occasionally) I would try to work my way through this book, doing the designated spread for every single day. In fact, I had seriously considered doing this for about a month or so before writing and posting my review. But, the thing is, though many of these spreads are fun themes that one could use anytime, many of them are also rather situation-specific. I can’t really do a spread about divorce if I’m not … you know… in that situation? So, I decided against that plan.

But I did try out a few spreads from the book and all of them were excellent.

I loved this book, and I’m so glad that I got the chance to try it out early. You can be assured that it’s on my wishlist, and I will be recommending it to every tarot reader I know!

[Meg · Rating 2 out of 5]

It certainly was a book on 365 tarot spreads but they weren't quite my style. If you are looking for superficial readings with no ethical boundaries (like third party readings), this will be good for you. But if you're looking to empower people, give them tools for what's coming, or want something that will shed a deeper light on someone's questions, these spreads aren't for you. Though finding 365 earth shattering spreads would be tough, I felt like the spreads were more for teenage girls than grown-ups searching to actively better their lives. Seemed more like a party trick book than serious tarot spreads, which is great if that's what you're looking for, but I was not.

[Zanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

In her introduction, Graham tells us that after a bit of searching, she noticed that there were “a plethora of 365 books” on every subject imaginable – except Tarot.

I am familiar with several of these types of “365 books,” and I am truly delighted with what Graham has done to apply this format to Tarot reading. The concept is brilliant. The choices of occasions or events for each day are excellent. The information provided for each occasion or event is fascinating. Let’s see… what else? Oh, yes, you get 365 spreads that cover every subject imaginable, from Animals to Cinema to Finance and Legal Matters to Love and Romance to Self-Knowledge and Personal Growth to Work and Career. And the Index in the back gives you a way to look up a topic on which you’d like to do a reading.

Each page has the calendar date, title of the spread, On This Day, Summation of Spread, and Cast Your Cards, which consists of positional definitions and the spread layout. For each day we also have a sidebar that contains “fun facts” or tidbits of information, along with a black-and-white image of a Tarot card from the Universal Tarot by R. DeAngelis (Lo Scarabeo), with a few words about that card.

The spreads Sasha Graham provides for each day of the week are not just random spreads. Each one relates to a specific event, holiday, or occasion that occurred on the date in question. For example, February 7 is the date when the tale of Pinocchio was released in 1940. The spread presented for that day is called Pinocchio’s Truthfulness Spread. Positional definitions “regard all areas of truthfulness in our lives.” The sidebar lists signs that indicate when a person might be lying, such as nose twitching, mouth covering, fidgeting, and tense lips. The Tarot card is the King of Cups, which is “connected to lying, fabrication, and tall tales.”

This is just a splendid book all around. Well done, Sasha Graham!

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review reading: like and want to own. Not a good books to borrow from the library, because I want to keep it for YEARS and read pieces often.

[Autumn (Triquetra Reviews) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi guys! Today I'm going to be reviewing 365 Tarot Spreads by Sasha Graham. Special thanks to Llewellyn Publications via Netgalley for letting me read/review this early!

The cover is nice, as it shows some tarot cards, I like the simplicity - although you can't really say that tarot cards are simple as they are so complex, each and every card has a special meaning and message.

I really loved the layout of the book. This goes through a different tarot spread for each day of the year. It's jam-packed with lots of information on what happened historically, religiously etc of every day. There's a lot of information that is neat to know, but I never knew! There are lots of spreads that are brand new. There are ones that are familiar to readers, variations on crosses and things like that, but there are some cool new ones that I can't wait to look at. The ARC of this didn't show all the spreads, it only gave a smattering of them, but I'm sure each and every day is new and exciting.

I'm very impressed with this book, and I'll likely be buying it when it becomes available. I don't feel that I'm at a professional level when it comes to reading tarot cards, but with this book I'm convinced that even the novice will progress quite beautifully since this book allows a daily practice to be conducted without it getting boring or repetitive.

I recommend this for anyone who has a love for Tarot, or anyone that wishes to become a more advanced reader.

http://triquetrareviews.blogspot.com/...

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review is here: http://tarotbyhilary.com/book-corner-...

[Helen (they or he) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is beyond amazing! RTC!

[Bravebook · Rating 5 out of 5]

"365 rozkładów tarota" to bardzo ciekawy podręcznik do codziennej pracy z tarotem. Nie zawiera długich wykładów czy teoretycznych wywodów, a stawia w 100% na praktykę, zachęcając do codziennej pracy z kartami.

Książka stanowi coś w rodzaju kalendarza, gdzie na każdy dzień przewidziana jest jakaś historyjka lub ciekawostka, skłaniająca do rozważań i stawiania pytań, a także podany jest przykładowy rozkład z kart. Każda z kart jest określona numerem, do którego powyżej znajduje się objaśnienie.

To coś naprawdę wyjątkowego, z czego może korzystać średnio zaawansowana w tarocie osoba, aby przede wszystkim ćwiczyć, nabierać wprawy, pogłębiać swoją więź z talią oraz wyczulać intuicję. Myślę, że opisane tu rozkłady mogą również zainteresować bardziej zaawansowanych tarocistów w celu inspiracji i urozmaicenia swojej praktyki.

Książka jest wydana w większym formacie,z okładką przyciągającą wzrok swoimi zdobieniami 😍 w środku wszystko jest opisane krótko i przejrzyście, a cała reszta została zostawiona do odkrycia osobie praktykującej 😃

Przyznaję, że ten poradnik trafił w moje ręce właśnie gdy poczułam, że chciałabym jakoś urozmaicić swoją pracę z kartami i jestem przekonana, że w ciągu roku będę z przyjemnością zaglądać do niej w poszukiwaniu jakichś rozkładów do ćwiczeń i inspiracji 😉

Jeśli posiadacie swoją talię i znudziły się Wam oklepane i klasyczne rozkłady opisywane w każdej książce to ten poradnik może Was miło zaskoczyć 😃

[Jaycee Lam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bữa trước thấy một cô có quyển này, bèn mang lòng tò mò yêu thích nên tìm đọc.
Thật ra không tốt đến thế tbh, nhưng nó thật sự đã giúp ngộ ngộ ra vài chân lý cua trải bài. Cũng có vài spread thú vị, thử cho vui giải trí cũng được, dù đa phần mấy trải bài được giái thiệu trong đây xa vài af (toi chắc chắn quý vị sẽ éo bao giờ xử dụng đến nó đâu, 365 trải bài lận, tác giả chém và despair dữ lắm to fill in :) )
Toi là toi chỉ thích 1 lá thoi, dừng phức tạp hóa vấn đề, nên toi đọc cái này nghĩ rằng mình sẽ có thêm nhiều kiến thức mới, quèo, có thêm kiến thức mới thiệt nhưng vẫn ấn tượng cái kết sách: trải bài 1 lá là "trải bài tuyệt vời nhất", ôi vailone. Có vài suy nghĩ làm ngộ rất wtf tho :) Đặc biệt là suy nghĩ về the Tower :D

[HoneyBakedAmbs · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF

I made it from January through April.

This book would be good for: people who are only just learning about tarot.

I would consider myself an intermediate (???) reader and I quickly grew tired of all the weird/random “on this day” spreads that almost never had anything to do with where I personally wanted insight. Very very heavy on the love and romance “does he like me back” kind of spreads, IMO. And it was equally ineffective for me to look up spreads in the index that might align more with what I wanted to know because most of them seemed more geared toward teens than a 43YO.

[Naava · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been reading this (or: doing spreads from this) for quite a while since I got this for Christmas in 2017, occasionally doing a spread here and another there. Now I think I've gone through all the spreads I think I'd like to do.

There are some quite useful spreads in the book, but most of the spreads are geared towards specific situations and if you're not in that situation... too bad, that spread's useless for you.

[Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, a book I really liked. It is what the title says: a collection of 365 spreads to use with Tarot, or oracle cards if you prefer, one for every day of the year. You do not have to use them on a specific day, and you can certainly browse at your leisure. A nice basic addition to a Tarot/cartomancy shelf, especially for beginners.

(Full review in my blog later)

[a.d. nox · Rating 3 out of 5]

365 days completed - i will definitely keep the book. i only liked a few of the spreads tho so that's a bummer. quite a few of the questions are great standalone questions and there were quite a few helpful observations on the cards in the book. this is a solid book for those who wish to switch up their spreads and expand their knowledge!

[Káplár Norbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very bad formatting

This could have been a good book, really. The formatting is just embarrassingly bad in the kindle version.

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[Beth O · Rating 3 out of 5]

All the spreads appearcto be 7 cards or higher, so busy person friendly in my opinion. The one I received directly from Llewellyn has printing errors where the page runs into the next spreadcas well. Maybe 365 spreads, but not for daily use in my world.

[Mariea Coady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to keep in your collection plenty of spreads to try

[Melissa Herb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Purchased from the Kindle store and the spreads have errors. Missing additional card(s) from the known spreads. Overall, not satisfied and returned for a refund.

[Dani Rae · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good spreads in here, but a LOT, as in WAY TOO MANY stupid ones... A cool book to have on the shelf, but only a decent resource.

[هستی ناصری · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review in Persian is here: https://shadima.com/horoscopes/marria...
Perfect for those who want read a book about Tarot

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of tarot spreads, for all stages of practice, whether beginner or more advanced.

[Igy The Book Hermit · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not find most of the spreads to be taken seriously.

[Peter Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book could quite easily be a calamity!

There have been similar publications containing collections of Tarot spreads but these have turned out to be pretty thin on content and somewhat tenuous affairs.

Being presented with a book of no fewer than 365 Tarot card spreads left me suspecting that ploughing through them was going to be a time-consuming, tedious and torturous
affair!

However, it soon became clear that this book has more to offer than just a collection of Tarot spreads. For a start, the layout of the book's content is attractive, fluid and engaging. Each spread is presented in a clear and easily digestable way. The illustrations break up what ordinarily might be an overwhelming amount of textual information.

The insights into each day of the year are a powerful grounding reference-point for each spread. Some of the subjects are humorous. Some are sobering. And others are just darn-right eclectic. All of them add to a book that is a great deal of fun and encourages you to turn the page for the next nugget of insight.

As for the quality of the spreads themselves? Well, this could have been the book's downfall. Instead, they are its strongest feature.

None of the 365 spreads are overly complex. However, the questions that have been formulated for each of them are intelligent, incisive and insightful.

From the simplest insights through to the most challenging enquiries, the way that they are formed gives you the ability to break down any issue into more manageable chunks.

All in all, this is a colorful book with much more to offer a Tarot card reader than its rather simplistic title first suggests. In fact, '365 Tarot Spreads' is a wonderfully crafted publication.

This kaleidoscopic collection of metaphysical insights makes it a must-have acquisition. Due to its value as a manual of instruction and a commentary on the modern Tarot, 365 Tarot Spreads should be on every Tarot enthusiast's bookshelf.

[Jaymi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I received an eARC from netgalley in exchange for a review.

Sasha Graham’s 365 Tarot Spreads is an interesting study in creating tarot spreads. She wrote the book to fill the gap that appeared on bookshelves, noticing that there was no “daily tarot spread” book out there. Each spread in this book, then, was created by her (or some other notable tarot alums) for practitioners to use on a daily basis. Many of the spreads were created based on: historical information, pagan or astrological date info, or literary and pop cultural reference.

What I liked: This book should be a quick read. Graham includes a wide variety of spreads and topics to fit any request. Readers could use it as a tarot-a-day study guide or just flip through the pages until a spread they need pops up. As one who loves designing spreads for her own uses, I looked at this book as a way to see the wide variety of spreads that a single person (in this case, Sasha) could create. It’s a highly creative volume of spreads.

What I didn’t like: This book took me forever to read. The layout includes so much side-bar information that it’s a bit overwhelming and cluttered. After the book came out and I purchased the epub file, I found the file horribly designed. The spread layout images were tiny and the formatters attempted to design to the print layout, rather than to the device. Ugh. It really made reading the book on a device harder than it should have been.

Bottom Line: Love tarot spreads? Then add 365 Tarot Spreads to your collection. I’ve flagged many of the spreads that I’m sure I’ll look back to over and over again for my own use. I also recommend that you buy the print version of the book (yes, it’s huge and heavy) and skip the eBook due to the layout issues. Other than that… it’s a great resource for any tarot library.

[Tabitha Chamberlain · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent book that offers up a mix of different tarots spreads covering everything from love to money to zodiac and holidays. there are interesting little facts and tidbits for each day which are just as interesting as the spreads. only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is the fact that all spreads are 5+ cards and most are 10-12 cards long.

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I like the idea of this book - and it was good to keep in practice - I found that some of the readings just didn't have significance for this stage in my life.

Perhaps for someone younger who is still searching for many things. I may gift it to someone like that.

[Kristen Jett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review to come when post goes live on Her Own Blueprints