Original Tarot & You

by Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts shows us how to read tarot cards using his interactive technique of free association and feedback flowing between the reader and the client and allowing the cards to be accessed directly, free from occult or assigned meaning. He uses 7 different a 5-card Yes/No Spread, the Magic Seven Spread, the 21 card Pyramid, the Three Seven Spread, the 64-card Astrological Spread, the Great Experiment, and his own 22-card Jungian Spread. These spreads are unique and have been adapted by many other tarot books. Richard Roberts gives the reader an inside look into what can happen during a tarot consultation and will inspire you to let your intuition fly.

Genres: Tarot

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1972

Reviews

[A.J. Franks · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the fourth book I have read on tarot, and I despised it. Though it is from the 1970s, I still can't forgive the author stating that homosexuals are "unbalanced," and for stating to a woman in a reading that once she finds her male counterpart, she will fulfill her feminine duties (paraphrased). He also informs one female client to be careful, because the 10 of swords may suggest she will be (sexually) assaulted. The author states he does not rely on traditional occult meanings of the cards, but there are multiple instances where he defaults to the occult meanings when the client isn't resonating with his initial reading and interpretations. There are many grammatical errors, undoubtedly a result of this being self-published, and the introduction reads like a toddler ranting about how the rights to his book were initially stolen and misused by the original publisher. (Which is why he self-published this version.) I try to find at least one good takeaway even from books that don't resonate with me, but this proved even more difficult than it was for the author to perform a reading without referencing Carl Jung every other page. I cannot recommend this.