The Book of Tarot: A Spiritual Key to Understanding the Cards

by Sahar Huneidi Palmer

From how to take care of your tarot cards to how to unlock your intuition when reading, this enthralling guide will appeal to anyone wanting to learn to read the cards or improve their readings. With plenty of information on the history of the tarot, the different types of card deck available, traditional and modern spreads to use, and methods of interpretation, this is an empowering look at the world of tarot, dispelling myths and developing the reader's skill in reading tarot. This will become an essential reference tool for anyone interested in tarot.


• A section on selecting and taking care of tarot cards
• Practices to improve readings
• Different spreads to use for different queries

ABOUT THE The Mystic Archives are beautiful hardcover guides which reveal the hidden mysteries of esoteric arts, presented with foil-embossing, Wibalin binding, patterned endpapers and gilded page edges.

Genres: Nonfiction, Occult, Spirituality, Witchcraft, Tarot

391 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2022

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this overall. It's separated into a few sections, like one explaining the history of tarot or another delving into the meaning of each card. The only section that kind of lost me was the last, which goes over a few spreads, which I found very interesting, but it also had example reads that were very long. I personally don't learn that way, so that was the only slow part for me. Otherwise, I loved it! I'm 100% working on and making progress with reading tarot.

[Riley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overview:
This book goes through the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck and how to pick your very own Tarot deck and to see if you connect with them. It also goes through a chapter of the evolution of Tarot and the meanings behind the cards and the different card spreads that you can do including examples.

Thoughts:
I learned a lot in this book about Tarot and a bit of Chakra. It was neat to broaden my knowledge in Tarot and I will be coming back to this book to get familiar with the meanings to the Tarot themes to better understand what they mean and represent.
I loved how this book was very in depth about the card meanings and buying a deck and knowing if the Tarot deck is for you.
I also really loved the design of the book. It had golden gilded page edges, on each page inside the book it has a beautiful pattern on the border and a stunning pattern on the end pages of this book.
It did suck that the images were not in colour because in the book the author would describe the colours of the card and the meanings about the colours but they were in black and white so you couldn't decipher the full meaning of the cards without having the actual deck in front of you.

I would have given this book a three star but some of the text I didn't really like the phrasing of.
This is just my opinion and it might not bother you.

I understand Tarot cards have been around for a long time but I didn't like some of the authors wording. One thing that I kept seeing when going through the Tarot card meanings was a couple mentions of how powerful males are such as "the male side, which leads, controls, constructs, and has power or authority" Well I found the feminine side was more gentle and soft and about fertility. And I don't know that just bugged me. Even if it is say there is a blend of feminine and masculine in people.
Another thing that bugged me was a point in the book talking about the bodies Chakra. It pointed out 7 Chakras. The second one was Sex. And here is the quote "...think of the aura as a 'psychic' memory drive containing your programming about how you manage various aspects of your life, which plugs into the hardware of your physical body. The drive's 'operating system' comprises your 'thoughts and awareness'. Self-awareness is the work that is done to remedy the system's flaws and debug it. Furthermore, when a distorted pattern is allowed to continue unnoticed, or when the individual is unaware of what they need to work on and balance, their distorted energy begins to influence the physical body, bringing dis-ease and, eventually, physical illness. Furthermore, when one energy centre, or chakra, is blocked or inadequate, it affects the centres above and below it, impairing their performance." So back to my point does that mean people who don't feel sexual attraction (like someone who is Asexual) has "distorted energy" or a chance of a "physical illness" because of how they feel? Just some food for thought (:

[Elyse Welles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has more of a Kabbalistic approach than I would to tarot, but it is a great resource for those looking to learn the tarot from the more esoteric lens.

It has fun spreads, including long, complicated ones that are actually really fun to do. And we read this for book club, and it really was a well received book all around.

I would definitely recommend it, especially if you are planning to take it slow with learning tarot, card by card.

[Jasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much information!

[Jina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very comprehensive look at Tarot: History, individual card meanings, spreads and example readings. I read it cover to cover - which was honestly a bit difficult to push through - but having this has a reference book on your shelf is a must!

[Ramona · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty good at giving a survey knowledge of the tarot. I love the way the cards were described by following the fools journey.

[Nirce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone who is interested in Tarot Reading, should read this book. it teaches you how every card (Major Arcana, Minor Arcana and the Court) brings a situation in everyone's life.