1-2-3 Tarot bills itself as 'the easiest way to learn tarot'. It outlines a simple system using Tarot setences, so beginners can start reading the cards immediately.
21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card is Mary Greer's latest book, containing techniques and exercises for reading the cards through personal and traditional interpretation, storytelling, dialogues, visualisations and much, much, more.
360 Degrees of Wisdom is based around the Sabian Symbols, that were channeled from ancient Mesopotamian astrologers. The book includes 42 cards in tear-out pages - but you can also make your own - for use with the 360 oracular meanings, and is designed to be easier than Tarot.
78 Degrees of Wisdom is a card by card study of the history, myths, psychology, symbols and deeper meaning of the tarot. Serious yet interesting, this book by Rachel Pollack should be an essential part of every tarot library.
A Guide To Mystic Faerie Tarot is the companion book to the upcoming Mystic Faerie Tarot from Llewellyn, and a basic guide to tarot cards. This review is of the proof copy of the book.
A Guide to the Nomadic Oracle is the fully illustrated companion book to the 56 card Nomadic Oracle deck, a deck independent of any religious or traditional beliefs.
A Wicked Pack of Cards: An Occult History of the Tarot is a somewhat controversial book intended to dispel misinformation on the origins of Tarot. It's written by two historians and a professor of logic, on the premise that tarot was not created with occult or cartomantic uses in mind.
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tarot is the ultimate guide for the newcomer to Tarot - no prior experience necessary. It's a practical and non-dogmatic, approachable, step-by-stp guide to getting to know Tarot and using the cards. By Mark McElroy, author of the Bright Idea Deck and Putting the Tarot to Work. Highly recommended!
Angel Readings for Beginners explains how to call on 'angelic energies' for advise and protection, using oracle cards, tarot cards, pendulums or other tools. She covers preparing for the reading, handling the cards, spreads, and information on individual angels.
The focus of Best Tarot Practices – Everything You Need to Know to Learn the Tarot is on personal insight and spiritual growth, and tackles all aspects of tarot. Along with tarot spreads, discussions and exercises, it also offers meanings and meditations for all 78 cards. Recommended for intermediate to advanced tarot users.
In Beyond the Celtic Cross: Secret Techniques for Taking Tarot to an Exciting New Level, Paul helps Catherine discover the hidden depths of her reading through a back-and-forth dialogue. The book is an engaging process of interpretation of a single tarot reading.
The Brotherhood Tarot Companion is, yes, the companion book for Patric Stillman's Brotherhood Tarot. It explains the impetus behind the deck, its foundation in traditional Tarot, and Stillman's own personal journey
Choice Centered Relating and the Tarot both covers the
number one area addressed by Tarot readers (relationships)
and expands it - to include relating to self, to
family, to significant others and to business partners.
This glossy how-to guide practically and clearly explains Tarot history, symbolism, card meanings, spreads... everything the beginner needs. It's also illustrated with photos and cards from dozens of tarot decks.
Conscious Channeling From the Akashic - When You Are Reading Tarot Cards takes Tarot reading to a different level. The book connects access of the Akashic records, and working with the Lords of Karma with the use of the cards.
