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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
This isn’t comprehensive enough to be the ONLY tarot book you’ll need, but it’s a worthy addition to your collection and a good place to start if you’d like to use tarot for self reflection and insight.
This book’s format is simple—it has a brief intro on tarot and gets right into meanings. The meanings are less focused on predicting the future and more on self-reflection and self-care. Each card has keywords, a description of the imagery (based on the writer’s starchild tarot, which you don’t need to use this book) and what the card is calling you to do in upright and reversed. The book ends with some options for spreads.
The Book of Tarot is refreshingly positive and non-traditional. You can get a sense of who Danielle Noel is from the fact she chose to rename some cards in her deck (Death=Transformation and Hanged Man=Perspective). This would be a great place to dip your toe into reading card reversals if they scare you—they’re less about the terrible thing about to happen and more about blocked energy in your life and what you can do about it.
My favorite thing about the book is that every card has 2-3 questions to ask yourself (or your querent) for self exploration. This makes it a great place to dive into those one card draws and a good meditative tool.
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This book’s format is simple—it has a brief intro on tarot and gets right into meanings. The meanings are less focused on predicting the future and more on self-reflection and self-care. Each card has keywords, a description of the imagery (based on the writer’s starchild tarot, which you don’t need to use this book) and what the card is calling you to do in upright and reversed. The book ends with some options for spreads.
The Book of Tarot is refreshingly positive and non-traditional. You can get a sense of who Danielle Noel is from the fact she chose to rename some cards in her deck (Death=Transformation and Hanged Man=Perspective). This would be a great place to dip your toe into reading card reversals if they scare you—they’re less about the terrible thing about to happen and more about blocked energy in your life and what you can do about it.
My favorite thing about the book is that every card has 2-3 questions to ask yourself (or your querent) for self exploration. This makes it a great place to dive into those one card draws and a good meditative tool.
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I really enjoyed this. it's a nice current take on the cards and how to interprate them for life. I really like the spread ideas and the art through the book is beautiful. Also it's really interesting to see the star and earth sign links with the different suits. I didn't know about that before.
I can see this book being quite interesting if you had the actual book - I used my kindle and it wasn’t as helpful. I’m not sure if I liked the designs on the cards, but each to their own with cards! Other than that, it was helpful, but I wish I’d bought it in a hard copy and not the kindle version!
I can’t really rate this
It’s not a guide to modern tarot - it’s a guidebook for her specific tarot deck the star child tarot
So I’m that it was rather misleading tbh
Lovely images but not what I was looking for
It’s not a guide to modern tarot - it’s a guidebook for her specific tarot deck the star child tarot
So I’m that it was rather misleading tbh
Lovely images but not what I was looking for
reflective
medium-paced
Informative, accessible, and will serve as a great tool for me to have. On top of that, it's a beautiful book and I love looking at it!
A very good book about tarot that helped me to get a better understanding of this topic with a lot of interesting insight.
Recommended.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing
Recommended.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing
I am new to tarot but this book is excellent. This is what I wanted in other tarot books. It lays things out clearly and gives you questions and considerations for each card.
I am a bit annoying in that I want to use a book that matches my deck. Hopefully the Starchild deck will become more readily available (although the upcoming Moonchild deck is also gorgeous).
I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I am a bit annoying in that I want to use a book that matches my deck. Hopefully the Starchild deck will become more readily available (although the upcoming Moonchild deck is also gorgeous).
I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.