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A review by thegrimhobbyist
Conversations with the Tarot: Bewitching Meditations on Reading the Cards by Maria DeBlassie
5.0
I was gifted this book by the author, the review is my own honest opinion!
Synchronicity is mentioned a lot in this book, and I have to also mention it in this review because this book landed in my hands at the perfect time. I was dabbling with Tarot, rolling around with the idea to get more serious in learning and even starting my own daily tarot journal to further my journey. Which is exactly what DeBlassie was doing here, drawing Tarot every Tuesday to write not only lovely poetry for each one but insights to each until all 78 cards were complete. I love synchronicity, I've been seeing it more and more the more I open my eye to the Universe and my dive into Tarot.
I knew we were going to mesh well after reading through her introduction and seeing we both believe the same things, especially when it comes to Tarot. I especially loved her suggestion that you could treat this book like the tarot deck and open to random pages, for a daily dose of insight from whatever card you turned to. That's such a neat way to read this and I wouldn't have thought about it as an option if it wasn't for this suggestion in the introduction! Now that I've read it in its entirety, I might go back and do that.
DeBlassie's poetry and even the poetic way she writes her insights is both beautiful and eye opening, learning nuanced meanings behind each card that I haven't yet considered as an interpretation. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Tarot, even if not as a reader but an appreciator of the practice and a lover of poetry. Or perhaps someone who would appreciate and learn from the good philosophical lessons she takes away from each card, as Tarot is a teacher when it comes to life lessons - if you listen to them that is.
This isn't a how to, but she does give helpful tips and recommends a lot of helpful books that she learned from while writing this in the conclusion that I will be adding to my reading list to further dive into Tarot for myself!
Synchronicity is mentioned a lot in this book, and I have to also mention it in this review because this book landed in my hands at the perfect time. I was dabbling with Tarot, rolling around with the idea to get more serious in learning and even starting my own daily tarot journal to further my journey. Which is exactly what DeBlassie was doing here, drawing Tarot every Tuesday to write not only lovely poetry for each one but insights to each until all 78 cards were complete. I love synchronicity, I've been seeing it more and more the more I open my eye to the Universe and my dive into Tarot.
I knew we were going to mesh well after reading through her introduction and seeing we both believe the same things, especially when it comes to Tarot. I especially loved her suggestion that you could treat this book like the tarot deck and open to random pages, for a daily dose of insight from whatever card you turned to. That's such a neat way to read this and I wouldn't have thought about it as an option if it wasn't for this suggestion in the introduction! Now that I've read it in its entirety, I might go back and do that.
DeBlassie's poetry and even the poetic way she writes her insights is both beautiful and eye opening, learning nuanced meanings behind each card that I haven't yet considered as an interpretation. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Tarot, even if not as a reader but an appreciator of the practice and a lover of poetry. Or perhaps someone who would appreciate and learn from the good philosophical lessons she takes away from each card, as Tarot is a teacher when it comes to life lessons - if you listen to them that is.
This isn't a how to, but she does give helpful tips and recommends a lot of helpful books that she learned from while writing this in the conclusion that I will be adding to my reading list to further dive into Tarot for myself!