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Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
by Rachel Pollack
I finished my Tarot book! 💃
I've wanted to learn how to read Tarot cards ever since reading @cheemobile's essay "The Querent", so I was super excited when my boyfriend got me my first Tarot deck as a Christmas gift. Since then I've been working my way through Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack, a guide to the symbolism behind the Rider-Waite Tarot deck and some pointers for beginning readings.
I suppose I should preface this mini-review by saying that I'm not a particularly superstitious person. I'm not sold on the idea of fate or destiny, and I don't really believe in psychic abilities.
What I do believe in is stories, and storytelling as the main way humans have processed a chaotic universe, and that's one way of interpreting the Tarot - as a kind of shorthand for the stories that humans have told each other across cultures for hundreds, even thousands of years. (Of course, the actual deck has only been around for a century or so, but it has its roots in something a lot deeper.)
I've really enjoyed learning about the symbolism of and stories behind the Tarot deck, and I've found working with the cards really useful for finding a different perspective on the things I'm thinking about. Where you place yourself in the constant narrative of your life isn't as fixed as it can seem sometimes, and so far I've found that Tarot cards offer an opportunity to change the way I'm looking at things.
If you guys have read any books about your hobbies I would loooove to hear about them! Also if you have any recs for more books about Tarot 🤩
I've wanted to learn how to read Tarot cards ever since reading @cheemobile's essay "The Querent", so I was super excited when my boyfriend got me my first Tarot deck as a Christmas gift. Since then I've been working my way through Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack, a guide to the symbolism behind the Rider-Waite Tarot deck and some pointers for beginning readings.
I suppose I should preface this mini-review by saying that I'm not a particularly superstitious person. I'm not sold on the idea of fate or destiny, and I don't really believe in psychic abilities.
What I do believe in is stories, and storytelling as the main way humans have processed a chaotic universe, and that's one way of interpreting the Tarot - as a kind of shorthand for the stories that humans have told each other across cultures for hundreds, even thousands of years. (Of course, the actual deck has only been around for a century or so, but it has its roots in something a lot deeper.)
I've really enjoyed learning about the symbolism of and stories behind the Tarot deck, and I've found working with the cards really useful for finding a different perspective on the things I'm thinking about. Where you place yourself in the constant narrative of your life isn't as fixed as it can seem sometimes, and so far I've found that Tarot cards offer an opportunity to change the way I'm looking at things.
If you guys have read any books about your hobbies I would loooove to hear about them! Also if you have any recs for more books about Tarot 🤩