Description
Book SynopsisA book developed from the courses the author taught.
Each chapter contains practical information, either about the structure of the Tarot or how to use it in readings, a ready to use spread with ideas of where it can be most useful, card descriptions of one of the Major Arcana cards (and the relevant Minor Arcana), and an exercise based on the Major Arcana card for the lesson.
Highlights include: Different spreads for different questions; Relationship of the Tarot to everyday life; Affirmations; Guided Meditations; Contacting a Guide and finding a Teacher. By the end of the book the discerning reader will not only be fully armed to do readings for the public but also be imbued with the spirit behind the Tarot.
Table of ContentsLESSON ZERO:
An Overview of the Course
Your First Spread
The Fool
Exercise 0: Journeying
LESSON ONE:
The Structure of The Tarot
The Fifteen-Card Romany Spread
The Magician
The Four Aces
Exercise I: Manifesting
LESSON TWO:
Meditating with Tarot Cards
The Ba Goa Spread
The High Priestess
The Four Twos
Exercise II: Moving to Now
LESSON THREE:
A Short History
The Houses Spread
The Empress
The Four Threes
Exercise III: Wishes
LESSON FOUR:
A Map of the Self
The Emperor
The Four Fours
Exercise IV: Facing Fear
LESSON FIVE:
The Hierophant
The Four Fives
Exercise V: Contacting a Guide
LESSON SIX:
The Lovers
The Four Sixes
Exercise VI: Finding The Teachers
LESSON SEVEN:
The Chariot
The Four Sevens
Exercise VII: Who's Pulling Your Strings
LESSON EIGHT:
Strength
The Four Eights
Exercise VIII: Finding Your Strengths
LESSON NINE:
Tarot as a Memory Aid
The Hermit
The Four Nines
Exercise IX: The Why Game
LESSON TEN:
Astrology and the Tarot
A Wheel of Fortune
The Four Tens
Exercise X: Talking to Aliens
LESSON ELEVEN:
Ethics
Justice
The Four Pages
Exercise XI: Disarming the Enemy
LESSON TWELVE:
The Hanged Man
The Four Knights
Exercise XII: Affirmations (With a Twist)
LESSON THIRTEEN:
Death
The Four Queens
Exercise XIII: Playing with Time
LESSON FOURTEEN:
Temperance
The Four Kings
Exercise XIV: Never Say Never
LESSON FIFTEEN:
Some Challenges
The Devil
Exercise XV: Making it Happen
LESSON SIXTEEN:
The Tower
Exercise XVI: The Rant
LESSON SEVENTEEN:
The Star
Exercise XVII: Recognizing The Species
LESSON EIGHTEEN:
The Moon
Exercise XVIII: Acting Out
LESSON NINETEEN:
The Sun
Exercise XIX: Reasons To Be Cheerful
LESSON TWENTY:
Judgement
Exercise XX: Personal Aeonics
LESSON TWENTY ONE:
Reading Professionally
The World
Exercise XXI: Sharing Consciousness
Afterword: The Menu
Appendix I - Aleister Crowley and the Law of Thelema
Appendix II - Constructing the Inner Temple
