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vortensity's review against another edition
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I've been reading tarot since 2018, though it's been fairly consistently on throughout 2020, and I only started trying to interpret reversals after I felt confident in my ability to interpret the cards upright. Like most books on tarot it relies heavily on RWS imagery.
I will say I do like that the author gives very detailed descriptions of each card both upright and reversed, though there is so much information (and much of it self-contradictory, but that's nothing new with tarot) that I think it would be easy to just become more confused, especially for beginners, which makes me glad that I pulled back on reading reversals until I was ready for them. Her explanations have been more helpful than not for me and occasionally something that she mentions as just an aside like, "It could also be x or y," has given me an Aha! moment.
I would not recommend this to people just getting started in tarot or to use as a main guidebook on its own, but for people who are somewhat practiced and starting to include reversals, but struggling a bit with them, I think it's a good tool to add to your collection.
I will say I do like that the author gives very detailed descriptions of each card both upright and reversed, though there is so much information (and much of it self-contradictory, but that's nothing new with tarot) that I think it would be easy to just become more confused, especially for beginners, which makes me glad that I pulled back on reading reversals until I was ready for them. Her explanations have been more helpful than not for me and occasionally something that she mentions as just an aside like, "It could also be x or y," has given me an Aha! moment.
I would not recommend this to people just getting started in tarot or to use as a main guidebook on its own, but for people who are somewhat practiced and starting to include reversals, but struggling a bit with them, I think it's a good tool to add to your collection.
mattzitterkopf's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it. I've been reading different books by various authors and I could never get clear meanings for upright and reversed cards. With this book my problems have been solved. Of course you can adapt the other pieces of advice about the layouts and how you deal the cards. I'm making my own method and interpretations thanks to different authors. Another I highly recommend is Hajo Banzhaf.
jainabee's review against another edition
5.0
I use this book all the time. Every day. This would be my desert island tarot book.
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