by: Dusty White
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Synopsis:
This is the definitive guide to learning and mastering the Tarot quickly & easily. Unique, fun, easy-to-learn exercises teach you how to hear what the cards are trying to tell you. This is not yet another book of Tarot card meanings. You start hands-on learning immediately, playing with your Tarot cards as they reveal the future to you. Instead of forcing you to memorize generic “key words” that limit your interpretation of the Tarot to 78 possible meanings, this workbook shows has you look at the cards you have and see what is happening in the images, and how these pictures can show you different things at different times. This book speeds up that process and helps you have fun learning to hear what you cards are saying to you–from day one.
“Dusty White has created the perfect text-book for a tarot course whether in a class-room setting or for self-study. I have been a professional tarot card reader for over two decades: I wish The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot–EVER!! had existed when I was first learning and that is the highest praise I can offer. Furthermore, even now, as an extremely experienced and well-read tarotista, I still received many new insights, perspectives, and information from White’s wonderful book. This is a book to keep close at hand–it serves as a reference and a guide through the tarot as much as an instructional manual. I expect to return to my copy repeatedly.
The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot–EVER!! is exceptionally well-organized, lucid, practical and extremely comprehensive but also tolerant: White appreciates that there are many varied and disparate ways to read tarot and presents readers with a wide selection. A particularly nice aspect of this book is that it may be used with any tarot deck although White recommends that beginners use a Waite-Smith or Waite-Smith derived deck–I concur–and explains precisely why. The book contains suggested exercises and workbook pages. Each card is discussed in depth as are a variety of spreads. This book is highly recommended for beginners and adepts alike. My only suggestion: perhaps Dusty White would like to expand this series by adding similar volumes focused on astrology and runes.”
– Judika Illes, author of The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells, The Encyclopedia of Spirits, The Weiser Field Guide to Witches, and Pure Magic: A Complete Course in Spellcasting
Yes, this really is the easiest way to learn the Tarot. This is basically a workbook that puts the power and responsibility in your own hands. There is information on the Tarot, along with recommendations for a beginning deck. I’m appreciative because the deck I have just isn’t working for me.
There are numerous exercises, spreads, and lots of instruction on each card in the deck. The first exercises are designed to get you looking at your cards, and Dusty White puts it on you to decode their meaning. What it means to you is what is important, because that will work more consistently than rote memorizing when doing readings in the future. I actually had to meditate on that for a few days before I understood it.
The first spread mentioned is “The Hardest Spread – EVER!!” This is easy to cast, but super-duper hard to interpret. It uses the entire deck, and requires time spent meditating on your question. But the spread? Just toss your cards up and see where they fall. 🙂 I found it’s placement silly and in tune with Dusty’s sense of humor.
Which brings me to the other thing I enjoyed in this workbook, the humor Dusty brought in even as a teaching tool. I literally laughed a lot going through this, and I’m drawn to the instruction books that keep me awake, aren’t you?
This book is exactly what I was looking for in a Tarot Workbook. I truly look forward to going through this at a slower pace and really working through…everything! Thanks so much Dusty, this gets title of “Most Useful Yule Gift Ever!”
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