Easy Tarot: Learn to Read the Cards Once and for All! by Josephine Ellershaw (En

Description: Easy Tarot by Josephine Ellershaw, Ciro Marchetti Includes book and tarot deckCreated especially for beginners, the Easy Tarot kit is the easiest way to learn to read Tarot cards. In the Easy Tarot Handbook, author Josephine Ellershaw shares tips, shortcuts, and time-saving techniques gained from more than thirty years of experience reading Tarot cards.Using the beautiful Gilded Tarot deck, youll learn how the seventy-eight cards link to one another and provide insight as their unique energies merge in the Cross of Truth, the Celtic Cross, and other spreads. There is even a list of card combinations that commonly indicate specific events-such as pregnancy, a wedding, a new job, and more. Also included in the Easy Tarot Handbook: - A quick guide to card meanings - Sample readings, safeguards, and ethical guidelines - Tips on keeping a Tarot diary - Troubleshooting advice that addresses questions such as, "What if the cards dont seem to connect?" FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description You dont need a special gift to read tarot, insists Josephine Ellershaw. And to prove it she has boiled down thirty years of experience into a straightforward, easy-to-use tarot guide for beginners. More than just a manual, Easy Tarot is a boxed kit that also includes The Gilded Tarot - a stunningly beautiful and popular deck by Ciro Marchetti. Ellershaw gently guides novices to become proficient, sensitive amd responsible readers. Suit by suit, she introduces the distinct characteristics of the minor arcana, court cards and major arcana. You will learn how the cards link to one another and produce insightful relationships as their unique energies merge in the Cross Of Truth, the Celtic Cross, and other spreads. There is even a list of card combinations that commonly indicate specific events: such as pregnancy, a wedding a new job, and more. A quick guide to card meanings, sample readings and ethical guidelines, as well as tips for keeping a tarot diary, are all covered in this well-rounded introduction to tarot. Notes A tarot kit created especially for beginners and using the bestselling Gilded Tarot deck. Author Biography For Josephine Ellershaw, the Tarot has been a constant life companion on a personal journey that spans more than three decades. Alongside her business background she has many years of experience providing readings, healing, and metaphysical guidance to an international clientele and is the author of the international bestseller Easy Tarot: Learn to Read the Cards Once and For All. Ellershaw lives in North Yorkshire, England, with her family and a large menagerie of pets, including waifs, strays, and rescues.Ciro Marchetti (Florida) is an award-winning artist from the United Kingdom. He studied art in London, followed by a career working in Europe and South America where he cofounded what became the largest graphic design agency in the region. He later transferred to the United States where he opened a branch office based in Miami. In addition to managing his company, Ciro also gave workshops and lectures on digital imagery and illustration at the Fort Lauderdale Art Institute, and continues to create his own personal style of visionary art. Ciros eclectic portfolio of offerings includes award-winning cartomancy decks, posters, and jigsaw puzzles along with tarot-themed ceramic inlayed wooden boxes, reading cloths, bags, and kimono-style gowns. Visit him at CiroMarchetti.com.~ Table of Contents Contents Foreword xiii Part one: Good Foundations 1 Step 1: Background 4 No history lesson 5 About the Tarot deck 6 Introducing the Gilded Tarot 6 Step 2: Answering Your Questions 8 How does Tarot work? 8 Who uses Tarot cards? 9 Do I need to be psychic? 9 How soon will I be able to do readings? 10 Fate or free will? 12 Disposing of a few myths and misconceptions 13 About other ancient sciences 13 Step 3: Making Preparations 15 Caring for your Tarot cards 15 Guidance and protection 16 Using a crystal 17 Preparing your Tarot deck 18 Step 4: Keys to Learning 20 Your number one learning tool 20 What kind to use? 20 How to record information and why 21 viii – Easy Tarot Handbook About dreams and psychic development 22 Your intuition 24 Tying it all together 25 Step 5: Just Before We Begin . . . 27 One card does not a reading make 28 About reversed cards 29 About Tarot spreads 30 Getting started 30 Following completion of each suit 32 Congratulations 32 Part Two: Meeting the Tarot 33 Step 6: The Minor Arcana—Suit of Wands 34 Step 7: The Minor Arcana—Suit of Cups 46 Step 8: The Minor Arcana—Suit of Swords 58 Step 9: The Minor Arcana—Suit of Pentacles 69 Step 10: About the Court Cards 80 Step 11: The Minor Arcana—The Pages 84 Step 12: The Minor Arcana—The Knights 89 Step 13: The Minor Arcana—The Queens 94 Step 14: The Minor Arcana—The Kings 102 Step 15: The Major Arcana 108 Part Three: Preparation for readings 139 Step 16: Getting Ready to Read 140 Reading for yourself 141 Preparation 141 Asking the Tarot 141 Shuffling and cutting 143 Using a significator 145 Recording readings in your diary 146 Example of a Tarot diary record 147 Before you begin, some helpful advice 148 Part Four: Various Tarot spreads in depth 151 What type, when, and why? 152 Step 17: The Cross of Truth 154 About your reading 156 What if the cards seem unrelated? 157 Checking your accuracy 158 Sample reading: The Cross of Truth 159 Points to note 162 Step 18: The Nine-Card Spread 163 Step 19: The Celtic Cross 165 Further insights from the Celtic Cross 169 The "what-if " scenarios 172 Timing with the Celtic Cross 176 Step 20: The Life Spread and the Anchor 179 Life Spread positions 182 The Anchor 183 How "non-fixed" spreads differ and rules that apply 184 The key cards 185 Impact on area groupings 185 Connection to the Anchor Spread 187 Timing for the Life Spread 189 Part Five: The Final Touches 191 Step 21: Card Associations 192 Sample from the Life Spread 194 The cards you cant relate to 196 About the "awkward" cards 197 Putting it into perspective 199 About illness 200 Card combinations 203 Step 22: Living with Tarot 208 Reading for others 209 Reading for minors 211 Some final words 213 Part six: Useful Tools and Templates 215 Minor arcana cheat sheet 216 Major arcana cheat sheet 218 The Cross of Truth template 220 The Celtic Cross template 221 The Life Spread template 222 The Anchor template 223 Excerpt from Book I feel it is important for you to understand your own reasons for wanting to learn Tarot. You may not have really considered this before. Perhaps you just feel attracted to the cards sufficiently enough to want to learn more about them. Thats fine, nothing wrong with that, but your reason is probably the main thing that will keep you going. Being able to receive personal guidance is quite a good reason--and I can honestly say, the Tarot has never let me down. So if you can, identify your reason or reasons now--and write them down! Having a goal to aim for will help you achieve your objective, rather than aimlessly drifting along. It is your underlying reason that will encourage your perseverance. Since this is a rather one-sided conversation, I shall assume that you are a complete beginner to the world of Tarot. So forgive me if you have traveled this road before, but this way I can ensure that nothing is left out or left unexplained, leaving you dangling in mid-air somewhere. Perhaps your first introduction to the Tarot was through actually having a reading yourself, but in whatever way you came into contact with the cards, their mysterious images resonated somewhere deep within and beckoned you to follow. No History Lesson There seems to be an endless supply of theories over the origin of Tarot cards, and most books usually include some version of their history. However, I wont go into detail about that here, as it is an issue of continuing debate. The history of the Tarot appears to be as mysterious as the cards themselves, with many different cultures laying claim to some connection, along with varying theories and speculation as to how they evolved. I find it most apt that their universal appeal can be traced to so many cultures. No matter which civilization, continent, or timeline we examine, there appears to be a common thread; a theory that emerges throughout-that the Tarot was created using a secret code of symbols and images, to preserve the knowledge of a secret doctrine. Factual history traced so far leads to fourteenth-century Italy, and while the Tarot in whatever form may have existed centuries before, there is considerable conjecture (but inconclusive evidence) to support these theories at the present time...perhaps it will always remain so. If you are interested, many books explore the history of the Tarot in depth. Our concern here is in learning the cards in order to receive their guidance and, thankfully, knowledge of their history wont improve your ability to read Tarot cards any better. The most important fact is that they work! The rest of this book is laid out in such a way as to show you how they work and how to gain access to their knowledge. About the Tarot deck Firstly, let us consider the actual Tarot itself, how it is ordered, and what it consists of. The Gilded Tarotcontains a total of seventy-eight cards, of which twenty-two are known as the major arcana, using Roman numerals 0-XXI. The remaining fifty-six are referred to as the minor arcana. The minor arcana is then broken down into four different suits--wands, cups, swords, and pentacles. Each suit contains an ace through a ten, followed by a page, knight, queen, and king (known as court cards). Each of the suits represents one of the four elements: Wands: Fire, Cups: Water, Swords: Air, Pentacles: Earth. The cards contain archetypal images, pictures, and symbols that make a connection with ones subconscious mind. The major arcana focuses on the higher matters of life, while the minor arcana indicates situations in our daily existence. But both are important. Think of the major arcana as the bricks and the minor as the mortar that fills the spaces, holding it all together. Introducing the Gilded Tarot Somehow I have the sneaking suspicion that you have already unwrapped your new Tarot cards to take a peek--and who could resist such a temptation? I have purchased a great many cards over the years; in fact, my home is littered with unused Tarot decks. There is nothing more disappointing than thinking you have found the deck, only to discover that you cant work with it. There have been quite a number that have fit into that category for me--once laid out, the cards all appeared muted, with no solar plexus reaction, or the interpretations that Im happy with just didnt fit with the images. Like most people who love Tarot, I was constantly searching for the "perfect" working deck, like the search for the Holy Grail...and finally I found it in the Gilded Tarot, created by Ciro Marchetti and published by Llewellyn. Now I use nothing else. I believe they are the most visually stunning Tarot cards available and they immediately became the favorite deck for many in the Tarot community, readers and collectors alike. The Gilded Tarotis breathtakingly beautiful; the magic and mystery of its images instantly transport you into another dimension. This is really most important, for your cards should provoke an instant inner response, regardless of whether you understand it. With each image presented, it is akin to becoming immersed in the scene and merging into the story. How I wish these cards had been available when I first began to learn! Most people learn with what is termed "a beginners deck," and then transfer to one they prefer later. There is a huge number of Tarot decks available, but many of the images and interpretations vary, so if you do change it can be like learning all over again. By using the Gilded Tarot, you will be saved from major frustrations from the beginning and if you dont feel the need to transfer to something else afterward, you get the best of both worlds--a double whammy! Details ISBN0738711500 Author Ciro Marchetti Short Title EASY TAROT -OS Pages 240 Publisher Llewellyn Publications Language English ISBN-10 0738711500 ISBN-13 9780738711508 Media Book DEWEY 133.324 Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-05-31 Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Subtitle Learn to Read the Cards Once and for All! Place of Publication Minnesota Country of Publication United States Format Paperback DOI 10.1604/9780738711508 AU Release Date 2007-05-08 NZ Release Date 2007-05-08 US Release Date 2007-05-08 UK Release Date 2007-05-08 Edition Description Cards with 240-Pp. Book ed. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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