Robyn Valentine - Magickal Tarot: Spreads, Spellwork, and Ritual for Creating Your Life

Robyn Valentine proves once again why she is a trusted tarot reader. This beautifully written book gives a new perspective on how to incorporate the energy of tarot into the craft. It is essential reading for those that want to explore tarot beyond divination and strengthen their bond with their deck.

Lidia Pradas, author of The Complete Grimoire and creator of @wiccantips

Robyn is one of my go-to peers for any and all information on tarot. She brings a new perspective, research, and ideas from witchcraft to the topic, making divination with tarot more approachable and exciting to learn.

Frankie Wilkin, @chaoticwitchaunt

Robyns unabashed approach to tarot and witchcraft is both refreshing and modern. She uplifts and educates tarot beginners in an accessible way. A dedicated practitioner of the craft and the psychic arts, she is a true mentor of our time.

Stephen Aidan, creator of @awitchespath

The Major Arcana can be a wonderful tool in your tarot practice, but new readers often find interpretation to be difficult and frustrating. For the first time, Robyn has dedicated a book solely to the Major Arcana and all of the different ways you can interpret, use, and add their magic to your readings and to your life. If youre considering working with tarot, better pick up this book too!

Danielle Luet, creator of @awitchalone

Magickal Tarot by Robyn Valentine offers a fresh perspective on a tried-and-true topic. Blending traditional meanings and modern interpretation, there is something for tarot readers of every skill level in this book. An in-depth look at the Major Arcana accompanied by amazing illustrations! The true gem, however, are the spells and rituals centered around each card. This blend of witchcraft with tarot practice will lead a new generation to a more in-depth relationship with the tarot that they may not have ever considered before! Magickal Tarot is a valuable book to have on any tarot readers shelf.

Temperance Alden, creator of @wildwoman_witchcraft and author of Year of the Witch

SPREADS, SPELLWORK, AND RITUAL FOR CREATING YOUR LIFE

ROBYN VALENTINE

Creator of Tired Witch

You may know tarot as a tool for divination, but divination is only the beginning of its usefulness. All magickal tools are based on symbolism and are associated with historic knowledge about why we use them. Understanding the why is vital for all magickal applications, and tarot is no different.

In fact, tarot is chock full of symbolism. With knowledge of this symbolism, you will find that it becomes an easily accessible magickal tool for spellwork, ritual, and beyond. In this book, we will explore the symbolism of the Major Arcana and the energies associated with the cards of the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck.

Its important that we give credit to Pamela Colman Smith for the imagery we see in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, because her name has mostly been forgotten due to her odd (for the times) lifestyle and role in society. Although Waite is credited for the creation of the deck, Smith was the artist behind the imagery we most commonly associate with tarot. During the turn of the last century, it was nearly unheard of to credit a woman of (theorized) mixed-race background, one who may have been LGBTQIA+, for her contributions. For this reason, it is not only important but necessary that we include her today.

Once you have a firm understanding of each cards symbolism, the doors to a countless array of magickal possibilities will open for you!

The Major Arcana is the set of the first twenty-two cards of any tarot deck that follows the Rider-Waite-Smith formatting. They are the biggest and most impactful cards of a deck. These twenty-two cards represent situations we all face in the grand scheme of life, with each carrying specific messages of perspective and guidance. They follow The Fools journey through lifes social, personal, and emotional issues. As we will see throughout this book, we can also use the Major Arcana as a ritual tool, as the cards are full of symbolism and specific energies.

Prior to the seventeenth century, the Major Arcana card deck was simply a variation of a gaming deck. Although the cards may have held cultural significance, they held little occult or spiritual weight. The symbolism of the cards we discuss throughout this book, the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, was brought to life in the early twentieth century (although it has been reimagined time and time again).