Moore - Llewellyns Little Book of Tarot

Llewellyn Publications

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Llewellyns Little Book of Tarot 2019 by Barbara Moore.

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First e-book edition 2019

E-book ISBN: 9780738760032

Book design by Rebecca Zins

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Cover design by Lisa Novak and Shira Atakpu

Llewellyn Publications is an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.

Names: Moore, Barbara, author.

Title: Llewellyns little book of tarot / Barbara Moore.

Description: FIRST EDITION. | Woodbury : Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd., 2019. |

Series: Llewellyns little books ; #8 | Includes bibliographical

references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018059302 (print) | LCCN 2019001674 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738760032 (ebook) | ISBN 9780738759975 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Tarot.

Classification: LCC BF1879.T2 (ebook) | LCC BF1879.T2 M6523 2019 (print) |

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To Benjamin and Lily,

the best proof that good things
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with much love
from Auntie Barbara

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introduction

Y ears ago, I attended a FaerieCon to introduce the Mystic Faerie Tarot and was on a panel about divination. Someone in the audience asked those of us on the panel about childhood experiences with divination. The other two panelists had charming stories about wandering the English countryside and getting messages from the plants and animals around them. My childhood was not so picturesque, taking place as it did in a newly constructed suburb of Detroit. However, no matter where humans live, we still turn to our environment for signs, messages, and inspiration. We read what surrounds us.

Divination for me as a child looked like this:

• Sit by the window facing the road.
• Make a wish.
• Set an intention like if the third car that drives past is red, my wish will come true.
• Wait for three cars to drive by.

Maybe it was the suburban childhood, maybe it was just my nature, but I was always fascinated with systems and patterns and less inclined to commune with a flower. In fact, I was decidedly left-brained. Tarot bridged the gap between logic and intuition, thereby broadening my world. As if directed by some unseen forces, tarot entered my life at just the right moment.

As I was thoroughly enjoying my liberal arts college experience, I didnt realize that my mind was primed for the introduction of tarot, which happened at a party. Even though at the time I knew nothing about tarot except that people used the cards to tell fortunes, something told me that these seventy-eight pieces of paper were something special. It was true: the cards combined so many things that I loved, including history, art, mythology, and psychology. The moment was memorable, but of course I didnt realize how important the cards would become to me. I didnt know they would connect so many interests and also would connect my mind and my heart. I didnt know they would become my sacred text, a text that was flexible and generative enough to hold my ever-evolving understanding of spirituality and the world.

Back then, there werent many books available, and the internet wasnt really a thing. Two of the first books I read were Mary K. Greers Tarot for Your Self and Rachel Pollacks 78 Degrees of Wisdom . These books, along with Sallie Nicholss Jung and Tarot , formed my tarot foundation. They showed me that tarot could be so much more than a way to divine the future.

It isnt necessary to make tarot a central focus of your life in order to enjoy or benefit from the cards. You dont need to study or memorize anything any more than you have to understand a natal chart, houses, decans, etc., to read your horoscope. It is possible to find comfort, advice, or inspiration from a single tarot card in the same way that you can benefit from the wisdom of a single quote. You dont need to read the collected works of Ram Dass, Rumi, or Einstein in order to be blessed by a short excerpt from their work. Dont let overwhelm keep you from enjoying the insights of the cards.

Throughout this book you will find fun and easy ways to use the cards. You will also get a peek into the vast world of tarot. There are hundreds of decks available, and here youll get a sampling of over fifty different ones.

In this book there are lots of interesting things, including how you can use this book for divination. Bibliomancy is a form of divination that uses a book instead of, for example, a deck of cards. The Bible is probably the most commonly used book, but any book will do, even this one.