The Pictorial Key To The Tarot

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Long used in telling fortunes and popular today among New Agers, Tarot cards are regarded by many as "the training wheels" on the bicycle of psychic development. Centuries of scientific progress have not diminished the irresistible attraction of gazing at picture cards to see the future and determine one's fate. This book by Arthur Edward Waite and Marcus Katz, the designers of the most widely known Tarot deck and distinguished scholars of the Kabbalah, is the essential Tarot reference. The pictorial key contains a detailed description of each card in the celebrated 78-card Rider-Waite Tarot deck, along with regular and reversed meanings. Contents describe symbols and secret tradition; the four suits of Tarot, including wands, cups, swords, and pentacles; the recurrence of cards in dealing; an ancient Celtic method of divination; as well as wonderful illustrations of Tarot cards. While the perfect complement to old-style fortune telling, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot also serves to make the Tarot entirely accessible to modern-day readers. It is also the classic guide to the Rider-Waite deck and to Tarot symbolism in general. Title About Preface Part 1 - The Veil And Its Symbols Introductory and General The Trumps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana The Tarot in History Part 2 - The Doctrine Behind The Veil The Tarot and Secret Tradition The Trumps Major and their Inner Symbolism I. The Magician II. The High Priestess III. The Empress IV. The Emperor V. The Hierophant VI. The Lovers VII. The Chariot VIII. Strength, or Fortitude IX. The Hermit X. Wheel of Fortune XI. Justice XII. The Hanged Man XIII. Death XIV. Temperance XV. The Devil XVI. The Tower XVII. The Star XVIII. The Moon XIX. The Sun XX. The Last Judgment Zero: The Fool XXI. The World Conclusion as to the Greater Keys Part 3 - The Outer Method Of The Oracles Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana The Lesser Arcana, otherwise, the Four Suits of Tarot Cards The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings Some additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing The Art of Tarot Divination An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-five Cards Part 4 - Bibliography