Bringing the Tarot to Life: Embody the Cards Through Creative Exploration

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For many readers, tarot cards reveal their deepest wisdom through creative interaction. Bringing the Tarot to Life shows how to use theater games and acting techniques to gain new insights into the cards. With more than fifty imaginative exercises to be practiced alone or with a group, this book unlocks your intuitions and helps you experience the cards from the inside out. Just as an actor prepares for a new role, you can explore tarot through emotions, memories, role-playing, observation, bodywork, and imagination. This book is the perfect guide for readers who want outside-the-box techniques for relating to the cards from the deepest parts of the soul. Includes a foreword by Rachel Pollack, author of The New Tarot Handbook. Praise: “Come explore the drama in the cards! Scott Martin shows you how to breathe life and spirit into your Tarot deck, making the cards come alive. You'll get to know these characters from the inside out. And you’ll have an outrageous amount of fun while doing it.”—Mary K. Greer, author of Mary K. Greer's 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card “Scott Martin’s groundbreaking book is a magical mix of tarot and theater. Scott’s expertise in both these arenas is further enhanced by his love of teaching and his sense of adventure and fun.”—Ruth Ann & Wald Amberstone, The Tarot School   Copyright Information Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Book Sections Section One Intuition and Creativity Personality Inventory Tarot Card Questionnaire Cast the Deck I Am What I Do Tarot’s Magic If Owning the Cards Animal Exercise All the World’s a Tarot Deck Changing the Where Costuming the Card The Voice of an Object in Tarot The Name Game Tarot Stars in the Revival Conflict, Objective, Obstacle, Tactic, Resolution A Piece of Advice Past, Present, Future Suit the Subject: A Tarot Storyboard Defining Moment A Secret Revealed Tarot Symphony: Opus Number 78 Tarot Free Writing Iconic Characters on Stage and in Film Want to Know Please Take Your Seat A Commencement Speech It Takes a Village: A Tarot Eulogy Section Two Introduction to Theater Games Group Introduction: The Fool’s Traveling Companions Twenty Questions Mirror, Mirror Crossing the Line: Group Mirror The Tarot Detective A Lump of Clay Creating a Card’s Vocal Sound and Movement Tableau One Tableau Two Tarot’s A Cappella Chorus The Machine of Tarot Show Me Who I Am Tell Me Who I Am Character-Driven Plot Stage the Card Dueling Tarot The Interview Creating an Event Tarot Poetry Show and Tell Object Metamorphosis A Tall Tarot Tale Topical Topics Tarot Improvisation Face-Off In the Manner of the Card Private Moment Pantomime 1-6-6-1 The Interrogation: “Person of Interest” A Perfect Match The Majors: Face to Face Tarot in the Park Press Conference Section Three Tarot Card Meanings: Introduction The Major Arcana The Fool The Magician The High Priestess The Empress The Emperor The Hierophant The Lovers The Chariot Strength The Hermit The Wheel ofFortune Justice The Hanged Man Death Temperance The Devil The Tower The Star The Moon The Sun Judgement The World The Minor Arcana Ace of Wands Two of Wands Three of Wands Four of Wands Five of Wands Six of Wands Seven of Wands Eight of Wands Nine of Wands Ten of Wands Page of Wands Knight of Wands Queen of Wands King of Wands Ace of Swords Two of Swords Three of Swords Four of Swords Five of Swords Six of Swords Seven of Swords Eight of Swords Nine of Swords Ten of Swords Page of Swords Knight of Swords Queen of Swords King of Swords Ace of Cups Two of Cups Three of Cups Four of Cups Five of Cups Six of Cups Seven of Cups Eight of Cups Nine of Cups Ten of Cups Page of Cups Knight of Cups Queen of Cups King of Cups Ace of Pentacles Two of Pentacles Three of Pentacles Four of Pentacles Five of Pentacles Six of Pentacles Seven of Pentacles Eight of Pentacles Nine of Pentacles Ten of Pentacles Page of Pentacles Knight of Pentacles Queen of Pentacles King of Pentacles Conclusion