The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot—EVER!

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This book is dedicated to......Page 8 Preface......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 14 “Formal Introduction to the Tarot”......Page 15 Section One GETTING STARTED......Page 18 What you need to get started......Page 19 Recommended Decks for Beginners......Page 20 Tarot Journals......Page 24 What your cards mean......Page 25 Upside-down Tarot cards (“Reversals” and what to do with them)......Page 27 Tarot cards and the directions......Page 28 Five great ways to start an argument......Page 30 Easy Study Guides......Page 32 Section Two THE FASTEST WAY TO GET TO KNOW YOUR CARDS......Page 35 The fastest way to get to know your cards.........Page 36 Introduction to the basic exercises......Page 38 Exercise One - Face value......Page 40 Exercise One - Visual Examples......Page 43 Exercise “1A” - Looking beyond “face value”......Page 50 Exercise Two - “Me and you”......Page 55 Exercise Two - Visual Examples......Page 62 Exercise Three - “Exactly what do you two have in common anyway?”......Page 69 Exercise Four - From here to there......Page 74 Exercise Five - There and back again......Page 78 Exercise Five Visual Examples......Page 80 Exercise Six - Birds of a feather......Page 83 Exercise Seven Hey! - What does THIS card mean?......Page 86 The process of “opening up a card”......Page 93 “Opening up a card” Visual Examples......Page 94 Exercise Eight - One plus one equals what?......Page 101 Exercise Nine - One plus one plus one equals what?......Page 104 Exercise Ten - The never-ending story......Page 106 Exercise Eleven - Something to look at......Page 117 Okay, let’s review:......Page 118 Really Advanced Exercises.........Page 120 Section Three SPREADS AND STUFF......Page 125 Introduction to spreads......Page 126 One-card Spreads......Page 127 Two-card Spreads......Page 130 Three-card Spreads......Page 132 Multiple-card Spreads......Page 134 Quick and Easy “Yes or No” Spreads......Page 135 Aces-up......Page 136 “Up or Down Vote”......Page 137 “Gyaaa! How long will this take?!!”......Page 139 This or That......Page 141 The Celtic Cross......Page 143 Astrological and time spreads......Page 151 Generic Astrological spread......Page 153 The Roundabout spread......Page 154 Card position meanings......Page 156 Time Spreads: Twelve-hour or “one-day” forecast......Page 163 Time Spreads: A basic one-year forecast......Page 164 Fun Things You Can do to Your Tarot Deck!......Page 165 Quick and easy “Cheat Sheets”......Page 170 Section Four THE “MINOR” ARCANA......Page 174 Introduction to the “minor” Arcana......Page 175 A sneak peek at the royal family.........Page 176 The House of Wands......Page 178 Ace of Wands (Prime Cardinal Fire)......Page 179 Two of Wands (Mutable Fire)......Page 181 Three of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 183 Four of Wands (Prime Fixed Fire)......Page 185 Five of Wands (Mutable Fire)......Page 187 Six of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 189 Seven of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 191 Eight of Wands (Mutable Fire)......Page 193 Nine of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 195 Ten of Wands (Mutable Fire)......Page 197 Page of Wands (Weak Cardinal Fire)......Page 199 Knight of Wands (Intense Mutable Fire)......Page 201 Queen of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 203 King of Wands (Fixed Fire)......Page 205 A sneak peek at the royal family.........Page 207 The House of Cups......Page 209 Ace of Cups (Cardinal Water)......Page 210 Two of Cups (Intense Fixed Water)......Page 212 Three of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 214 Four of Cups (Prime Fixed Water)......Page 216 Five of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 218 Six of Cups (Cardinal Water)......Page 220 Seven of Cups (Cardinal Water)......Page 222 Eight of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 224 Nine of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 226 Ten of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 228 Page of Cups (Weak Cardinal Water)......Page 230 Knight of Cups (Fixed Water)......Page 232 Queen of Cups (Mutable Water)......Page 234 King of Cups (Cardinal Water)......Page 236 A sneak peek at the royal family.........Page 238 The House of Swords......Page 240 Ace of Swords (Cardinal Air)......Page 241 Two of Swords (Fixed Air)......Page 243 Three of Swords (Cardinal Air)......Page 245 Four of Swords (Fixed Air)......Page 247 Five of Swords (Cardinal Air)......Page 249 Six of Swords (Mutable Air)......Page 251 Seven of Swords (Cardinal Air)......Page 253 Eight of Swords (Fixed Air)......Page 255 Nine of Swords (Mutable Air)......Page 257 Ten of Swords (Cardinal Air)......Page 259 Page of Swords (Weak Cardinal Air)......Page 261 Knight of Swords (Ultimate Cardinal Air)......Page 263 Queen of Swords (Fixed Air)......Page 265 King of Swords (Fixed Air)......Page 267 A sneak peek at the royal family.........Page 269 The House of Coins......Page 271 Ace of Coins (Cardinal Earth)......Page 272 Two of Coins (Mutable Earth)......Page 274 Three of Coins (Cardinal Earth)......Page 276 Four of Coins (Fixed Earth)......Page 278 Five of Coins (Mutable Earth)......Page 280 Six of Coins (Cardinal Earth)......Page 282 Seven of Coins (Mutable Earth)......Page 284 Eight of Coins (Fixed Earth)......Page 286 Nine of Coins (Fixed Earth)......Page 288 Ten of Coins (Cardinal Earth)......Page 290 Page of Coins (Weak Cardinal Earth)......Page 292 Knight of Coins (Intense Fixed Earth)......Page 294 Queen of Coins (Fixed Earth)......Page 296 King of Coins (Intense Cardinal Earth)......Page 298 Section Five THE “MAJOR” ARCANA......Page 300 Introduction to the “minor” Arcana......Page 301 The Fool......Page 302 The Magician......Page 305 The High Priestess......Page 307 The Empress......Page 309 The Emperor......Page 311 The Hierophant......Page 313 The Lovers......Page 315 The Chariot......Page 317 Strength......Page 319 The Hermit......Page 321 Wheel of Fortune......Page 323 Justice......Page 325 The Hanged Man (or “Hanging Man”)......Page 327 Death......Page 329 Temperance......Page 331 The Devil......Page 333 The Tower......Page 335 The Star......Page 337 The Moon......Page 339 The Sun......Page 341 Judgement......Page 343 The World......Page 345 Section Six “OKAY, SO WHAT DO I DO NOW?...”......Page 347 “Okay, so what do I do now?...”......Page 348 Easy Study Guides (part 2)......Page 349 Appendix A:......Page 353 Troubleshooting (what do do when...)......Page 354 Appendix B:......Page 357 A Tarot F.A.Q.......Page 358 Appendix C:......Page 369 A brief history of the Tarot......Page 370 Appendix D:......Page 374 How to be a hit at parties......Page 375 Appendix E:......Page 377 Fun Party Games......Page 378 Appendix F:......Page 380 “Secret Societies” and Mystery Schools You May Want to Join......Page 381 Appendix G:......Page 385 Highly Recommended Reading......Page 386 Glossary......Page 388