The Ultimate Guide to Tarot is an easy-to-use, yet comprehensive reference that introduces the tarot, providing steps on how to begin reading and options for card layouts, followed by a detailed survey of every card of the major and minor arcana.
Uncover the facts, myth, history, and mystery of the spiritual art of tarot reading. Whether you want to learn to read the cards or deepen your tarot interpretation skills, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot honors the deep heritage of tarot, while guiding you through practical techniques.
Tarot expert Liz Dean offers an overview to all of the important elements of each card, from interpreting their symbols to their links with astrology, kabbala,and numerology. The Ultimate Guide to Tarot also includes all the classic tarot spreads—Celtic Cross, Horseshoe, Star, and Astrological Year Ahead—plus, a mini-layout to try for each of the 22 major arcana cards.
Learn how to combine the three essential ingredients of a great tarot reading: knowing the meaning of the cards, how to lay them out, and trusting the intuitive messages the images often spark within us during a reading. This synthesis is the true magic of tarot.
With the authority and confidence this book offers, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot is the must-have companion for beginner readers and tarot aficionados alike.
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13 reviews for The Ultimate Guide to Tarot: A Beginner’s Guide to the Cards, Spreads, and Revealing the Mystery of the Tarot (The Ultimate Guide to…)
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fawn –
Love this Tarot book. Nice and big and legible. Has all the meanings for all the cards Has full description of the cards. right side up and reverse. Has beautiful pictures and a nice introduction and explanation of how to use the book. Has nice tarot card spreads. For the major arcana. Lots more. If you are in need of a tarot book check this out and if you purchase, you will not be sorry and think it is just another tarot book I have lots of tarot books beside this one. I really like it for its simplicity of the write ups.
Gil Keller –
I am a beginner to reading tarot cards. This book is very enlightening and easy to understand, and is welcoming for a newbie such as myself. In the beginning of the book Liz Dean explains several very simple ways to view the cards. She tells you how you can interpret a card just by its color, or by its number or suit. It gives brief summaries of the meanings of the cards as a quick reference, but then it has entire pages dedicated to each card, and even includes the reversed meanings. The descriptions go super in depth in an easy to understand way and they cover a wide variety of contexts and situations. Just by reading about a card, you will find yourself with a far better understanding of it. There’s a ton of information presented in a very concise manner – you will learn a lot but it won’t feel boring or tedious. The beginning of the book also includes some very fascinating history about tarot. There are also a wide variety of spreads to try – she demonstrates one-card, three-card, and weekly and monthly readings among many others. Each card of the major arcana also has its own spread that you can try.
I’m very glad that I bought this book – I’ve still got a long way to go before I’ve mastered tarot, but this book has made the task feel a whole lot less intimidating. The colorful illustrations and the organization of each section make it a fun and engaging read.
Worth noting is that this book uses the Universal Waite tarot – a variation of the Rider Waite Smith deck. So, I recommend having a variation of that deck if you are using this book to study, because it will make things a lot easier to follow.
GoldenLight –
I’ve read a plethora of tarot books, this is one of the best for learning and ongoing quick reference.
Explains the OG original Smith Coleman Tarot, (Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn) , which is THE OG base foundation with all original symbology which all other tarot decks draw upon, which if understood, will give you the best foundation to draw on and apply to any other deck for life
This book has it all: Key meanings of each card as well as thorough explanation and description, alternate names, Numerology link, astrological sign or planet, element, hebrew letter, tree of life pathway, chakra, astrological symbolism, and ALL magickal symbolism in each card explained, in an easy to access and clear format for easy referencing! Wonderful book!
You get all of the info and symbolism in a concise yet thorough way without the convoluted overload of info that some books seem to have ,,,
Also, seller ‘Hawking books’ gave me exceptional customer service when I had a question, fast response and very helpful, highly recommend them as well
Dacio Vasconcelos Vontobel –
Well-design book. Really pretty.
Regarding content. For those who like to study tarot for magical purposes, like I am, this is a good one. It has correspondences (astrological, Tree of Life Pathways and so on), descriptions of symbolism regarding the Waite-Smith deck. Also I use it for the specific spreads with the Major Arcana.
As an Ultimate Guide, it could be more in depth, but it works just fine to an overview.
Recommend it for the day to day and very welcoming to novices.
Aarti P. –
Fantastic book for beginners. Am glad I purchased it. Its so detailed that beginners become intermediate level readers.
Written so beautifully that one understands and memorizes as one reads. Buy without doubt!
Andreea Comirla –
This book is amazing, it has so much information in it, it’s fantastic for someone wanting to learn tarot. I recommend 100%, you will not be disappointed.
Cat Lady –
This book is an absolute must for anyone starting out reading Tarot. I’ve been reading Tarot for 18 years now and had a different guide book that I used for about 10 years, which helped but was so outdated that I felt like I wasn’t learning everything there is to know about my spreads and cards…. Until I came across this book. Now my spreads are much more detailed and the interpretations have helped greatly, even for someone like me who is familiar with the cards. I have learned new things about the cards that I didn’t have access to with the older book I was using.
I’ve also noticed a few typos and misspelled words in the book, but not a big deal for me, since I just write in a correction and leave it as it is.
I’m happy with this book. It is a large size, easy to use and the index in back helps to find the card you’re looking for without searching the entire book. There is also some added interpretations for astrology and such, which I find helpful when someone is asking for a reading including those specs.
Overall I am more confident in my readings because of this book and I know that some people would advise against using a book for interpretations when reading cards, but I on the other hand disagree, because sometimes I get stuck with meanings and what is written in the book details it out perfectly leaving my sitter very impressed and happy with the added detail in their reading- Oh I don’t read in person either, all my readings are prepared and emailed so my sitters don’t know I’m using a guidebook so it works well for me.
V. Carlo –
An excellent book, clear and up-beat, positive energies. I believe it will work best for those using the corresponding Tarot deck associated with the book.
Melissa O. –
Felt a real connection to this book, simple clear messages and directions
Thisgirl –
This guide is beautifully done and very informative. However, the spiral binding is not good. Every time I use the book, I have to be careful that the spiral binding does not come undone from the top or bottom of the book (which it has several times). It’s kind of disappointing, but otherwise, the content of the book is excellent.
Friends Fan –
I’m new to reading tarot cards and have signed up for a class next month, but I was eager to start learning now. I’ll be honest…I judged this book by its cover! I was drawn to the bold colors and pictures of the cards on front. But inside is even better! The author gives some history on tarot up to the current deck that most people are familiar with – the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The book features sections for the major and minor arcana cards. Each individual card gets its own section with detailed descriptions of each card’s image, meanings, and how to interpret them during a reading. Sample spreads are provided throughout the book, from simple to more complex. I’ve learned so much already, and just love looking at this beautiful, colorful book. I purchased a similar book around the same time (which I also love) but if you can only buy one, I recommend this one!
LMJ –
This book is fantastic. I have had a deck of cards with the tiny guide book that it came with for years and decided to buy this book to help me. I was absolutely shocked when it came in the mail because the quality of this book is really good. The pages are thick and glossy. The images are vivid and beautiful. And I just went back to look at how much I paid for this book and I only paid like $13 for it. I seriously hope the author of this book charges more in the future because it is worth way more than $13. There are multiple layouts that you can use for the major arcana cards. There is information about Crystal use with this and chakras. I was actually very pleased and surprised by how thorough this book is. If you’re looking to get better at reading the traditional rider/Waite tarot deck then I would highly recommend this. I’m already getting so much better at it after just a week of practicing and reading this book.
Punky B –
Love this book! Will use for years to come. Is colorful, has great images and different explanations. Shipping was fast! Recommended!