Mastering the Tarot

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Information: 141 pages, paperback

They say: Deepen your knowledge of the tarot - No student of the tarot should be without this book. Juliet Sharman-Burke peels back the layers of symbolism of the Major Arcana, teaches you how to strengthen your intuitive response to all the cards, and demonstrates ways of improving your technique in reading them.

Conceived as a teaching platform to further your understanding of the tarot, Mastering the Tarot includes questions raised by Juliet's own students to illustrate important issues, plus exercises to heighten your imagination and intuitive response. The uses of a variety of spreads are explained and a detailed case study illustrates an in-depth reading.

The text is illustrated in colour by cards from a range of classic decks, including the fifteenth-century Visconti-Sforza, the early twentieth-century Universal Waite, and the more recent Mythic Tarot and Arthurian decks.

In-depth analysis of the Major Arcana
Study of Minor Arcana includes astrological and numerological links
Practical exercises and question-and-answer features throughout
Illustrated with full-colour classic card reproductions

The Major Arcana
The deeper mysteries of the tarot are penetrated by focusing on the Major Arcana cards and by drawing on the many varied religious and spiritual beliefs and mythologies that have contributed to their existence, including psychological and alchemical aspects. Specially commissioned illustrations add insight to the levels of symbolism revealed in Juliet Sharman-Burke's fascinating text.

Juliet Sharman-Burke is a practising analytic psychotherapist. She has been using the tarot and astrology for over twenty years, and has taught both subjects since 1983. She has written several books on the tarot and astrology, including Understanding the Tarot, and is co-author of the modern classicThe Mythic Tarot with Liz Greene.

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By Brian Stevenson View Profile
This book can either be studied on its own or as a companion to the author's previous book, "Understanding the Tarot". The first thing to strike the reader is that the whole book is beautifully and extensively illustrated in full colour. The illustrations are taken from medieval alchemical prints and several different Tarot decks, including the 15th century Visconti-Sforza, the early-20th century Universal-Waite and the late-20th century Arthurian and Mythic Tarot.

The book opens with a detailed history of Tarot, including details about possible influences such as Alchemy and Mystery Plays. The central chapter is devoted to a detailed study of the Major Arcana. Each Major Arcana card is allocated four pages, which contain four images of the card taken from different decks, plus an example of a possible influence on the card's design. A suggested meditation exercise is also given for each card.

Next, a helpful short tabular chapter covers the number cards of the Minor Arcana. Many Tarot books do not pay much attention to the Court cards. However, in this book the author devotes a whole page to each Court card. The final chapter sets out how to work with the cards and includes sections on Divination, Spreads, Case Studies and Story-Telling Exercises.

Readers who have some basic knowledge of the Tarot will find that this excellent book will deepen and enrich their knowledge.

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