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Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot

22 Keys to Understanding Its Symbolic Imagery
By Ruth Ann Amberstone and Wald Amberstone
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Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot by Ruth Ann Amberstone and Wald Amberstone serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the symbols and meanings within tarot cards. Delving into the historical and spiritual aspects, it aims to provide readers with insights into how tarot can be used as a tool for personal growth and self-reflection. The book invites both beginners and experienced practitioners to connect with the deeper language of tarot in their own practices.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by tarot cards and wish to deepen your understanding of their meanings beyond the basics. With guidance from experienced tarot experts, it offers insights that blend tradition with contemporary interpretations, perfect for enhancing your spiritual practice or providing a new perspective on familiar cards.

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Reveals the hidden current of symbolic meanings and connections between the 22 major cards; a must-have for any serious tarot reader that is written in accessible language for the novice as well.

Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot sets itself apart from other tarot books by teaching readers how to translate the pictorial symbolism from one deck to another, strengthening the reader's ability to recognise specific icons in any deck and in the world around them. It can be used as both a reference book and as a series of guided meditations on the individual symbols.

Each of the seven chapters contains a set of symbols that share a common theme. Extensive research provides readers with the lore and mythological meanings of the symbols to help foster intuitive powers. The explanation of imagery is both insightful and eclectic.

Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot reveals a hidden current of understanding and connection between the 22 majors of the tarot deck. Each chapter ends with an Integration Lesson and a special Symbol Spread to deepen an understanding of the cards. Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot brings imagery and intuition into a course of study of the tarot.

Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot was previously published in 2008 as The Secret Language of the Tarot (9781578634163).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781578638185

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Weiser Books

Illustration: Tarot card illustrations throughout

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Mary K. Greer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 304

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Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Ruth Ann Amberstone Self-Help & Personal Development Tarot Cards Wald Amberstone

About the Author

Ruth Ann Amberstone and Wald Amberstone are co-founders of The Tarot School. Together they teach, write and publish about tarot on all levels from divination to psychology to esotericism and magical practice. They are perpetual pioneers of new tarot techniques and remain lifelong tarot students. Between them, Ruth Ann and Wald have amassed more than 100 years of experience as tarot practitioners. Ruth Ann began her career as a reader in 1974, and Wald picked up his first tarot deck and began his Tarot studies in 1959. They were each awarded the honorary rank of Certified Tarot Grandmaster in 1998. More than a thousand students have taken live classes at The Tarot School since it opened its doors in 1995. Their extensive body of original work includes correspondence courses, audio courses, study guides, music and meditations, as well as the popular Tarot Tips Newsletter.

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