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Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Tarot

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AUTHOR: Liz Dean FORMAT: Kindle edition ebook. AVAILABILITY: I got this from Amazon. It's also available as a paperback (trade size, I think), and in other electronic formats. WHAT THE BOOK OFFERS: The book provides information on the classic Smith-Rider-Waite cards, along with their symbology and meanings. Ms. Dean includes little historical notes regarding the cards and their development into the SRW cards we know today, and appendices with more detailed information regarding the cards than she presents in the body of the book. WHAT I DISLIKED ABOUT THE BOOK: Honestly, at times it almost seemed as if too much information was being offered, particularly for the Major Arcana. By comparison, the information about the Minor Arcana was very thin. While I understand the importance of the Major Arcana cards, I still would have liked to have seen as much information about the Minor Arcana cards. WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE BOOK: I really liked the detailed information about the...