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Book Review: Easy Tarot Handbook

 AUTHOR: Josephine Ellershaw FORMAT: Print. As far as I know, it is only available in print format. AVAILABILITY: I purchased the entire Easy Tarot kit from Amazon. It came boxed with the Gilded Tarot deck by Ciro Marchetti and a paper fold-out Celtic Cross Spread template. WHAT THE BOOK OFFERS: Using the Gilded Tarot as the deck for this book, and employing over 30 years' experience, author Josephine Ellershaw introduces the beginner, and not-so-beginner, to her method of tarot reading. She goes through each suit of the Minor Arcana, followed by their Court Cards, and finishes off the Tarot definitions with those of the Major Arcana. Also in the book are a very small variety of spreads, and instructions on how to learn to read the tarot intuitively. Ms. Ellershaw brings the reader from the basics of the tarot deck and provides her method on how to handle and read the cards. WHAT I DISLIKED ABOUT THE BOOK: I grew weary of the frequency with which the subjects of romance and marriag...

Introduction!

I am a student of Tarot and Lenormand—though more with tarot. My journey began in earnest in 2019, and despite a number of interruptions, continues. The main reason why I chose to learn the tarot is because I've always had a fascination with it. Every opportunity I had, I got tarot readings from readers whom I chanced upon at fan conventions and pagan parties I went to. If I had money, I paid for those readings, because they all proved to be quite accurate to my life and situations, even if the readings didn't address the question I actually asked.