Conversations with the Tarot

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Maria DeBlassie’s Conversations with the Tarot is a beautifully written, inspiring and insightful book. You could use it as a divination tool, as inspiration for your own journey or to deepen your own tarot practice. There is a wealth of gentle wisdom here and compassionate insight and I heartily recommend reading it.

I’m a big fan of Maria’s work – her fiction and nonfiction books alike are always things of beauty and thoughtfulness. Everyday magic is the heart of her practice, and her tarot book also reflects this. It’s not about big drama and dramatic life changes, it’s about the day to day choices that truly shape our lives. In this book, Maria offers tarot as a way of enriching your life and exploring the possibilities around you. It’s an uplifting read, full of good advice delivered with warmth and understanding.

I’m not a serious tarot user – although I’ve had enough exposure to it over the years to have a sense of how it works. Maria’s insights into the cards focus on the idea of using them for personal growth rather than for telling the future or for trying to guide other people. This means her exploration of each card is rooted in the realities of daily life. I really enjoyed this, and it meant that every card felt relevant and had things to offer me. I don’t always find that with tarot, and I’m very attracted to this everyday approach to life and magic.

Whether you normally use tarot or not, this book is a great tool for reflection and contemplation. It’s an invitation to make room for magic in your daily life, and to create your life deliberately. The deliberate life is something I’m very keen on as part of my Druidry, as is the invitation to magic, so this really worked for me as a reader. I see a lot of scope for just opening the book at random and taking whatever wisdom the page in question has to offer, and using it much like a divination set. It may also appeal as a map to undertaking a similar project. If you’re involved with tarot, you might enjoy reading this as a first step in taking a similar journey and writing your own meditations on each card.

Find out more on the authors website https://mariadeblassie.com/