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Tarot Outside the Box

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Looking for new ways to expand your understanding of Tarot? Renowned Tarot specialist Valerie Sim helps Tarot enthusiasts step "out of the box" and advance their practice to a new level. Emphasizing a fun, relaxed approach, she teaches how to break rules in order to stimulate creativity. Readers learn many valuable Tarot techniques, including the comparative method, which involves practicing with several decks to fully understand each card and its abundant possibilities for interpretation.

Tarot Outside the Box also offers original spreads, sample readings, and valuable advice for practicing Tarot without querents, engaging in interactive readings (both reader and querent participation), and using Tarot for creative writing.

170 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2004

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July 24, 2022
Definitely cool ideas, lots of examples (mostly skimmed through but some felt necessary, most padding). I adore the inclusion of elements in a reading, a fairly easy one to learn and really ups the game.

One idea I can add: If you work with any deities, you can ask for communication through tarot. I have a Greek gods & goddesses oracle. I might draw one to see who wants to speak and then, with my preferred deck, what they have to say. There are so many oracles with so many pantheons (Egyptian, Norse, African, Demon, Angel, etc). This also pairs well with ancestor work. You might draw from only court cards to see who is coming through and then proceed with the reading.

I don't see this mentioned but you can get a whole lot out of a reading if you combine with lenormand.

Ahhhh I love tarot!
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Author 19 books11 followers
February 1, 2018
Good suggestions and a different way of reading for Tarot card deck collectors (like me). A good idea to look at the minor differences between the different decks to see what the artist is trying to portray, even with RWS "clones". The few extra spreads are icing, but not necessary for the cake.
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298 reviews18 followers
April 16, 2022
È un libro che fa giustamente parte della collana per utenti avanzati. All’inizio può sembrare che talvolta osi troppo, ma quando si prende un po’ di confidenza con le sue tecniche – checché vi sia da stabilire quali accettare e quali scartare – a volte ci si può ritrovare a chiedersi come si potessero fare i consulti prima di averle apprese.
La parte principale del libro riguarda la tecnica dei Tarocchi Comparativi (cui l’autrice fu la prima a dare un nome), riguardante lo studio comparato di diversi mazzi e ciò che tale comparazione può apportare all’interpretazione. Importante è rilevare che, secondo tale tecnica, la comparazione tende ad apportare _aggiunte_ e solo raramente sottrazioni.
Una pecca di questo libro è la carenza di immagini accompagnatorie: non che manchino del tutto, intendiamoci, ma sono spesso assenti e ciò inficia l’immediata com-prensione del testo anche perché i mazzi usati come esempi non sempre sono tra i più conosciuti o tra quelli contenenti le immagini cui siamo più abituati (seppur con le loro singole peculiarità differenzianti).
Nel complesso è un libro meritevole, seppur cum granu salis.
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