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Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners
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Learning the Tarot is a complete course on how to use the tarot cards for personal guidance. The 19 lessons in the course cover the basics and then move gradually into more advanced concepts. Exercises and sample responses for each lesson help you learn and practice. For simplicity, only one easy layout is used throughout the course the Celtic Cross Spread. Learning the Ta
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Best book to understand TAROT easily. If you want to learn Tarot and want to learn everything u need in just one book, this is "The Book".The best thing of this book is its simplicity and lucid language (no mumbo jumbo to confuse),this I feel is a great sign of an author and a Tarot reader (Joan) who is so clear about the explanations and interpretations, fantastic explanations with examples, a book for even advance tarot readers,a book that wants you to follow ur heart too, &which author would
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This is a great book to start out with, if you've never read cards before. It gives you the basics of the Major and Minor Arcana, spreads, and how to start reading a spread in its entirety, with all of the relationships between cards. It is perfect for beginners, too basic for people who have been reading for a while.
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I went into this book with a working knowledge of the Tarot, but wanted to refresh since I haven't used the cards in a few years. This book is clear, concise, perfect for beginners, and has a section of exercises useful and fun for any experience level. I borrowed it from the library, but will eventually buy a copy for my shelf.
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Excellent book to understand what Tarot truly is. It saddens me it still carries a stigma because it has deepened my relationship with Source and is truly amazing. This book has helped me learn the traditional meanings of the cards, learn spreads and even important details like writing your question out. I highly recommend to anyone interested in tarot!
Title/Author: Learning the Tarot by Joan Bunning
Series/Standalone: standalone
Subject/Topic: nonfiction, how to read tarot cards
Book Format: print/website (learntarot.com)
Length: 320 pages
Well Written/Editor Needed: Well written, but organized funny, in that I would have preferred the exercises to be at the end of each corresponding lesson, as they were on the website. It is helpful to know that the author’s website (learntarot.com) came first and the book came second but is the exact same thing. ...more
Series/Standalone: standalone
Subject/Topic: nonfiction, how to read tarot cards
Book Format: print/website (learntarot.com)
Length: 320 pages
Well Written/Editor Needed: Well written, but organized funny, in that I would have preferred the exercises to be at the end of each corresponding lesson, as they were on the website. It is helpful to know that the author’s website (learntarot.com) came first and the book came second but is the exact same thing. ...more
I first found this booking in a shack called Laughing Buddha in Hampi, India. At that time I had little to no idea of tarot card except that it was somehow related to occult. Two years later after seeing Eva Green spread tarot cards in Penny Dreadful I was reminded of this book. This was followed by a messy but reward attempt at creating my own Rider-Waite Deck to purchasing my first tarot deck.
I never found this book listed as one of the top books to learn tarot reading, but nevertheless this b ...more
I never found this book listed as one of the top books to learn tarot reading, but nevertheless this b ...more
Damn this is a fantastic book if you are a beginner at tarot. Her description of the cards and her suggestions for learning how to do readings have been endlessly helpful to me! Bunning is clear, but still leaves a lot of room for you to let your intuition guide you. I definitely understand why this is considered a bible of the tarot world!
Wonderfully complete book with exercises, explanations of cards, practical examples of the classic Celtic Cross spread, and card interactions. As a tarot beginner myself, I couldn't ask for a better starting point.
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An old classic, the book I learned Tarot with. Still a great reference and a solid guide to learning how to build a relationship with the cards as a reflection/storytelling tool.
My go-to tarot reference book
My favorite book on the subject. It leaves more up to your interpretation. It gives a solid foundation without overwhelming or imposing too much on the reader.
Well, I'm finished with the part of the book that's actual reading. What's left is exercises and card descriptions and the section on the Celtic Cross.
This was a decent entrance into the subject and I have started to feel like I'm learning the ins and outs. However I only just now noticed how out of date it is and have found a more modern book of interpretations.
What I like most about this book is that its way of reading cards isn't as -- in the most polite terms I can find at the moment -- "new ...more
This was a decent entrance into the subject and I have started to feel like I'm learning the ins and outs. However I only just now noticed how out of date it is and have found a more modern book of interpretations.
What I like most about this book is that its way of reading cards isn't as -- in the most polite terms I can find at the moment -- "new ...more
Great reference book. Gives you the info straight, not too woo. If you want to know about Tarot because you're a writer, or artist, and need a simple resource -- here it is. For the record, this is a great book if you want to know about Tarot for any reason.
Bunning actually's had all this information on her website, for free, all along. It's an O.G. website. She even has/had the whole thing available for download. However, for some applications, a book that you can hold is a better format than a ...more
Bunning actually's had all this information on her website, for free, all along. It's an O.G. website. She even has/had the whole thing available for download. However, for some applications, a book that you can hold is a better format than a ...more
This is such an excellent beginner's book. I owned this book when I first got into tarot (about 15 years ago), then sold it on eBay because I felt like I didn't need it anymore, which was clearly a mistake because I just rebought it after spending some time away from tarot and feeling like I needed a little bit of a fresh start again. That should be an indication of how useful and educational this book is.
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This is the perfect book for teaching tarot to others. If you are wanting to teach others about tarot use this book. I could see this as a classroom text book for tarot class. There is a reference to each card with keywords, phrases and relating card. The first part of the book was like doing class exercises for learning tarot. I use this book as a reference for doing tarot readings.
While 'Kitchen Table Tarot' is interesting and accessible, as a beginner learning to use tarot in a Jungian introspective sort of way I found Bunning's book to be more informative and helpful. Her exercises and emphasis on introverted rather than extroverted use was much more my style.
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True to its name, a good read for beginners though lacking in reading of reversed cards.
Great information and still leaves room for your own interpretation.
An excellent starting point for anyone wishing to learn to read the Tarot
This is a very interesting and informative but also easy to digest book for beginners.
Super easy to understand and not confusing for a beginner. She's queen for this.
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I took my time with this, treating it like a textbook and a reference manual. I, like most everyone else here, find it extremely useful. I imagine I will be returning to this book again and again for reference as I progress with the cards.
This is one of the best beginners' guides for Tarot that I have come across. Nowhere else will you find a more comprehensive yet simple approach to putting together the Celtic Cross. Ms. Bunning gives key words for each position, and she looks in detail at the pairs within the Celtic Cross. Her detailed descriptions of both the positions and position pairs is a great way to learn the individual position meanings and how they relate to each other.
Ms. Bunning uses a lesson format, with lessons tha ...more
Ms. Bunning uses a lesson format, with lessons tha ...more
I'd recommend this as the best beginning go-to book for tarot, and a staple for anyone's tarot library.
As soon as I picked up tarot again a few years ago (literally picking up an old Ryder Waite Smith deck that I had acquired at least twenty years ago) I wanted to know where it all CAME from and immediately started delving into the more scholarly books that could give me the real history of the thought and iconography behind the cards - notably The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination by Ro ...more
As soon as I picked up tarot again a few years ago (literally picking up an old Ryder Waite Smith deck that I had acquired at least twenty years ago) I wanted to know where it all CAME from and immediately started delving into the more scholarly books that could give me the real history of the thought and iconography behind the cards - notably The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination by Ro ...more
I translated this book for Polish edition few months ago, and this is a expanded review of the book I've made on Amazon.
Let's start with what's wrong with the book - and the book lacks safety rules regarding magical work, and I believe that Tarot is, among many things, a magical tool and it does require some magical safety rules to be implemented in your own practice. I get this feeling that Bunning consider the Tarot to be a toy, or at least a New Age set of cards, and not a magical tool. Lack ...more
Let's start with what's wrong with the book - and the book lacks safety rules regarding magical work, and I believe that Tarot is, among many things, a magical tool and it does require some magical safety rules to be implemented in your own practice. I get this feeling that Bunning consider the Tarot to be a toy, or at least a New Age set of cards, and not a magical tool. Lack ...more
the perfect book for beginners. the basic meanings and symbolism of each card. not a lot of ancient history to confuse a newbie. i also love this book because joan is so optimistic with her tarot meanings. not a lot of old world doom and gloom and plague and pestilence like some books throw in. refreshingly modern. a good book to keep next to you for quick reference during a reading. easy to get to each card's section. this book covers everything you want to know to get started and it's even eno
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An excellent resource that I continue to come back to years later. This book breaks down the theory of tarot, the archetypes and elements, the basic significance of the cards, and then detailed interpretations of each card, including major characteristics, opposing cards, enforcing cards and a narrative. Highly recommended for those looking to learn more about reading tarot, need a refresher, or just want to continue their studies.
Hmmm,..quite ok for someone who's beggining to try his/her lesson about Tarot. This book will give you detail description about every card so you'll be able to understand the wisdom behind them.
So,..what are you waiting for??
Grab & buy this book right away,..but be careful on its binding. ...more
So,..what are you waiting for??
Grab & buy this book right away,..but be careful on its binding. ...more
This book contains great exercises for learning the cards. It has a regular place on the front porch or on my nightstand with a few other books. A good place to start. Only wish it said more about card reversals.
Recommended for beginners (as the title said)
The excercises are very useful.
The excercises are very useful.
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