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Author:   Kim Huggens
Publisher:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Imprint:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780738719047

ISBN 10:   0738719048
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   08 June 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments xvii A Note about the Structure of the Course xix Getting Started xxiii Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 The Language of Tarot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Major Arcana: Introduction and Progress Cards. . . . . . . . . .29 The Major Arcana: Feminine Archetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Reading Tarot: Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 The Major Arcana: Masculine Archetypes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 The Major Arcana: Virtues and Vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 The Major Arcana: Cyclical Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 The Tarot Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 The Major Arcana: The Dark Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 The Major Arcana: What's Out There? (In Here?). . . . . . . . . . .169 Creating Your Own Spreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Court Cards: Introduction and Approaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Court Cards: Cups and Coins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Court Cards: Wands and Swords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 The Minor Arcana: Introduction and Coins/Earth . . . . . . . . . .243 The Minor Arcana: Methods for the Minors and Cups/Water. .257 The Minor Arcana: The Mind Applied to Tarot, and Swords/Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 The Minor Arcana: Magic, the Will, and Wands/Fire. . . . . . . .287 The Difficult Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Tips and Tricks When Reading for Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317 The Next Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 Appendix 1: The Four Elements 329 Appendix 2: The Tree of Life 331 Bibliography 333

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Kim Huggens has been studying Tarot since the age of 9, and is the co-author of Sol Invictus: The God Tarot (Schiffer Publications, 2007) and in-progress companion deck Pistis Sophia: The Goddess Tarot. She lives in Cardiff, UK, where she works as a veterinary receptionist part-time to fund her university studies in Ancient History. She moved to Cardiff in 2002 for her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, and also graduated with an MA in Religion in Late Antiquity from Cardiff University in 2007. Kim has given numerous talks and workshops on the subject of Tarot, divination, Paganism and mythology in the UK, and regularly runs Tarot courses. She is a practicing Vodouisante and Thelemite, and a member of the OTO. She lives with her partner and cat, and in her spare time plays Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons and Dragons, writes short fiction, goes for walks in graveyards and wishes she could translate Sumerian.

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