The Girls' Guide to Tarot - Softcover

Olmstead, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806980729 ISBN 13: 9780806980720

Publisher: Sterling, 2002

Synopsis

Decisions, decisions. What's a girl to do? Should you ask that cute guy from history class to the prom? Should you try out for the school play? Where should you go to college? Luckily you don't have to decide what you want on your own--use tarot cards to help answer your most important questions. Expand your girl power with tarot power! Every aspect of tarot reading, from choosing a deck and setting the mood--music and incense are always good--to the significance of each card, is explained in terms totally geared to young women. Let the Queen of Cups, the Hanged Man, and others help you and your girlfriends sort through life and love, school and shopping. Eventually you'll know everything there is to know about the 78 cards that make up the deck.and more about yourself than you ever dreamed.

About this title

From the Back Cover

What's up with your life and what's out there for you? Seeing all your options, deciding what's important, and understanding the world around you--that's what the Tarot is about. All you need is a deck of Tarot cards and this book. It gives you full instructions on how to use the cards and what they mean so you can just ask a question, focus, and the answer will arrive in the spread.
And there are lots of special spreads for special questions--like about love and friendships, getting to the bottom of things, starting something new, what the next year will bring, and more.
The Tarot is great for connecting with your intuition and making things seem clearer. This is your Tarot book, with the key to everything you want to know, including ideas for birthdays and parties, storytelling, keeping a journal, and designing your own cards.

From School Library Journal

Grade 6 Up-A primer for beginning enthusiasts. The text is accompanied by soft, flowing illustrations and detailed pictures of the most popular Tarot cards, the Rider-Waite deck. Beginning with a brief history, the author moves into a step-by-step guide for using the cards. From there, readers are given a picture and description of what each one means in both upright and reserved form. The text finishes with sample spreads and tips for designing one's own deck. The book guides girls through the Major and Minor Arcana (the two sections of the deck) in simple language, and explains what the Tarot will and will not answer. While touting this device as a way to connect to intuition and bring clarity to a situation, the text retains a neutral, if somewhat New Age tone. Olmstead makes it clear that the Tarot should blend into one's daily life, "not be a controlling force." This guide will be ideal for providing a solid base for exploration, but practitioners of the art may be disappointed by the lack of in-depth information.
Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0806980729
• ISBN 13: 9780806980720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Turchyn Sandie