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  • Published: 15 January 2015
  • ISBN: 9781583948354
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 896
  • RRP: $49.99

Holistic Tarot

An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth





Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and intuition.

The best-selling guide to the tarot from celebrated occultist and scholar Benebell Wen—history, practice, and 500+ illustrations and spreads

Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the tarot for divination, self-knowledge, and tapping into your creativity and subconscious self.

The power of the tarot lies in the cards'—and the reader’s—ability to channel a clear path for deep wisdom and intuition to shine through. Consulting the tarot can help clear creative blockages, clarify ambitions, work through complex decisions, discover what fulfills you, and make sense of your emotions and relationships. Whether for simple decision-making or to understand your life's purpose, learning the tarot is an indispensable tool for being more mindful of the factors that can assist or weaken your efforts toward success.

In this modern classic, Benebell Wen provides a complete guide to using the tarot, offering a comprehensive overview of:

  • The history of the tarot: its evolution, uses, and relationships to Chinese divination practices, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Jungian archetypal psychology, and Egyptian mythology
  • How to choose and care for your tarot deck
  • A detailed anatomy of the Rider-Waite-Smith system
  • Learning and practice methods: techniques for shuffling, cutting, and drawing cards; interpreting Court Cards; and reading spreads
  • Applications of tarot to key life areas: tarot and love; tarot and professional development; the 5 Components of Circumstance; and more
  • Appendices with quick-reference guides for spreads, astrological symbols, elements, numerology (including Life Path numbers and Decisive Age) and journal templates
Beginners will find a complete guide to working with the tarot, including choosing and caring for a deck; how best to learn and remember the attributes of the major and minor arcana; interpretations of cards and spreads; the role of meditation in a tarot practice; and using the tarot to elevate relationships, professional development, and personal resilience.

Advanced practitioners will enjoy nuanced theoretical discussions of the tarot as well as practical advice about reading others' tarot cards and setting up a practice. Featuring more than 500 illustrations and detailed information on each card—as well as numerous spreads—Holistic Tarot is a complete compendium of tarot study that every practitioner should have in their library.

  • Published: 15 January 2015
  • ISBN: 9781583948354
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 896
  • RRP: $49.99

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Praise for Holistic Tarot

"A modern alchemical achievement. Wen blends wisdom from the East and West."--Barbara Moore, author of Tarot Spreads
"Will become one of the jewels in the crown of tarot literature." --Anthony Louis, MD, author of Tarot Beyond the Basics
"A tarot classic. Wen's writing style is empowering, warm, and witty, while her content is beyond comprehensive."--Sasha Graham, author of Tarot Diva
"A huge accomplishment...likely to become the essential guidebook for serious students of the tarot."--Joan Bunning, author of Learning the Tarot
This is the only guide you need to have. Bravo!" --James Wanless, PhD, author of Voyager Tarot
"No tarot enthusiast should be without this book!"--Chic and Tabatha Cicero, authors of The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot
"Arguably the most comprehensive guide to tarot on the market today."--Corrine Kenner, author of Tarot and Astrology
"A fine addition to the literature of tarot."--Arthur Rosengarten, PhD, author of Tarot and Psychology
"An impressive, complete reference manual on tarot.... Wen is sure to become a leading authority for the next generation's tarot practice." --Luigi Scapini, author the Medieval Scapini Tarot
"A modern masterwork. Wen's work will sit comfortably on the bookshelf with that of Stuart R. Kaplan, Mary Greer, and Rachel Pollack as defining works in modern tarot."--Kat Black, author of Golden Tarot
"A veritable tour de force that explicates the panoramic science that is tarot."--Toney Brooks, PhD, and Holly Sierra, authors of The Chrysalis Tarot
"Destined to be a new tarot classic."--James Ricklef, author of The Soul's Journey
"A total revelation. This generous, comprehensive book will be invaluable to novice and old hand alike."--Emmi Fredericks, author of The Smart Girl's Guide to Tarot

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