Learning the Tarot
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[edit] Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners
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[edit] date of publication
October 1998
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Red Wheel/Weiser
[edit] Description
Joan Bunning's Learning the Tarot is designed to introduce the beginner methodically to the art and craft of reading the Waite-Smith Tarot, moving from simple overview to more advanced topics. The book is made up of nineteen lessons, including related exercises. She discusses meanings, symbolism, and (briefly) reversals and spreads. although she does not delve overmuch into the occult underpinnings of Tarot.
Amazingly, the book remains a perennial seller, even though the entire text can still be downloaded free of charge at Joan's website,Learning Tarot: An On-Line Course.
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ATA Interview with Joan Bunning
"When I first created my Learning the Tarot website in 1995, I never dreamed how much interest in the tarot I would find. People from all over the world began writing to tell me about their experiences with the course and their adventures with the cards. This response was music to my ears! I knew from my own experience that the tarot is a wonderful tool for personal guidance and inner exploration. Now I was finding out that others felt the same way too.
The tarot is a set of 78 intriguing picture cards that tend to trigger personal insights, enhance intuition and deepen awareness. My goal in Learning the Tarot is to give you the basics you need to begin working with the tarot on your own. I try to make this inner process understandable by breaking it up into a series of steps that are simple while still doing justice to the depth and beauty of the cards. I concentrate on the everyday, showing how the tarot makes real, practical sense in the modern world.
The tarot is a living system that adapts creatively to each user. Rather than rules, I offer guidelines. While reading my book, I want you to feel that you have a teacher sitting next to you who is introducing you to this special tool, but also encouraging you to go on to discover your own unique approach to the cards."
