What tarot-related books do you have?

[Cinnamon Girl]

What ones do you have and what do you think of them?

I only have a couple:

Learning the Tarot by Joan Bunning
As a relative beginner, I consider this to be the most straightforward primer for learning and am constantly referring to it.

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Tarot by Rachel Pollack
I have to admit to not really reading much of the text so far, but there are so many great pictures of various decks and other tarot-related images that it's a favorite to browse through.

Tarot for Yourself by Mary K. Greer
I haven't had a chance to start this one yet but it looks promising.

That's it really, for me! :)

[Silver Venus]

Ive only got the one because Im not big of tarot theory books ~ Tarot Spells by Janine Renee and absolutley love it!
(also 78 degree's of Wisdom but cant find it! :crazy:.. see other bumped threads too ..)

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

I have a couple that I use as decoration in a silk scarf lined/draped cauldren. ;) I figure every thing you can learn from tarot doesn't come from a book written by someone else. ;)

Anyways....the titles and my opinions are:

Tarot Made Easy by Nancy Garen (I personally didn't like it after I tried to use it. Each card has an interpretation broken down by subject of reading. Ex: family, money, career, feelings, messages....etc.)

Tarot Companion by Tracy Porter (this one is more of a reference book and isn't too bad. It includes a symbolism dictionary.)

Tarot for Beginners by P. Scott Hollander (this one is one to have if you must have a cutch book :p )

Any other books I have are the ones that came with the deck in a kit. I have a book for the Romany Tarot, Sacred Circle Tarot, Cosmic Tribe Tarot, and Rider/Waite Tarot. No comment on these books....because I haven't even looked through them. (Why do I have them then?? ...I'm a library and have a book fettish! :p )

~D

[Nina]

78 degrees of Wisdom, the Goddess Tarot Workbook, and Joan Bunning's Learn Tarot.

I love Joan's book, very simple, and I follow the course with each new deck I get.

Rachel Pollack's 78 degrees of Wisdom is more difficult, but well worth the effort. I fing I go back to that on occasions, especially if I have a card I find more 'vague' - tends to have ideas that 'jump out' at me.

The Goddess Tarot workbook is good, too, although nowhere near as in depth. Interesting for some Goddess lore, too. There are some nice spread ideas in it, as well.

[Witchy Cowgirl]

I only have one.
Learning the Tarot by Joan Bunning
But I expect to have a few more as I continue exploring the Tarot.

[Flaire-FireStar]

I have The Mystical Tarot and The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Tarot (but I haven't read my way through that one yet) 8O

[Faery-Wings]

I have 4:

The Complete Guide to Tarot by Cassandra Eason

The Complete Guide to Tarot by Eden Gray

78 Degrees
and
Celtic Dragon Tarot

I tend to not use the books and also tend to disagree with some of the meanings in different situations. Only I could argue with a book!

If I am unsure of a card, typically court cards, I will look at Joan Bunning's website and see which of the meanings pops out at me as the one I am looking for.

[Mithrea]

Complete Book of Tarot Spreads by Evelin Burger & Johannes Fiebig.

[Zitan]

The Secrets of the Tarot by Barbara Walker is just awesome

She really puts the tarot in historical context - great researcher.

She starts with stating that the suit of trumps (major arcana) was lost from our general pack of cards.... why? .....

:D Z.

[Silver Venus]

Ick where is my head?
Ive also got another one! which goes to show how much I consult tarot books!

The Tarot Companion by Tracey Porter, Dagda recommended me this (I think, lol) and its quite a good one with ~ chakra & colour info related to the tarot, spreads to try out and lots of cross reference's

[Mnemosyne]

Originally posted by Flaire
I have The Mystical Tarot and The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Tarot (but I haven't read my way through that one yet) 8O

I have both of these books, too. Neat coincidence. I find them quite informative. I'm more drawn to my own interpretations of the tarot; however, I often use books for some guidance. Actually, it was just last night though that I looked at a book for a suggestion on the Ace of Wands. The author's idea made no connection to me, so I just shut the book. :p

[Theres]

oh boy, i have many (too many really!).
these are tarot books...

>The Book of Thoth (Aliester Crowley)**
>The Tarot Handbook (Angeles Arrien)
>Tarot Celebrations (Geraldine Amaral & Nancy Brady Cunningham)
>Tarot Dictionary & Compendium (Jana Riley)
>The Tarot Book (Jana Riley)
>Tarot as a Way of Life; A Jungian Approach to the Tarot (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
>The Tarot; History, Mystery and Lore (Cynthia Giles)**
>The Tarot; Methods, Mastery and More (Cynthia Giles)
>Tarot; Mirror of the Soul (Gerd Ziegler)*
>How the Tarot Speaks to Modern Man (Theodor Laurence)
>The Sexual Key to the Tarot (Theodor Laurence)
>The Tarot Revealed (Eden Gray)
>Mastering the Tarot (Eden Gray)
>Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom (Rachel Pollack)*
>The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus)
>Jung and the Tarot (Sallie Nichols)
>The Element Tarot Handbook; Initiation Into the Key Elements of the Tarot (Naomi Ozaniec)*
>Tarot and the Journey of the Hero (Hajo Banzhaf)*

and these are books for specific tarot decks...

>The Magickal Tarot (Tony Willis)**
>The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards (Michael Dummett)
>The Haindl Tarot (Rachel Pollack)*
>The Enchanted Tarot (Amy Zerner & Monte Farber)
>A Keeper of Words; Legend, The Arthurian Tarot (Anna-Marie Ferguson)
>The Arthurian Tarot Course; A Quest For All Seasons (Caitlin Matthews
>The Celtic Tarot (Helena Paterson)
>The Dragon Tarot (Terry Donaldson)

and for a more Qabalistic approach to tarot...

>The Qabalistic Tarot (Robert Wang)**
>Highways of the Mind; The Art and History of Pathworking (Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki)*
>The Tree of Ecstasy; An Advanced Manual of Sexual Magic (Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki)
>The Mystical Qabalah (Dion Fortune)*
>777, and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aliester Crowley (Aliester Crowley)

and some related materials...

>A Dictionary of Symbols (J.E Cirlot)*
>An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols (J.C Cooper)**

*- these are very good, imo.
**- these are indispensible!

[Silver Venus]

WOW Greenman you could start your own tarot libary! Thats quite a collection :)

[Theres]

yeah well, i've been collecting them for quite awhile now.
i only have 19 decks, but i just saw one of them on ebay for $170! that was exciting! it's an o/p deck called 'The Magickal Tarot' that i received as a gift from my teacher, and it's one of my favorites.
of course, i would NEVER get rid of it, but it's neat to know it's worth some bucks!

[tarotbear]

If I ever get my book printed ( mid-2003) - anyone want to add that to their collection?

[Theres]

you bet!

[Flaire-FireStar]

Sure. :D