Holistic Tarot Supplement Study Guide - Reader
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTThis text is offered as a supplement to Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth(North Atlantic Books, 2015) by Benebell Wen.Study Guide for the Advanced Tarot StudentThis study guide presumes that you have a tarot deck in the Rider Waite Smith tradition, a copyof Holistic Tarot, and have completed the Study Guide for the Intermediate Tarot Student.Session1 Reading from Holistic Tarot TextRuminations & Practicum;Rec. Additional ReadingUsing Tarot to Build Resilience Chapter 28: Using Tarot to BuildResiliencep. 593-608 Optimism Confidence Humor ExpressionListing the Seven CharacteristicsCreate seven lists, one for each of the sevencharacteristics of resilient people: optimism,confidence, humor, expression, focus,connections, and devotion. Focus Connections DevotionBegin with an ordered deck and study eachcard intently, looking for these characteristics.Decide for yourself whether the cardexpresses optimism, confidence, humor,expression, focus, connections, and devotion.Write the card down in the corresponding list.Note that one card may appear on more than onelist.Keep these lists in your tarot journal.Thinking about tarot through the framework ofthe characteristics needed to build resilience willfurther empower your readings and enable youto pinpoint exactly which traits a seeker needs todevelop for success when the correspondingcards come up in a reading.Celtic Cross Resilience ReadingPractice a Celtic Cross reading, and as youinterpret the cards, analyze each card as denotingthe presence or absence of the seven1
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTcharacteristics of resilience. Note the analyticalmethod set forth in the case study for Jane. Theanalytical method is explained on p. 605-608.Apply the same methodology to your CelticCross reading. Chapter 28, “PositiveToday, oracle cards are often used to tailorpositive affirmations for seekers, with keywordsor phrases appearing on the oracle cards toemphasize the positive message. Suchaffirmations are latent within the tarot already.The author’s suggested affirmations for thecards appear on p. 609-614.Affirmations in Tarot”Note. Sessions 4-8 of the StudyGuide for the Beginner TarotStudent covers PositiveAffirmations. If you did notcomplete the Beginner sessions,then review the following:Initial PracticumTo see whether the positive affirmationsapproach resonates with your practice, wait for amoment when you are not feeling your fulloptimistic self and in solitude, shuffle your tarotdeck, fan out the cards, reflect inward, beingopen and receptive, and draw a single card. Noreversals will be observed.Look up the corresponding affirmation forthat card on p. 609-614.Did the affirmation resonate with you in themoment? Write down the affirmation and keep iton you for the next few days, remembering totake time out to look at it and let the messageabsorb.If the initial practicum yields positive resultsfor you, then consider incorporating thetechnique into your practice.See also Chapter 14, “TheAdjustment Card” and “TheShadow Card.”p. 400-404Chapter 28“Affirmations in the MajorArcana” (p. 609-610);“Affirmations in the Suit ofWands” (p. 611);“Affirmations in the Suit ofCups” (p. 612);“Affirmations in the Suit ofSwords” (p. 613);“Affirmations in the Suit ofPentacles” (p. 614).Practicum: The Adjustment Card and PositiveAffirmationsNote the technique of using Adjustment orShadow cards, p. 400-404. Practice reading aspread for a question and at the close, draw afinal card and look up the correspondingaffirmation on p. 609-614. That correspondingaffirmation is the final uplifting message to leavethe seeker with.2
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTFormulating Your Own AffirmationsRead through the given affirmations in the text.Keep and use the ones that resonate with you,but cross out the ones that do not and write inyour own.2Tarot Ethics Chapter 19: Assuaging SeekersWhen a Reading Seems Negativep. 499-505 Chapter 24: InappropriateNote. There is a typographical and image errorunder the section title, “’NEGATIVE’ MAJORARCANA CARDS” on p. 503. The Ten of Swordspictured under the Major Arcana cards shouldappear under Minor Arcana cards on p. 504-505.Apologies for any confusion.Rephrasing QuestionsHow a question is phrased can greatly determinethe quality and utility of a reading. Create amaster reference list in your tarot journal withthe following suggested methods for rephrasingseeker questions:Questionsp. 540-558 What energies are relevant to ? What do I need to know about ? How do I obtain/achieve/overcome ? Where am I most blind when it comes to ? What am I not seeing or refusing to see about ? What do I need to understand to progress positively frommy present situation?Practicum on Rephrasing QuestionsOn the bottom of p. 544, see the firstquestion: “I’ve been diagnosed with cancer.Should I proceed with chemotherapy or try anatural, holistic approach?”1. Per your own personal ethicalguidelines, does the questionpresented need to be rephrased?2. If not, then continue to the nextpractice question on the bottom of p.545 (“I just found out I’m pregnant,and I’m only fifteen. Should I keep thebaby?”). If yes, you would rephrase3
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTthe question, then write out how youwould rephrase the question and howyou would approach the issue ofrephrasing with the seeker.Continue the above two-step inquiry witheach question presented in the chapter, p.544-558. Be sure to review the author’ssuggested approach to rephrasing andconsider how your own approach might besimilar or different from the author’s. Thinkabout what ways you agree with the author’sapproach and what ways you disagree, andhow these points can better help you defineyour own ethical approach to rephrasingquestions. Chapter 25: EthicalYour Code of EthicsAt this time there is no universally agreed uponethical code governing tarot practitioners, thoughprivate tarot associations may govern the ethicalcode of conduct that its members are required touphold (such as the American Tarot Associationor the Tarot Association of the British Isles). Forthe advanced tarot practitioner, especially onewith aspirations to become a professional, apersonal code of ethics is imperative.Considerationsp. 559-563Supplement: Sample Code ofEthical Conduct for TarotProfessionals(Download from tic-tarotsupplements/)Draft your personal code of ethics to apply toyour tarot practice and keep that code in yourtarot journal.The supplemental download provides a samplecode of ethics that can be used as reference,written with the tarot professional in mind.4
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENT3The Opening of the Key Chapter 30, Introductionp. 630-631The particular instructions tothe Opening of the Key setforth in the Holistic Tarot textare based on publicly availablewritings by MacGregorMathers, Aleister Crowley,and Paul Foster Case. Chapter 12, “Left-RightSymbolism in the Court Cards”p. 275-276See also End Notes for Chapter 11,note 1 (p. 882); Chapter 12, note 7(p. 833) Chapter 30, “First Operation: TheOpening and the Narrative”p. 631-639Appendix B1. Solar SystemSymbols (for 9 planetarycorrespondences)p. 741For the purposes of the Openingof the Key, note the following:Although the Opening of the Key divinationmethod may not have been considered advancedin the context of how it was taught, today formost practitioners, it is considered a moreadvanced technique. The methods set forth inHolistic Tarot represents a contemporary andpersonal reconciliation of the many texts publiclyavailable about the Opening of the Key, much ofwhich contradicts one another (hence the needfor reconciliation). As a result, the methodsinstructed are at best mere derivatives of theoriginal Opening of the Key, whatever that“original” might be. The end notes in the bookprovide sources and references if you would liketo learn more about the method. Today, PaulHughes-Barlow would be considered one of thepreeminent masters on the Opening of the Key.RuminationWhen a signifier faces left at the opening in theFirst Operation, what might that indicate aboutthe seeker’s disposition or outlook toward thesituation? What about when a signifier facesright? How might a practitioner incorporate thesegeneral metaphysical insights into the reading?Perform the First Operation as taught earlier inChapter 11. However, the operation in theOpening of the Key (“OOTK”) continues fromthe instructions in Chapter 11. Here in the OOTK,the cards in the relevant pile are laid out in acircle and card counting is employed. Selectedcards are read as a narrative and then paired offas discussed in Chapter 30. The pairs are assessedper elemental dignities.Supplement: Glyph Correspondences for theOpening of the Key Key 0: The Fool is an Elemental, andso instead of the Uranuscorrespondence, is Air Key 12: The Hanged Man is an5
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTElemental, and so instead of theNeptune correspondence, is Water Key 20: Judgement is an Elemental,and so instead of the Plutocorrespondence, is Fire(Download from stictarot-supplements/)The foregoing supplement provides thecorrespondences needed to execute the Openingof the Key. If a practitioner will be adopting themethod into regular practice, then set aside onetarot deck for the Opening of the Key and writein the corresponding glyphs. For one familiarwith astrology, the glyphs will make itimmediately apparent to the practitioner whethera card is elemental, planetary, or a zodiac card,per the reference chart on p. 634. Thecorresponding numerical values should be asimple matter to commit to memory. Note thatthe majority view is shown, and does not reflectthe author’s personal approach or practices. Alsonote the Key 8 and Key 11 correspondences,which will be dependent on whether a Tarot deMarseille (TDM), Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS), orThoth deck is used.Apendix B2. ZodiacConstellations (for 12 zodiac signcorrespondences)p. 742Appendix B12. AstrologicalCorrespondences of the MinorArcana (for the 36 decans)p. 755-757Video Supplement: The FirstOperation of the Opening of theKey (OOTK)(Link to c-tarotsupplements/) Chapter 30, “Second Operation:Basic knowledge of astrological houses would beThe Twelve Astrological Houses” helpful here. The deck is distributed into twelvep. 639-647piles that correspond with the twelve houses inan astrological chart. Each pile expresses the areaof life that corresponds with its astrologicalSupplement: GlyphCorrespondences for the Opening house. Locate the house that the signifier is inand read that string of cards as a narrative, thenof the Keypair off and assess the pairs per elementaldignities. The text illustrates both the Clock Hour(Download from Website:Position and the Zodiac Position for thehttp://benebellwen.com/aboutplacement of cards.the-book/holistic-tarotsupplements/)Video Supplement: The SecondOperation of the OOTK(Link to Video:http://benebellwen.com/about-6
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTthe-book/holistic-tarotsupplements/) Chapter 30, “Third Operation:Basic knowledge of astrological signs would behelpful here. The deck is distributed into twelvepiles again, either in the Clock Hour Position orZodiac Position, at the practitioner’s discretion.Then only the top-most card of each of the twelvepiles is turned over and read. The twelve turnedcards are read as a zodiac spread per the topicassociations of the twelve signs. Housecorrespondences are also considered.The Twelve Astrological Signs”p. 647-651Video Supplement: The ThirdOperation of the OOTK(Download from tic-tarotsupplements/) Chapter 30, “Fourth Operation:The Thirty-Six Decans (The Key)”For the Fourth Operation, the cards can bedistributed either of two ways.p. 651-656The first is illustrated in the text (i.e., theillustrations on p. 652 and 653), with the signifierSupplement: GlyphCorrespondences for the Opening card face up, but the rest of the cards distributedface down. In doing so, after setting down theof the Keysignifier, the deck in your hands would beflipped over and in effect, the bottom-most card(Download from Website:that was in your hands becomes the top-mosthttp://benebellwen.com/aboutcard, and the first card set down into the thirtythe-book/holistic-tarotsix decans. Then, once all cards have beensupplements/)distributed into the thirty-six piles correspondingwith the thirty-six decans in traditional WesternVideo Supplement: The Fourthastrology, you commence card counting from theOperation of the OOTKsignifier, and each pile you land on, the top-mostcard is turned over face up, read, and the card(Download from Website:counting istic-tarotThe second method, which is not illustrated insupplements/)the text but is demonstrated in the videosupplement, the cards are distributed card facesup, but once all cards have been distributed andthe card-counting commences, only the top-mostface up card is read.The author’s personal approach for the Fourth7
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTOperation is to distribute the cards in the deckface up, which is not the method illustrated in thebook.Some practitioners will also employ card pairingagain for the Fourth Operation after reading thenarrative, and assess the pairs per elementaldignities. Some practitioners will skip the pairingtechnique for the Fourth Operation. In the text,card pairing is skipped for the Fourth Operation.The author’s typical approach is to skip cardpairing in the Fourth Operation, and to only readthe selected cards as a narrative, but for certainseeker inquiries, if the author as practitioner feelscalled to do so, card pairing will be employed inthe Fourth Operation.Note also the author’s suggested alternativespread to the thirty-six decans of the FourthOperation. You are encouraged to learn theOOTK technique as instructed in the book perpublicly available primary texts and then modifyit according to your intuitive needs and practices,as the author has done per p. 655. Chapter 30, “Fifth Operation: The The deck is distributed card faces down into the tenTen Sephiroth”piles corresponding with the ten sephiroth of theTree of Life. The diagram for the spread is on p.658.p. 657-663Video Supplement: The FifthOperation of the OOTKOnce all cards have been distributed into the tenpiles, start with Card Pile 1, corresponding withthe Crown Sephirot, and search for the signifier.The pile or corresponding Sephirot that thesignifier card is found in will indicate furtherdevelopment of the Key to the seeker’s inquiry.See p. 659-660 for the Sephiroth correspondences.(Download from tic-tarotsupplements/)Note also the author’s personal alternativeapproach to the Fifth Operation on p. 660. Reading End NotesFor a more in-depth study of the Opening of the Key,the following books are recommended:End notes that you may find8
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTinteresting or helpful inunderstanding the main text: 2, 3,4 (p. 840); 5 (p. 840-841); 6, 7 (p.8410); 8 (p. 841-842); 9, 10, 11 (p.842); 12 (p. 842-843); 14 (p. 843);16 (p. 843-844); 17, 20 (p. 844).4Paul Hughes-Barlow and Catherine Chapman,Beyond the Celtic Cross: Secret Techniques for TakingTarot to an Exciting New Level (Aeon Books, 2009)and Paul Hughes-Barlow, Tarot and the Magus:Opening the Key to Divination, Magick and the HolyGuardian Angel (Aeon Books, 2004).The Tarot de Marseille and the Thoth Chapter 31: Tarot de MarseilleWhile Holistic Tarot and these study guides arekeyed to the Rider-Waite-Smith system, theadvanced practitioner should be readily familiarwith all three, including the Tarot de Marseilleand Thoth. At this time it is recommended thatthe practitioner invest in both a Tarot deMarseille and a Thoth deck to work and practicewith.and Thothp. 664-669 THE TAROT DE MARSEILLEPracticum Keywords. Order the deck and create amaster reference sheet of keywords for eachWith Marseille-based decks, acommon approach is to have thecard. Compare and contrast with your RWSMajors that appear in a spreadinterpretive approach.lead the reading. Courts then take Spreads. Practice reading with the deckon a literal or figurative meaning, using spreads from your repertoire.not unlike the interpretiveapproaches from Holistic Tarot.For the Minors, one method iscreative-intuitive, which is toessentially scry into the formsand figures on the card and havethe imagination pick up wherethe lines of the drawings end tocreate narratives out of theblended imagery.The other is more analytical, andyet integrates a variety of esotericstudies, such as astrologicalcorrespondences, numerology,elemental dignities and affinities,9For reading with the Tarot de Marseille, theCyclopedia chapter of the Holistic Tarot textcan be used for the Major Arcana (althoughnote the Key 8 and Key 11 switch) and therelevant sections on court cards.For learning how to read the pips in theMinor Arcana, review the following sections: The Significance of Numbers, p. 432 The Significance of Suits, p. 435 Elemental Dignities, p. 437 Elemental Affinities in the Minor Arcana, p. 449Intuitive Reading, p. 454
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTand Qabalistic Tree of Lifesephiroth correspondences. Late 19th century and early 20thcentury Marseille-based decksreinterpreted by occultists, suchas the Oswald Wirth Tarot,embed rich esoteric symbologyinto the Minors, and so a muchgreater knowledge of traditions isoften required to read holisticallywith an esoteric Marseille-baseddeck. Astrological Complements, p. 745Major Arcana and Minor Arcanaelemental combinations, p. 746-750General Numerological Associations, p.784Numerology and the Four Suits, p. 785The Decans, p. 755-757Glyph Correspondences for the Openingof the Key (Supplemental stic-tarot-supplements/)Interpreting Tarot through Astrology(Supplemental stic-tarot-supplements/)(although note the Key 8 and Key 11switch)Recommended Reading: Dr. Ben-Dov Yoav, Tarot: The OpenReading (self published through AmazonDigital Services, 2013) Alejandro Jodorowsky and MarianneCosta, The Way of Tarot: The SpiritualTeacher in the Cards (Destiny Books, 2011). THE THOTH TAROTPracticum Keywords. Order the deck and create aThe author views the Thoth Tarot master reference sheet of keywords for eachas the most powerful of the three card. Compare and contrast with your RWStarot systems, and is less inclined interpretive approach.to recommend it to beginners Spreads. Practice reading with the deckbecause a certain level ofusing spreads from your repertoire.proficiency with esotericknowledge and occult practiceshould be attained prior toworking with the Thoth. It canwork as a beginner’s deck forthose individuals who have somefoundational knowledge in10Recommended Reading: Lon Milo DuQuette, UnderstandingAleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot (WeiserBooks, 2003)
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTesotericism or who know theywill be using the tarot primarilyfor occult practices.5 Gerd Ziegler, Tarot: Mirror of the Soul:Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot(Weiser Books, 2011) Michael Osiris Snuffin, The ThothCompanion: The Key to the True SymbolicMeaning of the Thoth Tarot (Llewellyn,2007) Angeles Arrien, The Tarot Handbook:Practical Applications of Ancient VisualSymbols (Putnam/Tarcher, 1997)The Holistic Practice of Tarot The Anatomy of a Professional General Inquiry with First OperationThis will be a writing exercise. Start by referringTarot Readingto the step-by-step analytical process outlined onp. 478-479 in the text. Locate your signifier card.Perform the First Operation. Note the pile thatthe signifier is located in. Begin with “STEPONE” on p. 478 under the “General Inquiry—First Operation” column and write down youranalysis, following the Step One. Collect thecards together again, shuffle and cut per yourcustom, and draw a single card. Proceed to“STEP TWO” and write down your analysis ofthe results per the step. Follow through to the“CONCLUSION” of the same column on p. 479,writing your analysis per the steps.Review Chapter 17: TarotReading: A Step-by-StepAnalytical Processp. 478-453General Inquiry, Direct ReadingThis will be a writing exercise following the stepby-step analytical process on p. 478-479. Withoutformulating any specific questions, perform athree-card reading and for each card drawn, followfrom Step One to Conclusion for each card. Thus,you should cycle through the analytical stepsthree times.Specific InquiryThis will be a writing exercise following the stepby-step analytical process on p. 478-479.11
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTFormulate a question to read for and select aspread of your choosing to read for that question.Then write out the interpretation for that readingby following the steps for each card drawn.The purpose of these overly-exhaustive andcumbersome exercises is to teach you how toorganize the contents of a professional reading.An actual professional reading need not exhausteach every single step as outlined in theseexercises, but once you master the technique, theskeleton of your readings will more or less reflectthese steps and maintaining a cohesive structureto all your readings will come as second nature. Chapter 29: Depth Diagnosticsp. 615-629 Integrating NumerologyRumination and PracticumThe Tina case study in the chapter illustrates howto apply Depth Diagnostics. Practice at least onereading using the six steps outlined in thechapter. Note the efficacy of the method foryourself and confirm whether to adopt any partof the methodology to your personal practice ormodify it to better fit your style.Practicum: Louisa May AlcottSee alsoChapter 14, “The Essence Card”p. 404-407Appendix F: NumerologicalAssociationsp. 783-785Louisa May Alcott comes to you, thepractitioner, for a tarot reading. Louisa’s dateof birth is November 29, 1832. Louisarequests a tarot reading about her lifepurpose.Prior to the tarot reading, considercalculating Louisa’s Essence Card to get asense of her personal disposition. Use thereference chart on p. 406 as a starting point,but be sure to exercise your own intuitionand interpretive process to talk aboutLouisa’s Essence Card.Appendix G: PythagoreanNumerologyp. 786-799Next, calculate Louisa’s Life Path number.Use Appendix G as reference. What basic12
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTinformation about Louisa’s life purpose canbe gleaned from her Life Path number?Review Appendix G2, specifically thereference tables on p. 796-797. Assess somebasic character traits from the letters inLouisa’s name. The first letter of her firstname (L) and the first letter of her last name(A) will be the most relevant. Her middleinitial (M) can offer insights intosubconscious or latent traits.Calculate Louisa’s Decisive Age. Using basicmath, determine the year that her DecisiveAge falls in. Generally, the impact of theDecisive Age will begin to trigger thepreceding year and can still be felt in thesubsequent year, so be sure to talk about allthree years as a range. Using Appendix G3 asreference, explain the significance of theDecisive Age to Louisa.[Historical Note: Alcott first began receivingcritical acclaim and success for her writingsin the 1860s.]Before commencing the tarot reading,consider using a signifier, and select Louisa’ssignifier card based on her astrological sunsign, and select from the court cards. Notegeneral characteristics attributed to hersignifier.Use the following pages as reference: Sun Sign Dates in Appendix B2,“Zodiac Signs,” p. 742 Reference tables on p. 237-238 Elemental character attributions on p.23913
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENT Note: Corresponding birth month anddates for each of the 12 zodiac signsare found in the reference table on p.240Court card characteristics, p. 270-276Appendix E, p. 774Finally, for the tarot reading, use a spreadthat can best answer Louisa’s question abouther life purpose, or use a spread that youhave devised on your own. The followingspreads from the book could work well forLouisa’s inquiry: Six Points Spread (p.319), V Formation or Horseshoe Spread (p.322), Seven Chakras Spread (p. 324), Insight Spread (p. 330), Ba Gua Spread (p. 377), The Rose (p. 389), or The Seashell (p. 396).Again, it is strongly recommended that youthink about the inquiry at hand and deviseyour own spread for answering life purposequestions. Chapter 16 (p. 462) instructs ondevising your own tarot spreads and thesupplemental download “Worksheet forDevising Your Own Spread” thataccompanied the Intermediate Study Guidecan be used.Practicum: Pamela Colman SmithPamela Colman Smith comes to you, thepractitioner, for a tarot reading. Pamela’sdate of birth is February 16, 1878. Pamelarequests a tarot reading about her life path.1. Determine her Essence Card and tellher about her life path through her14
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENT2.3.4.5.Essence Card. Note: Beyond thereference chart provided on p. 406,interpret the given Major Arcanum’straditional meaning as it might applyto life purposeAssess some basic character traitsfrom the letters in Pamela’s name. Thefirst letter of her first name (P) and thefirst letter of her last name (S) will bethe most relevant. Her middle initial(C) can offer insights intosubconscious or latent traits.Calculate Pamela’s Decisive Age anddetermine what year her Decisive Agewill fall in.Select Pamela’s signifier card based onher astrological sun sign. Note generalcharacteristics attributed to hersignifier.Perform a tarot reading to helpPamela get a more detailed sense ofher life path (expanding on her LifePath number) and what her lifepurpose might be. Note: Create yourown spread for this purpose or try oneof the spreads as suggested under theLouisa practicum.[Historical Note: In 1911, Smith converted toCatholicism.]Practicum: Your Life PurposeDo a tarot reading for yourself to consideryour own life purpose, integrating basicnumerology. First, consider your EssenceCard. Then consider your Life Path number,the numerological significance of the lettersof your name, and your Decisive Age. Thenconsider the corresponding character traits of15
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENTthe court card that is your signifier. Finally,select a tarot spread for your life purposereading. Log the reading in your tarotjournal. Integrating Basic AstrologyRumination and PracticumThe attributions in the right-most column ofthe “Interpreting Tarot through Astrology”supplement are attributions relating directlyto the elemental, planetary, zodiac sign, ordecan attribution that corresponds with eachof the 78 cards. Compare these astrologicalattributions with the traditional textbookmeanings of the cards. How might youintegrate these astrological attributions intoyour interpretive approach to the cards? Theastrological attributions on the supplementaldownload that resonate with you should benoted in either your tarot journal or writteninto the margins of the corresponding cardentry in the Cyclopedia.See alsoAppendix B: AstrologicalSymbols and ElementalAssociationsp. 740-757Supplement: Interpreting Tarotthrough Astrology(Download from tic-tarotsupplements/)Appendix B6, “AstrologicalComplements”p. 745PracticumRead about the Zodiac spread starting on p. 342in Chapter 14. Use a signifier, selected based onyour astrological sun sign. Following the text,perform a Zodiac reading for yourself. Note thequick reference sheet for the Zodiac spread inAppendix A, p. 713-714. To understand why thetwelve card positions correspond with the givenposition meanings, review the Housecorrespondence table on p. 631 and the Signscorrespondence table on p. 649.Appendices B7-10p. 746-750PracticumSeparate out the Majors only from your tarotdeck. Shuffle the Majors well and draw out 7cards into the V Formation or HorseshoeSpread. See the quick reference pages for thespread on p. 702-703. Turn to page 745. Did16
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCED TAROT STUDENTany combinations of Majors createastrological complements? What is thesignificance of the astrological complementsin your reading?PracticumPerform the First Operation (per Chapter 11,not per the OOTK) to see which area of yourlife the reading will focus on. Then proceedwith The Rose spread. The quick referencefor The Rose begins on p. 732. After the FirstOperation, note which element correspondedwith the card pile the signifier was found in.Separate out the Minors suit attributed tothat element. Also separate out the Majors.Shuffle the remaining Minors and lay out thefirst 7 cards of the spread. With the Suit pilethat was separated out per the FirstOperation results, lay out the next 3 cards inThe Rose spread. Then draw 2 cards from theMajors to complete The Rose spread. Turn toAppendices B7-10. Read the sectioncorresponding with the element representedby the Suit pile that was separated out. Notewhether any of the Majors noted in theAppendix appeared and the significance ofthe combinations. In the remaining Minors,note which suit dominates and whether anyMajors associated with that suit perAppendices B7-10 appeared in combinations.Note the significance.Additional Recommended Reading: Elizabeth Hazel, Tarot Decoded:Understanding and Using Dignities andCorrespondences (Red Wheel, 2004) Corrine Kenner, Tarot and Astrology:Enhance Your Readings With the Wisdom17
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENT Tarot and the QabalahChapter 14, “Tree of LifeSpread”p. 339-340Quick Reference Sheet, p. 710711“The Ten Sephiroth”p. 659-660See also Appendix B13. Tarot andthe Tree of Life Notes, p. 815-845of the Zodiac (Llewellyn, 2011).Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians (firstpublis
Study Guide for the Advanced Tarot Student This study guide presumes that you have a tarot deck in the Rider Waite Smith tradition, a copy of Holistic Tarot, and have completed the Study Guide for the Intermediate Tarot Student. Session Reading from Holistic Tarot Text Ruminations & Practicum; Rec. Addit
Alchemical Tarot, The Alchemical Tarot Renewed, The Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery, The Facsimile Italian Renaissance Woodcut Tarocchi, The Tarot of the Saints, The Buddha Tarot, The Vampire Tarot, The Angels Tarot, the Marziano Tarot, The New York Lenormand, a facsimile of an 1882 oracle deck and The Hermes Playing Card Oracle. He is the
he Rider-Waite tarot deck, also known as the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, is by far the most popular and well-known tarot deck in the world (other famous decks include Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot, the Deviant Moon tarot deck, and the French Marseille tarot deck). It is usually the first Tarot deck encountered by
1 HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENT This text is offered as a supplement to Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth (North Atlantic Books, 2015) by Benebell Wen. Interpreting Tarot through Astrology Card Nature Correspondence Glyph Reference Attributions
Best book for tarot card reading. Free books on tarot card reading. Tarot card reading book in hindi. Tarot card reading book in hindi pdf. Like it or not, at some point in your tarot reading career, you will be asked a yes or no question. And even if you're not a Tarot pro, you might be tempted to ask a personal yes/no question from time to time.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite (1910) Sacred-Texts Esoteric Neopagan Buy CD-ROM Buy books about Tarot The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite (1910) Get a Tarot Reading Note: to use the sacred-texts tarot reading applic
HOLISTIC TAROT SUPPLEMENT This text is offered as a supplement to Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth (North Atlantic Books, 2015) by Benebell Wen. Summary Log of Completed Readings for Beginner Practice
Bartlett, Sarah THE LOVE TAROT: Tarot Cards: Bartlett, Sarah THE TAROT BIBLE. Definitive Guide to Cards & Spread: Tarot: Bartolomeo, Louis J. ADAM AND EVE. A Tragic Love Story: Evolution:
American Revolution in 1788, when he and his contemporaries were still riding the wave of patriotism emanating from their fresh victory over the British Empire. These histories, marked by American prominence on a global scale, were written into the early 20th century as American patriotism was reinforced by further victory in the War of 1812 and by western expansion. By the latter point, they .
