The Essential Guide to the Tarot

This book offers a practical overview for the modern seeker who wishes to use the tarot system to explore their hidden anxieties, desires, tensions and contradictions. It describes the history and symbolism of the Tarot, and then goes on to clarify in detail the meanings of the individual cards of the Major and Minor Arcana and the special characteristics of the four suits (Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles). It also explains how to deal and read the cards in tried-and-tested formats, such as the Horseshoe and the Celtic Cross.