DescriptionThe Amazing Book of Tarot and Card Predictions: Discover How Cards Can Help You to Divine the FutureFor those interested in learning the art of prediction or who wish to extend their studies, The Amazing Book of Tarot and Card Prediction will prove invaluable in furthering their knowledge. Learn from an experienced teacher how to unlock the mysteries of fortune-telling by cards. You will discover how to heighten your own inborn intuitive powers, and how to interpret the symbolism of Tarot and playing cards in order to foretell the future.Foretelling the future by means of divination has long held a compelling fascination for mankind, and over the ages reading the Tarot and practising cartomancy with conventional playing cards have become two of the most popular methods of looking into the future. If you are interested in learning how to unravel life’s mysteries, The Amazing Book of Tarot and Card Prediction will prove an invaluable aid to developing your knowledge and intuitive powers.The origins of Tarot cards remain shrouded in mystery. They may embody the wisdom of the esoteric religions of ancient Egypt and India, but the first historical reference to the Tarot links them to card games played in Europe around the time of the Renaissance. A pack consists of twenty-two symbolic picture cards, called the Major Arcana, and fifty-six playing cards divided into four suits: clubs, cups, swords, and coins – the Minor Arcana. A reading will involve the enquirer shuffling the cards and posing a question and the diviner laying them out in specific patterns, or spreads, and interpreting the cards. Each card carries its own meanings, as does each position in the spread that it occupies. In the interpretation the diviner seeks to focus on the symbolism of the cards and the significance of their relative positions to discover answers to questions that have been posed.This exciting book uses colour photography to explain the history and symbolism of the Tarot cards themselves, and the meanings and interpretations that attach to specific cards. It then shows in step-by-step form a variety of spreads that can be used for divinatory purposes – several of them specially devised for this book – and explains how such spreads may be interpreted. It also reveals how ordinary playing cards can similarly be used to divine the future, and includes a number of spreads showing how such cards may be arranged and interpreted, and explaining the mystic symbolism that a conventional pack of cards embodies.Softcover ~ Vintage ~ 1996
