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How to Use Tarot Spreads (Llewellyn's How to Series)

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First of all, I would like to say that this book is FANTASTIC. This author, Sylvia Abraham, really understands life's problems and questions. She has created the most exact tarot card reading layouts and accurate interpretations I have ever read...I've been studying Tarot for over 30 years, and I know "truth" when I read it! She accurately answers real questions about: love, money, home, children, legal issues, jobs, moving...and more. I do recommend this book to Tarot card beginners as well as Tarot card professionals.

As with 'How to Read the Tarot' by the same author, I found the spread practicing to be clear and concise. I actually laid out the spreads and followed the definitions. By doing that I was able to visualize the definitions. Now when I do spreads for people the symbols race to the front of my mind versus trying to remember the defined words. This book is very worth it at this price.

This book is the book I have been needing to add to my collection. It has 36 or so different spreads for a multitude of divinations and covers many different areas and questions other books do not. It however does not give an in-depth "how to" do a reading or detailed descriptions/meanings of the cards, only a very brief introduction. Based on that, I have to say it is not for beginners. It is best when one has a decent knowledge and familarity with the cards and basic layouts such as the traditional celtic cross. It also gives sample readings of each layout, but I have to say that I do not really look at those, they are just a guideline to how the cards fit that particular spread I suppose, but I like to make my own interpretations and not be influenced by another's style or interpretation. Other than that, it's a good addition to the more experienced reader's library, mine is quite dog-eared!

First of all, I would like to say that this book is FANTASTIC and worth every penny. This author, Sylvia Abraham, really understands life's problems and questions. This book was long overdue and has fulfilled a need for tarot card layouts that pinpoint EXACT situation areas, such as: love, money, home, children, legal issues, jobs, moving...and more. A novice, using this book as a guide, could perform an amazing first time card reading. This book answers very real questions with interpretations that are extremely accurate. Having studied Tarot Cards for over 30 years, I know truth when I read it! I do recommend this book to Tarot card beginners as well as Tarot card professionals.

I was falsely led to believe this book would be great, based on a couple of reviews I read, thinking that the key word system would offer me faster memory methods. However, after buying this one and also the Read The Tarot book by Abraham, I was very disappointed with both. This book offers her many ideas on new or different spreads, which are cute and perhaps some are useful, but to write a whole book and not really offer much, well that tells it accurately pretty much. The Read the Tarot book is also very limited. If you want a shortcut to reading the tarot, this is it. But be warned that such topics are much better read at their length than some quick read scheme. Its the black and white version of things, so to speak. This is this and that is that, where really we begin to find that the tarot has so much grey space, and other colors that there is no finite definition for anything. Her review of sword cards are the most frustrating, because she assumes that all swords are problems, cut and dry. So if you look up the five of swords, for example, she goes with her key word system of "I believe"and swords is problems, so the five of swords you would have to remember always is "I believe in problems and troubles." Such an analysis is both extremely weak and pitiful, doing little to really understanding a card. Better said, these books by Abraham are appalingly lacking in substance, and her idea is to be quick because time is money, you get the sense that its all about rushing and making money, where in reality the Tarot is about timelessness, and slow methodical learning, to grasp the nuances of each card and spread to really understand the complexity of human nature!

This is the best tool I've ever used. Her book makes reading your cards come alive and comprehensive. I use this book every night. The spreads really do speak to me, and I now understand the relationships between upright and inverted. This is the only book you'll ever need!

This is a great book. So easy to read and understand. It gives tons of great spreads to use for every occassion. It also breaks up the Tarot deck and explains it in a way that is different from how I've seen in other books. I highly recommend it.

If you want to try new spreads, this book has lots. However, I thought the explanations and uses of the spreads were too specific and not flexible enough. I don't use any of them, because I find these particular spreads confusing and difficult to use. It also gives short and simple meanings for each of the cards, including the numerological, elemental, and astrological associations, which is helpful and convenient, but not detailed enough if you don't have a more comprehensive book or a detailed understanding of the cards. There are better books out there on non-traditional spreads. I only use this one when I need a quick reminder for a card's meaning.

I bought this book for the unique spreads and read it thoroughly. I would have liked to see explanations for why the cards are laid out in certain order and places. I thought the questions were too specific and would be difficult to answer with numerous cards. Interesting spreads, good subject matter, not well executed or explained at all. Please rewrite the book, Ms. Abraham and I will buy it again.

First of all, I would like to say that this book is FANTASTIC and worth every penny. This author, Sylvia Abraham, really understands life's problems and questions. This book was long overdue and has fulfilled a need for tarot card layouts that pinpoint EXACT situation areas, such as: love, money, home, children, legal issues, jobs, moving...and more. A novice, using this book as a guide, could perform an amazing first time card reading. This book answers very real questions with interpretations that are extremely accurate. Having studied Tarot Cards for over 30 years, I know truth when I read it! I do recommend this book to Tarot card beginners as well as Tarot card professionals.