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Simple Fortunetelling with Tarot Cards: Corrine Kenner's Complete Guide

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I find I really like the way the Author shows 3 cards - Rider-Waite, Llewellyn & Crowley explaining each one for each card - I also like the way the author further gives keywords for each card
Overall I feel it worth the investment & if others love Tarot the way I do and want a book that will help explain the cards - this book will do it

I'm about half way through the book right now, it's very easy to understand, even with the more detailed information. Card descriptions show three different artist's renderings so you can get a better idea. Great starter book that I know I will be referring to for years.

I absolutely love this book. It covers the numerology, card definitions, reversals and a little history on the cards as well. If you're a beginner, I can't recommend this book highly enough. It DOES NOT come with any Tarot cards.

I saw this book in the bookstore and immediately like how it was written. The author's style is very clear and down to earth. There was no high-flung mystical symbolism requiring you to study in order to 'get it'. And I like the author's interpretations of what the cards could mean within the context of giving advice or predicting an outcome. I especially liked how the author mentioned how cards indicate timeframes (hours, days, seasons, etc.) I've only seen that in Duquette's book, "The Chicken Qabalah" (Tarot chapter), which imho is too verbose and pretentious to be used as a practical reference for the non-magician Tarot reader.

However I had two issues with the book. First, although the author included 'key words' to help readers remember what the cards were about, I saw cases where the prediction provided didn't correlate with the key words. Secondly, I thought the book "Tarot made Easy" did a better job with providing plausible readings for just about any scenario a person could possible have for wanting a Tarot reading. "Simple Fortunetelling..." only provided one or two predictions, requiring the reader to still figure out how the interpretation would be modified for say, a job interview or a non-romantic relationship. When doing a reading, not all the cards in a spread predict an outcome. Usually, several cards help to describe a situation with one card being the 'outcome' card or the reader sees the cards and deducts whether the outcome is favorable or not. So I felt the book was lacking in accomodating those viewpoints as well.

I don't really know anything about Tarot cards but I wanted to learn.

I thought this book would come with a set of cards and explain them.

But no cards and since I don't have any it was a waste of time.