Step by Step Tarot

Step by Step Tarot
Terry Donaldson

An excellent introductory course that demystifies the ancient art of tarot reading. With equal appeal for both the beginner and the more experienced student, this complete guide gives you all the training you need to start accessing the ancient wisdom of the tarot.This comprehensive workbook guides you through a practical step-by-step course that is fun and simple to use. It gives all the advice you need to choose the right pack and learn the meanings of each card. Various spreads are described, along with tips to help you achieve accurate readings.Whether you feel that you have psychic qualites you’d like to develop, or have a more down-to-earth interest, this book contains all you need to start working with the tarot. If you have been studying the subject but do not feel confident enough to read for other people, this is the ideal book to help you develop your skills.

STEP-BY-STEP

TAROT

A COMPLETE COURSE IN

TAROT READERSHIP

Terry Donaldson

CONTENTS

Title Page (#ud36358dd-f224-5bf7-a7a9-c7ee6b28d0fe)

Introduction and Historical Origins (#ud8a562ed-3681-54f8-8963-10527c7fce4c)

1. Effortless Effort (#u16424f88-7af5-513c-ac8c-86e5b66d2d35)

2. A Deck You Will Be Comfortable With (#u10c84b93-981f-59d8-a10a-6d6492810b49)

3. How the Tarot Works (#u31196eff-a942-5765-a6d4-4097819b2196)

4. Story-Telling with the Tarot (#ub15223dc-516c-5751-ab82-26f42c9ce671)

5. Tarot Worksheets (#ue6c4a4a5-730a-5151-b573-e50af9c3ff66)

6. The Heightened Meanings (#u772b006e-cead-5a1e-ba1d-4267494724b9)

7. The Court Cards (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Concentrated Meanings (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Spreads and Layouts (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Card Reversals (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Practical Tarot Guidelines (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Now About Those Cards You Can’t Remember (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Doing the Same with Playing Cards (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Brainstorming the Four Elements (#litres_trial_promo)

15. Meditation with the Tarot (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Twinning (#litres_trial_promo)

17. About The ‘Negative’ Cards (#litres_trial_promo)

18. Use a Tape Recorder (#litres_trial_promo)

19. How to Avoid Depletion (#litres_trial_promo)

20. Where to Go from Here (#litres_trial_promo)

Appendix (#litres_trial_promo)

Code of Tarot Readership (#litres_trial_promo)

Bibliography (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Other Books By (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL ORIGINS (#ulink_434b0b10-7794-5951-8c29-d0a17937fe8c)

WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH

There have been many books on the Tarot, but never one like this.

This book has come into existence as a result of my training other people in the field of Tarot readership, of having trained personally over 1,000 people in the subject to a high standard, in many countries and in many languages, and on a one-to-one basis over a 20-year period.

The techniques which I am giving you in this manual are techniques which I know work, and, if you follow them through, will enable you to experience the wonder which the Tarot holds in store for you.

The experience of Tarot readership is not a trivial one. To desire to work with the Tarot, whether to be able to do readings and to help other people or even for one’s own insight into the meaning of life is a really enjoyable thing to be able to do!

HOW THE TAROT CAN HELP

The Tarot has always held a great deal of mystery down through the ages, especially for those who have desired to become more familiar with its message.

It is a message - or a map - of how we may achieve greater fulfilment in our lives, through a balancing of the emotional aspects with the material. Not through a denial of either. Many people can’t see a way out of their problems because they do not have an alternative point of reference from which they can begin to see what choices they do have. The Tarot reading can be that starting-point for many.

It is important that the Tarot reading is well delivered. It is not enough just to say things off the top of one’s head in the hope that maybe some of it will stick or somehow make sense to the Querent. (A ‘Querent’ is someone who has come to ask a question from the Tarot.) It is also important that the reader is able to work directly from the imagery of the cards, without having to disturb the continuity of the reading by breaking off to get out a book to check on the meanings of cards.

There is an intellectual discipline involved in learning how to read the Tarot, just as there was a discipline involved in first learning how to read the words which you are looking at now. But it is not a difficult one. There is a sensitivity involved in the art of reading the Tarot. It is not a mechanical process either. You could say that it is a bit similar to learning a craft.

MISGUIDED NOTIONS

There are people out there who still cling to the outdated notion that to be able to read the Tarot you have to be born with a hereditary gift to do so; that the art of Tarot reading is something akin to having dimples or buck teeth: it would have to come down the family line.