Learning the Tarot
After spending at least an hour choosing the right one for me, I bought my first Tarot card deck today – the beautifully illustrated “TAROT of the Old Path”, absolutely packed with symbolic imagery. and I’ve just found a wonderful online course to learn how to properly use and read them:
LearnTarot.com – its a free online course, and you can use any deck, although its recommended you start out with the Rider-Waite Tarot, probably the most popular tarot, and it’s easy for beginners.
I desperately wanted the Buckland Romani Tarot but they have been out of print for two years.
Maybe somebody knows where I can find it second-hand for not too much?
lor
what beautiful illustrations. i have a william blake deck which is gorgeous, but quite complicated, so i never bring them out. sad really.
vitro nasu/eggplant
My favorite is Barbara Walker’s deck of cards.
http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/walker.htm
This one from zonezero – a deck by Mexican artist.
http://www.zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/tarot/ellocoen.html
Rabes on McClelland ave.
i agree with Nathan $699.80 maybe at one time Vhats up but now Ish don’t think so.
niqkita
I believe the Rider Waite has also long been my mom’s fav, though she also really likes the Geiger deck, it suits her dark side nicely. When I was growing up I was very fascinated by reading the cards, and knew them fairly well. Sadly, I pushed much of that knowledge to the far corners of my mind once I moved away from my parents.
Fuschia Faery
Keep a look out on Ebay (none there at the moment though) sometimes people sell these things without knowing what they are worth.
Dave used the Rider Waite ones for ages, I tried them but didn’t get far, kind of stuck to runes as I like the clarity of simplistic symbols. Have also painted our bathroom with them.
Cait
My favorite has remained the Rider Waite. I’ve had a Celtic Tarot. I had one Tarot deck that was absolutely awful. It was a “beginner’s” deck that said on the card what the reading was. I hated it. Threw it away. Still like the Rider Waite.
olivia
Hahahahaha you weirdo.
nathan
oh and hhahahahahah – “ace of rods” now that sounds sweet…
So there are what? Rods, swords, cauldrons and coins? as in clubs, spades, (somehow) hearts and diamonds?
And a joker and a some kings and a hand of blackjack?
Ooooh I can’t wait to see them all and play you a mean hand of Texas hold em.
nathan
Jesus Christ as a swearword! $700 to tell the future?
Ish don’t think so.