posted September 30, 2009 04:30 AM         

The Tarot History, Symbolism and divination by Robert M Place.The Everything Tarot book by M.J. Abaide. The General Principles of Astrology by Aleister Crowley and Evangeline Adams.Star Signs by Linda Goodman.www.toniallen.co.uk Surrey UK based Tarot Reader, Astrologer and Creative Artist, Toni Allen. Rider-Waite Learning To Read The Symbolism Of The Tarot, by Morgan Ki'ilehua. Tarot Reversals, www.youtube.com, by Kristel High-Correll. Tarot Course- The Tarot, www.youtube.com, by M. Rev. Donald Lewis. Tarot Teachings: A Fresh Look At Tarot Wisdom; www.tarotteachings.com by Avia Venefica. Tarot Colors and Symbols www.youtube.com by Amanda Goldston; Tarot: Reading the future by Didier Colin; Book of Tokens-Tarot Meditations by Paul Foster Case. Develop Your Intuition Through Tarot by Amanda Goldston

Whether you use the reverse card technique,or not it's entirely up to you. It all depends on how the cards work for you. Truthfully, the best readings I've received have been done by not using reversals. My teacher showed me that the surrounding cards will paint the picture, regardless--But to each their own. There are also so many secrets in the tarot that I learned that are not in the books (such as getting names, depicting spiritual attacks, among others). Try to partner with a very skillfull teacher to give you pointers; and most importantly, one whom you trust. My teacher dedicated all of her life reading Tarot.

The 4's all tend to represent situations where TIME is a factor to be considered. Each card has a picture and very often you can get an immediate idea of the meaning of a tarot card, just by looking at the card.
Quick tips for understanding Tarot Card Meanings.

• Look at the picture on the card - what can you see? What is actually going on in the card?
  
• What are the dominant colors? Are they light and bright? Are they dark and challenging?
  
• What immediate feelings or reaction do you get as you look at the card?
  
• Do you hear any words in your head as you look at the card?

That is probably your Intuition trying to connect with you. Those messages will be correct for you, even though they may differ from the tarot card meanings that you find in books.

Just like any good book, the Tarot builds momentum, its plot thickens. Knowing one card is a product or has been birthed from the previous card gives us a foothold on meaning.

Timing:

Pentacles--Spring
Cups—Summer
Swords—Winter
Wands—Fall

*Kings are adult females of ages 45 on. Culmination or accomplishment of a goal.

If you also implement Numerology in your reading here is the Chaldean Numerology System. The meanings of the numbers are listed after the end of all of the cards, which are excerpts from Star Signs by Linda Goodman:

1-The Sun
2-The Moon
3-Jupiter
4-Uranus
5-Mercury
6-Venus
7-Neptune
8-Saturn
9-Mars
10-Wheel of Fortune
11- A Lion Muzzled--A Clenched Fist
12- The Sacrifice--The Victim
13- Regeneration--Change
14- Movement…Challenge
15- The Magician
16- The Shattered Citadel
17- The Star of the Magi
18- Spiritual-Material Conflict
19- The Prince of Heaven
20- The Awakening
21- The Crown of the Magi
22- Submission--and Caution
23- The Royal Star of the Lion
24- Love--Money—Creativity
25- Discrimination and Analysis
26- Partnerships
27- The Sceptre
28- The Trusting Lamb
29- Grace Under Pressure
30- The Loner--Meditation
31- The Recluse--The Hermit
32- Communication
33- Love and Magic

Life is the spiritual journey of the soul whose origin and destination are the same God or Spirit if you will. Ancient belief is that all matter is composed of five elements: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth, present in all things and creatures. Air: awareness and thought; Fire: action and manifestation; Water: reaction and emotion; Earth: integration and structure. The fifth element is Spirit which gives life to all things and with which nothing will exist. This concept runs through the Tarot and is the key consequently and considering the meaning of the 22 major arcana cards. The cards are divided into five groups of four—one group per each element, the remaining two cards, The Fool and The World, line naturally outside of the system—in each of these five quartets, the 1st three cards refer to condition, and the 4th card to the natural result of those conditions:

0: Primordial deity—Air
1: Creation, the masculine aspect of God
2: Spirit, or Goddess, or the feminine aspect of God
3: In soul universe
4: Time and structure of perception—Fire
5: Communication between spirit and human
6: Choice and lessons
7: Material advancement and success
8: Spiritual advancement and success—Water
9: Seeker
10: What fate gives the seeker
11: What fate the seeker makes of himself
12: Process of learning and growing—Earth
13: Eternal cycle which facilitates growth
14: Acquisition and integration of knowledge
15: Material illusion, the veil
16: Piercing material illusion—Spirit
17: Piercing illusion through vision and inner work
18: Piercing illusion through religion and ritual
19: Piercing illusion through material experiences
20: The enlightening person was overcome illusion
21: Deity after enlightment

Here will be seeing that the major arcana of the Tarot tell the story of existence from before 1st creation through the journey of the soul, through the ultimate reunion of the soul with deity, thus it might me said to be true that the Tarot does indeed contain the fable secrets of the universe.
M. Rev. Donald Lewis~

I hope you all enjoy the revisiting of the Tarot,

SilverStone
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