Magical Destinations of the Northeast by Natalie Zaman

2017) is by Melissa Cynova, who practices and teaches tarot. Kitchen Table Tarot: Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let’s Talk Tarot (Llewellyn, Apr. Moore is the author of a half dozen other books on tarot, including The Steampunk Tarot and Tarot of the Hidden Realm. Your Tarot, Your Way: Learn to Read with Any Deck by Barbara Moore (Llewellyn, Sept.) shows readers how to build tarot skills from the ground up and use their readings to explore the practice as a method of spiritual growth.

Louis teaches basic reading techniques for a variety of tarot systems, including Marseilles, Rider-Waite, and Thoth, and encourages the use of tarot for insight and self-understanding, as well as fortune-telling. Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Tarot: A Comprehensive Guide by Anthony Louis (Aug.) traces the history of tarot and explains card meanings and spreads, offering guidance to both beginners and advanced readers. Long-time practitioner Gilchrist zeros in on the major arcana, or trumps, of the Marseilles Tarot, including the Fool’s Mirror, a new method for laying out the cards.Īnother publisher with an emphasis on the topic is Llewellyn, which also has three new books on tap: Tarot Triumphs: Using the Marseilles Tarot Trumps for Divination and Inspiration by Cherry Gilchrist (Weiser, Sept.).

Weber, a Wiccan priestess, writer, and tarot adviser, offers exercises to prompt readers’ own interpretations, as well as original tarot spreads and layouts, plus tips on finding the right deck, honing the practice, and avoiding common pitfalls. Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself by Courtney Weber (Weiser, Nov.) is a guide to reading ones own tarot cards, which is usually done by a tarot practitioner. Kerber says it is their first original tarot book and card deck in 40 years. It is based on the English magic tradition and spans the period from the reigns of Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth to the Restoration. Weiser’s big book is The English Magic Tarot (Oct.), with illustrations by Rex Van Ryn and colorist Steve Dooley, written by Andy Letcher. “There has been an explosion of popular interest in tarot,” Kerber says, “and we’re seeing increased demand from both trade bookstores and specialty accounts for tarot books and decks.” His Weiser Books imprint has three upcoming titles.

(Tarot was a card game in 15th-century Europe but had evolved into a method of fortune-telling by the 18th century.) Michael Kerber, president of Red Wheel/Weiser, which has been publishing such books for nearly 60 years, says the niche topic has gone mainstream. A major one is tarot, which is a special deck of cards that some say can be interpreted to foretell the future. The desire to see what’s ahead has been fundamental throughout human history, and books about various systems of divination are a key element of the MBS category.

Magical Destinations of the Northeast by Natalie Zaman