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Title: Tarot by Evelyne Donaldson, Terry Donaldson ISBN: 0-00-710331-X Publisher: Thorsons Publishers Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A review and reply to the previous comment
Comment: Well first of all the book is GREAT! It gives a really clear instructions PLUS the book is in colour so beginners can really enjoy learning Tarot without getting bored.

Secondly, (...) The real cover is lavender, with Tarot title and a picture of 4 cups. The Druidry one is another cover of another book about the Druids by the same publisher.

Rating: 1
Summary: Druidry???????
Comment: Druidry and Taort are not the same thing. No where on the cover of this book does it say anything about Tarot. Are you sure you have the right book in the right place? Druidry suggests that it deals with an ancient religion and contemporary practice with Cletic roots. Tarot is the art of divination, through the use of cards, historically spread across the European continent, and contemporarily world-wide.

Rating: 4
Summary: An good introductory book to tarot.
Comment: ...This is a good first book to someone who wants to learn how to read with cards. The book is short, clear, very well printed (high quality paper, card pictures are good, a readable font was chosen, etc), and repeats very little of the rubbish so many other books reiterate (e.g. about the tarot originating from Egypt, etc).

Each card is explained by a concise text that presents some practical advice or question to the reader, a few keywords, and a few key words to the card's negative aspects. This allows for a quick study of each card's meanings.

Major arcana cards are dedicated two pages each, and suggestions of practical value are given to each card. Minor arcana cards get half a page each.

The spreads section is one of the best I've seen - the spreads are practical and goal oriented. The following spread are taught :

* The Crossroads Spread, which helps to choose a course of action.

* The Triadic Spread, which is a past-present-future spread that I dont like too much.

* The Astrological Spread & The Tree of Life Spread. Those two give a lot of insights.

* The Relationships Spread, which is very useful considering 90% of the questions posed to tarot readers have to do with relationships.

* and finally the classical Celtic Cross.

The cards presented in the book is from a deck I couldnt recognize and the authors didnt clearly identify. The art is good, but the ace through ten of each suite carry simply the appropriate number of the suite's sign. I think this is a bad idea for a beginner's book, and even the authors suggest buying a first deck with meaningful pictures on all cards (e.g. the Rider Waite Smith).

I warmly recommend this book to people who are interested in tarot and want to start reading quickly.