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Beginner's Guide to Tarot: 78 Card Deck (Paperback)

by Juliet Sharman-Burke (Author), Caselli (Illustrator) "Each of the suits in the tarot describes a particular mode of life, which in turn reflects one of the four basic elements of astrology..." (more)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition edition (April 30 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312284829
ISBN-13: 978-0312284824
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.4 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The Tarot is an ancient art, dating back at least to the mid-15th century, and reading the Tarot is a skill that can be learned and ultimately mastered. While there are many books and decks for the advanced tarot enthusiast, there is very little for the beginner. Now there is Beginners Guide to Tarot,a book-and-card set designed specifically for the novice. In the fully illustrated, 192-page book, noted Tarot expert Juliet Sharman-Burke leads the reader through the cards and suits, the Minor and Major Arcana, and the major layouts for the complete 8-card deck. The book is comes with a newly designed and illustrated deck that draws upon both traditional and modern Tarot iconography and is rendered in a clear, distinctive style.

About the Author

Juliet Sharman-Burke is a practicing analytic psychotherapist who has taught tarot and astrology for twenty years. She is the author of The Complete Book of Tarot, Mastering the Tarot and, with Liz Greene, the The Mythic Tarot card and book set. She lives in England.
Giovanni Caselli is a well known illustrator noted for his work regarding the classical world and its literature, art, symbol and myths. He lives in Italy.

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Each of the suits in the tarot describes a particular mode of life, which in turn reflects one of the four basic elements of astrology - water, fire, air and earth - and the four psychological types - feeling, intuition, thinking and sensation. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sharman Caselli Tarot-- RW with European flavor, May 4 2002

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The art style of Caselli has been a favored one for me. I checked out his art in the illustrated guide to Bullfinch Mythology, Legends of Charlemagne*. This deck emulates Rider-Waite workalikes---I might say the coloring is softer than a U.S. Games Rider Waite and is similar to Mary Hanson's Universal Waite. To me the illustrations have finer lines, a richer contrast and wonderful details. The Two of Swords pictured on the cover is a nice example. The back cover had a glimpse of a Hermit card that looked intriguing to me. After looking at the deck one evening, I was quite pleased. Not a 'treacle tarot'--- the so-called negative associations are calmly presented, the energy of knights are quite appropriate to their suit. I could use this deck to read for others.
The book suggests a new way of studying the majors---I tend to prefer Justice is eight and Strength is 11, based on Marseilles ordering. The book with this deck suggests that the historical Visconti and other decks were taken into account when the cards were designed.
I do know in another text, Sharman-Burke's Mastering the Tarot, that she used Visconti, Brian William's Renaissance Tarot, as well as the Arthurian Tarot with Miranda Gray illustrations. When I look in the courts of the Sharman Caselli deck, I seem to find the softness of Miranda Gray's paintings, although Caselli's work seems more dynamic.
The cards are actually near standard size: they are in two small cardboard pockets facing the cover. You do have to snip the box off to make the separate book easy to carry around
I would recommend the book as a nice addition and quite easy to read. Sometimes I like to travel with two decks and do a comparative reading for fun. I found a softly colored, nonstandard deck such as Trevisan's Tarot of the Rebirth seems to suggest fun stories when I use it with the Sharman-Caselli Tarot. I like to have a well-documented deck to use in the comparative readings. Caselli-Sharman Burke's deck and book might easily come a personal favorite for me.

*(Bullfinch is a popular children's reference: but I'm in Renaissance seminar studies. Many attributions to Boiardo and Aristo being rewritten. Boiardo is one of my subjects of study).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cards are great, but I didn't like the book, Mar 28 2009

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The cards help you to remember what element belongs to which suit. So the wands all have fire sticking out of the sticks, etc. The book the came along with it didn't have a lot of spreads, it only had two or three. Also, it didn't mention anything about reversed cards.

I would've prefered there being key words for each card instead of reading the whole description to understand, and I wish the cards had come with a cover. The cards are great with a lot of symbols, but I got a better book to explain the tarot cards.

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