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Beginning with the Tarot: Suggestions for the Tarot Newcomer
an article by Rev Jennifer Elizabeth Moore

There are so many ways to approach the Tarot. The most important thing, is to do what feels right to you. A wonderful way to start with your cards is to pick a daily card for personal reflection and focus. You could choose it in the morning as you begin your day and regard it as a message, a guide, a lesson to focus on or as a way to approach your day. You could choose one in the evening as a way to clarify and bring meaning to the experiences of your day. How you work with this card is up to you. You could choose to investigate the meaning of your daily card by looking it up in Tarot books, by brainstorming the ideas that come up for you, and/or by looking at the image and telling a story about it. One approach is to put yourself in the card. Imagine that you are interacting with the different charecters in the cards. Imagine that you are the different parts of the the card. What do you do? What do you say? What is said to you? Use your imagination. Have fun! Tarot Symbolism

My favorite beginner books are:
Mary Greer's Tarot For Yourself
Rachel Pollack's Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom

and for a sense of history and the origins of Tarot I really reccommend:
Cynthia Gile's book The Tarot : History, Mystery and Lore
Robert V. O' Neill's book Tarot Symbolism.

You can get all of these books through Amazon.Com
and for your convience I have created links directly to all of them on my bookstore.

Also I recommend using the internet to connect and learn about the Tarot. I have a number of current links to great Tarot sites, and in addition to these marvelous websites like Michele's Tarot page, Mary Greer's Tools And Rites of Transformation website, and Joan Bunning's online Tarot course; I would especially like to reccommend checking out the email list Tarot-L it is a wonderful active group of people which includes people coming from all ranges of experience you can learn more about Tarot-L at this website.

Today with the internet we have more access to information and dialogue about the Tarot then we ever have before. It is a great time to pick up this amazing tool.
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