Your Tarot Guide - by Melinda Lee Holm (Paperback)

About the Book

"In this beautifully illustrated handbook, expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm shares her method of understanding tarot as a language, helping you to gain fluency in your readings. Beginning with the basics, you'll find out about the deck structure and suits, the history of tarot and how to choose your deck. Learn about different spreads, or patterns of cards chosen for a reading, and discover how the cards combine to tell stories and provide guidance. The book also includes a dictionary of the meaning of each of the 78 tarot cards, its layers of text and imagery, and the different ways it can function. With their symbols and richly detailed scenes, Rohan Eason's stunning illustrations provide visual clues to the meanings of the cards. Whether you are a complete beginner or would like to add further depth to your readings, this unique approach to tarot will help you to gain insight into your past, present and future, and find the wisdom and answers that you need"--]cProvided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Uncover the meanings of the cards to interpret the past, present, and future with this inspiring guide from expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm.

In this essential handbook, expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm shares her method of understanding tarot as a language and a tool for navigating life. With her guidance, you'll gain the fluency you need to read the map provided by the cards. Beginning with the basics, you'll find out about the deck structure and suits, the history of tarot, and how to choose your deck. Learn about different spreads (patterns of cards chosen for a reading) and discover how the cards combine to tell stories and provide direction. The book also includes a dictionary of the meaning of each of the 78 tarot cards and the different ways they can function. With their symbols and richly detailed scenes, Rohan Eason's stunning illustrations provide visual clues to the meanings of the cards. Whether you are a complete beginner or would like to add further depth to your readings, this unique approach to tarot will help you to gain insight into your past, present, and future, and find the wisdom and answers that you need.

Review Quotes

Life can be confusing. It doesn't have to be. Tarot can provide direction and support, especially when you feel lost. In Your Tarot Guide, Melinda Lee Holm compares Tarot to a compass, a reliable tool to help you navigate the roughest terrain. This beautifully illustrated book contains everything you need to get started on your Tarot journey. Beginners and adepts will appreciate Melinda's straightforward delivery, in-depth interpretations, and practical spreads. Her masterful teaching will help build Tarot confidence, so you can take the wheel and create your own fortune - Theresa Reed, author of The Cards You're Dealt: How To Deal When Life Gets Real

With a lyrical yet gently straightforward approach, scholar and practitioner Melinda Lee Holm offers a quintessential guide to Tarot as practical tool, a method of navigating our modern day-to-day. Accompanied by intricately cinematic illustrations by Rohan Daniel Eason, Your Tarot Guide anchors the mystical arcana with historic overview and concrete meaning. The result is ultimately both poetic and pragmatic, magickal, matter-of-fact methods of utilizing this centuries-old divinatory tradition to map our contemporary lives - Jessica Hundley, author and Editor of The Library of Esoterica encyclopedia series

The intelligent writing and distinctive, illuminating interpretations of each of the 78 tarot cards, plus the exquisite nautical illustrations by Eason make this title a stand-out - Library Journal starred review

An amazing resource for those seeking a change in how they live and the spaces they inhabit - Musing Mystical

About the Author

Melinda Lee Holm is the author of Tarot of Tales, Elemental Power Tarot, and Your Magickal Year, all published by CICO Books. She is also the co-author of Divine Your Dinner and creator of Melinda Lee Holm Beauty. She has been featured in Vogue, InStyle, WWD, Conde Nast Traveler, and the Hollywood Reporter. She lives in Los Angeles, USA. Learn more at melindaleeholm.com.