What are your Must Have Tarot Books

Phoenix

• #1

So, I'm getting back into Tarot, and am slowly rebuilding my book collection. So far, I've bought:

The New Tarot Handbook - Rachel Pollack
Tarot Wisdom - Rachel Pollack (this one is a MASSIVE tome!)
Understanding the Tarot Court - Greer & Little
21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card - Mary K Greer
The Secret Language of Tarot - The Ambersones

What are your must have or go to tarot books? I'm really loking to expand my collection.

Thanks!

 

Richard

• #2

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The Book of Thoth - Aleister Crowley
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot - A. E. Waite
Qabalistic Tarot - Robert Wang
Reading the Marseille Tarot - J-M. David

 

Bhavana

• #3

Marcia Masino - she has 2 books - Easy Tarot Guide and Best Tarot Practices. Everything you need.

Easy Tarot Guide is on sale for a ridiculously low price right now at DiscountNewAgeBooks.com

 

toj

• #4

Spiritual Tarot - cant remember author
78 Degrees of Wisdom - Rachel Pollack
Everyday Tarot - Gail Fairfield (Good succinct general reference)

Then whatever books are specific to decks.

 

Alta

• #5

Tarot Reversals: Mary K. Greer: includes upright meanings and many useful sections. My go-to reference book.

 

WolfyJames

• #6

Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack

Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana by Isabel Kliegman

Tarot Wisdom by Rachel Pollack

The Crowley Tarot: The Handbook to the Cards by Hajo Banzhaf

The Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang

Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo Duquette

The Thoth Companion by Michael Snuffin

Learning the tarot by Joan Bunning

 

Sulis

• #7

'Tarot Tells the Tale' - James Ricklef
'Tarot, Your Everyday Guide' - Janina Renee - this one deals specifically with reading the cards for advice.

 

Phoenix

• #8

Some great replies here. I should mention I follow the RWS based decks, not the Thoth based, so I may pass on the Thoth books at the moment.

 

Darkness

• #9

78 Degrees Of Wisdom - Rachel Pollack
Tarot MasterClass - Paul Fenton Smith
21 Ways To Read A Tarot Card - Mary K Greer
Who Are You In The Tarot - Mary K Greer
The Pictorial Key To The Tarot - A.E.Waite

 

Carla

• #10

In no particular order:

Tarot Bible by Sarah Bartlett
Mystical Origins of the Tarot by Paul Huson
Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary by Sandra A Thomson
78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
Tarot Wisdom by Rachel Pollack