"tarot for yourself"

morandia · 08-06-2004

I would be interested to know if any of you have used this book and how successful you were with it. I'd love to see a discussion group working thru this book so we can ask questions and help each other.

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/books...for-your-self/

Rhiannon · 08-06-2004

I had this book and read through it did the exercises. I liked it for finding your shadow card and all that stuff. It was very useful. I didn't write in the book though *gasp* and I ended up giving it to someone else. I do recommend it though.

I could have sworn that there was a study group for this book at one time or another, but I can't seem to find the old threads. It could just be that I'm hallucinating in my old age.

R

Kissa · 08-06-2004

Rhiannon, I remember this study group too, you're not hallucinating

But it was ages ago, maybe the threads are so old they are in the archives section available only to subscribers? The threads would start with "TFY" and then the name of the exercise or the chapter discussed.

About the book, morandia?
I hate it...

No just kidding. I have been absolutely unable to work with it. I called it once a incredible mixed salad of cheap esoterism. It was just too much for me, the astrology, the cabbalah (sp?), the crystals all used together??!!! But it's just me... This book is a bible for many, so give it a try!

There must be some recent threads asking about this book too. And maybe you could watch at this forum sticky in the "beginners book" section?

Hope that helped,

Kissa

Sillanza · 09-06-2004

This was one I picked up ... and put down. Maybe it was a more intensive approach that I was open to at the time? I find this forum more useful.

Aun · 11-06-2004

I particularly like the card meanings from this book, which is excelent for quick references.

For Deeper meanings I always refer back to 78 Degrees of Wisdom, which IMO is the best book available when it comes to the Rider Pack.

**WolfSpirit** · 18-06-2004

I don't have that one; I have Tarot for Self Discovery by Nina Lee Braden - hope you don't mind my mentioning another book here.
Although I haven't done all the lessons - far from it to be honest - I quite like this one. So maybe it could be an alternative if you don't like "tarot for yourself".

dolphinprincess · 18-06-2004

I bought this book twice bc it gets such AMAZING reviews... but I agree with Kissa.. It was too much going on at once. I think there are some great exercises in it.. but I just could never get through the first few before I grew bored...

But I have to admit - I'm not a huge fan of workbook style books. I just don't have the follow through and I wind up not using them. I'm better at reading a good book.. then journaling on the cards in my own way...

Shesawolf · 18-06-2004

Well... I liked the book...

I did write in the book (gasp) and most of the pages are dog-eared (never on purpose, of course).

I like the "permutations" she suggests... and using them, I've gotten some in-depth, intense readings... and I use the book for the card meanings too.

Instead of trying to digest everything at once, I find myself going thru different chapters as I discover I need them... Every once in a while, I go back and do one of the excercises or (re)read a chapter or two (been working in the book for over a year now).

I believe that TFY has helped improve both my understanding of the cards and my readings.

Just my 2¢...

linabeet · 12-07-2004

I agree about the thoughts here on the excercises, It is very intensive and I only made it through maybe 3 chapters. Probably better to pick it up now and again.

However I find her card meanings in the back priceless. The affirmations and questions she has for each are so poignant and catalystic it's my main refernece book now.

I'll have go go back and try some more of the excercises.

morandia Citizen Join Date: 05 Jun 2004 Location: AR usa Posts: 121	"tarot for yourself" I would be interested to know if any of you have used this book and how successful you were with it. I'd love to see a discussion group working thru this book so we can ask questions and help each other. http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/books...for-your-self/

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Rhiannon Crone Join Date: 07 Aug 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 1,834	I had this book and read through it did the exercises. I liked it for finding your shadow card and all that stuff. It was very useful. I didn't write in the book though gasp and I ended up giving it to someone else. I do recommend it though. I could have sworn that there was a study group for this book at one time or another, but I can't seem to find the old threads. It could just be that I'm hallucinating in my old age. R __________________ Do you want an absolute prediction? Then you want only today, and you reject tomorrow. You are the ultimate conservative. You are trying to hold back movement in an infinitely changing universe. The verb "to be" does make idiots of us all. - Frank Herbert

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Kissa Citizen Join Date: 01 Feb 2002 Location: Suomi Posts: 3,515	Rhiannon, I remember this study group too, you're not hallucinating But it was ages ago, maybe the threads are so old they are in the archives section available only to subscribers? The threads would start with "TFY" and then the name of the exercise or the chapter discussed. About the book, morandia? I hate it... No just kidding. I have been absolutely unable to work with it. I called it once a incredible mixed salad of cheap esoterism. It was just too much for me, the astrology, the cabbalah (sp?), the crystals all used together??!!! But it's just me... This book is a bible for many, so give it a try! There must be some recent threads asking about this book too. And maybe you could watch at this forum sticky in the "beginners book" section? Hope that helped, Kissa __________________ "Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life." E. Tolle

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Sillanza Citizen Join Date: 23 May 2004 Location: CA, USA Posts: 327	This was one I picked up ... and put down. Maybe it was a more intensive approach that I was open to at the time? I find this forum more useful. __________________ White light and insight to all.

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Aun Citizen Join Date: 23 Jul 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 584	I particularly like the card meanings from this book, which is excelent for quick references. For Deeper meanings I always refer back to 78 Degrees of Wisdom, which IMO is the best book available when it comes to the Rider Pack. __________________ Best Wishes, Aun "The Psychological Mechanisn For Transforming Energy Is The Symbol" Jung

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WolfSpirit ~ Collector of words ~ Join Date: 10 May 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11,947	I don't have that one; I have Tarot for Self Discovery by Nina Lee Braden - hope you don't mind my mentioning another book here. Although I haven't done all the lessons - far from it to be honest - I quite like this one. So maybe it could be an alternative if you don't like "tarot for yourself". __________________ If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys. ― Chief Dan George

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dolphinprincess Citizen Join Date: 29 May 2003 Location: .. in a daydream by the ocean Posts: 1,107	I bought this book twice bc it gets such AMAZING reviews... but I agree with Kissa.. It was too much going on at once. I think there are some great exercises in it.. but I just could never get through the first few before I grew bored... But I have to admit - I'm not a huge fan of workbook style books. I just don't have the follow through and I wind up not using them. I'm better at reading a good book.. then journaling on the cards in my own way... __________________ "Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to...” -Frodo to Sam, LOTR

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Shesawolf Resident Join Date: 11 Dec 2003 Location: NH, USA Posts: 90	Well... I liked the book... I did write in the book (gasp) and most of the pages are dog-eared (never on purpose, of course). I like the "permutations" she suggests... and using them, I've gotten some in-depth, intense readings... and I use the book for the card meanings too. Instead of trying to digest everything at once, I find myself going thru different chapters as I discover I need them... Every once in a while, I go back and do one of the excercises or (re)read a chapter or two (been working in the book for over a year now). I believe that TFY has helped improve both my understanding of the cards and my readings. Just my 2¢... __________________ Wolf... Teacher, Pathfinder, Moon-dog of my soul. Howling, Singing, Teaching how to know. ~ The Wolf, of the Medicine Cards

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linabeet Citizen Join Date: 17 May 2004 Location: Victoria BC, Canada Posts: 286	I agree about the thoughts here on the excercises, It is very intensive and I only made it through maybe 3 chapters. Probably better to pick it up now and again. However I find her card meanings in the back priceless. The affirmations and questions she has for each are so poignant and catalystic it's my main refernece book now. I'll have go go back and try some more of the excercises.

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