Mary K Greer workbook and cards

[Ms Magpie]

Good morning,

I have purchased Mary K. Greers workbook to get an idea of working with the cards. I like the direction that it takes you, but I have found the cards I bought for this purpose that I am not really connecting with. I bought the Thoth deck, and find that I am having a hard time getting anything from the pictures, and rely heavily on the book, or the internet for explanations. I did not pick up the Rider-Waite deck as those pics really I do not like.

I have a few decks and oracle cards, such as Guilded Tarot, and also Faerie Oracle, which honestly buzzes in my hands. Also Dali Tarot.

Currently in the book I am working though doing a reading a day of Body Mind and Spirit with journal-ling what comes up.

Has anyone else used this workbook? What are your experiences?

Thanks!

Barbara

 

[Mellaenn]

Congratulations to you! You selected one of the best in the Tarot World as your mentor; I have learned very much from Mary Greer. The beauty of her work is that she does not let you sit passively reading a book; there are exercises and things to do to make the experience very interactive. So you have the right tool there.

Finding a tarot deck that works for you does make a difference. I have a 1JJ that sat on my shelf from 1971 until about eight years ago. I finally realized that there were other tarot decks and I began to buy them and play with them. What a difference! (I still don't like reading with the darn 1JJ!)

Don't give up on finding a tarot deck that works for you. There a literally hundreds of decks to choose from, and there are a gazillion threads here talking about almost every deck out there, not to mention a few pix of sample cards from all of those decks. Enjoy your journey and welcome to AT!

 

[Sulis]

Which book are you talking about? Mary Greer has written quite a few .

 

[Ms Magpie]

Tarot for Your Self: A Workbook for Personal Transformation from Mary K. Greer is the workbook I have purchased, not easy to find to be honest, and in my looking I must of ordered two one from Ebay and another else where.

Thanks for your support, I think I will just have to find other decks. Till I get one that I really like for this project of mine!

Barbara

 

[flying black kat]

Mary K Greer has a Tarot Blog site that has all different kinds of information.

The link is

www.marygreer.wordpress.com

I hope you enjoy it.

Be at Peace

Kathy

Edited to add - There is a extensive thread based on Mary K Greer's - 21 Ways to read a Tarot card. It is really a very interesting and filled with all types of good info. Of course it is only my opion.

 

[turtlebite]

I have that book and I worked through it years ago. It's a very good book. I recently started reading it again and discovered many things that I didn't quite get the first time. I thought I got them the first time but experience has made me see things differently.

I don't think I could have started out with the Thoth to read with but I didn't like the Rider-waite either. The Hanson-Roberts was actually a very good deck for me at the time that I first went through this book.

 

[flying black kat]

made mistake - sorry

 

[rwcarter]

In the Tarot History & Iconography section there is a section devoted to the Thoth Deck.

In order to have access to it you need to be a paid forum Subscriber.

None of the forums in Tarot History & Iconography are Subscriber-only.

 

[flying black kat]

made another mistake - sorry

 

[Ms Magpie]

Thanks to all of you who replied, I really enjoyed reading your comments.

I have the book also, and here with me at work today the deck and 21 ways to read a tarot.

I continue to learn from all of you!

Barbara