Tarot – the Open Reading
by Yoav Ben-Dov
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Chapter 1: The Tarot Deck
- Origin of the Tarot – The French School – The English School – Tarot and the New Age – The Tarot de Marseille – New English Decks – New Marseille Decks – CBD Tarot de Marseille
Chapter 2: The Reading Session
- Everything is a Sign – The Reading Space – Handling the Cards – Shuffling the Deck – The Session Dynamics – What is the Question?
- The Meaning of Cards – The Basic Spread – The Full Picture – Some Examples – Inverse Cards
Chapter 4: The Symbolic Language
- Directions – Colors – Numbers – Figures – Body parts
Chapter 5: The Major Suit
- The Suit at the Center – Order and Chaos – Titles and Numbers – Ladder of Creation – Parts of the Suit – Closeness and Exposure – The Fool’s Journey – Hebrew Letters
Chapter 6: The Major Cards
Chapter 7: The Minor Suits
- The Suit Symbols – The Suit Domains – Soft and Hard Suits – Correspondences – Reading the Minor Suits – The Row Spread
Chapter 8: The Ace Cards
Chapter 9: The Court Cards
- Ranks and Suits – The Human Figures – Table and Image – The Four Ranks – Court Card Interpretations
Chapter 10: The Number Cards
- Reading the Number Cards – The Language of Directions – The Overall Design – The Four suits – Number Card Interpretations
Chapter 11: Additional Spreads
- Extensions of the Basic Spread – The Choice Spread – Spreading on a Shape – The Words Spread