It's All in the Cards: Tarot Reading Made Easy

The book is excellent - well laid out and while, seriously useful for beginners, it also has a lot to say to advanced users. Recommended !

i picked this book up for a friend for his birthday. i started to flip through the pages and got so into this book i had to get another copy for my friend. very easy to read and understand and book is layed out well.

This book makes Tarot clear and easy to understand. The author is well versed in his subject and is very witty and down to earth in his explanations. NO TYPOS! The layout and organization of the book makes for easy reading and comprehension.

Wow I was actually surprised by this book. I picked it up just thinking it was another this-means-that prediction manual. HOW WRONG I WAS! I loved it. Not only does John give wonderful sugestions for the way you can interpret your deck; love, money, future, etc, he also urges you to use your intuition. He also gives you a relatonship guide between the cards. But that's not all! It also includes some basic spreads, life and year cards, and some new twists on some old spreads. An excelent resource for a beginer or intermediate, I highly reccomend this book!

Tarot reading is indeed made easy in this new book by first-time author, John Mangiapane. In a down-to-earth, conversational language laced with humour, the author has distilled the essence of his own experiences with the Tarot and also from his classroom experiences as a teacher of Tarot. From explaining the four main areas of the life where most people want advice or clarity to the use of card spreads, the individual cards both upright and reversed, card combinations and more, the author deftly shares his insights. The examples included are anectodes culled from his experiences as a reader and as a teacher. Though he professes not to be "psychic", it is obvious that he possesses a natural intuition or ability for the use of Tarot as a tool for self-improvement and divination. I especially like the organization of the contents, including the grouping of the numbered pips together by their number. That is, all the Aces or Ones are together, all the Twos, etc. This facilitates seeing how each minor arcana or pip card may be seen within its context of both number and suit as both qualities impact the possible meanings. Additional insights are offered through the inclusion of different card combinations; also that known as a "run", where three or more of a particular type of card appears in a spread. Those particular features and others are not commonly found in most Tarot books and attest to the thoroughness with which the author views his subject. As a professional card reader who has not been particularly drawn to most books of the genre, I find the author's style not only appealing, but easily understood. Suitable for the beginner as well as for the more advanced student. The book's contents are structured so that the reader is taken in a step-by-step format towards a working understanding, almost without realizing it. This is one book that demystifies the mysterious often associated with card readings, and very expertly done at that.