Tarot Made Simple: The Ultimate Guide to Casting Spread… (2024)

A brilliant starter book for anyone interested in tarot that has yet to start to learn. I loved the bright, colourful pictures of the cards and did enjoy the way the book was designed with a card and its meaning on each page.

There's advice on getting started and various card readings. It's easy to read and understand. It is designed for beginners so those with some degree of experience may find it a bit simplistic but I really enjoyed the whole thing.

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Tarot Made Simple has an interesting layout that truly makes reading the tarot cards more simple. The pages of the book are divided. In the upper half of the page you can find a certain spread, like the Celtic Cross, explained, while in the lower half of the page one of the major and then minor arcana is explained in its upright and reversed state.

The information is concise and is probably best for advanced beginners who want to feel more comfortable using the cards, or for advanced readers who want to explore new spreads.

This is a great, straightforward and easy to read resource, full of not just card meanings, but a large variety of spreads as well. Foregoing long paragraphs of history and/or theory in favor of simple and direct instructions, explanations and tips, and using helpful graphics, this is a handy book to have at your side as you try out different readings. Looking forward to trying some of these!

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I have been fascinated with Tarot Cards for many years. I have a few different decks, I have taught my daughters how to use and respect them. I generally come up with Past life readings when I do a reading for someone.

I honestly believe you can never learn to much about anything you are interested in and I did enjoy this book. This book is great for beginners and as a refresher course as well.

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I like reading about Tarots and this book was a really pleasant and interesting read.
Even though I read a lot on this topic this book showed something new and new ways to understand the card meaning and new spreads.
Recommended!
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Tarot Made Simple is one of the best books on understanding and reading Tarot cards that I have ever seen. The spreads are so much easier than most that and what the cards mean is explained in simple terms that anyone can understand. I have already ordered my own copy. I really love this book. I received this book from Net Galley and Quarto Publishing-Fair Winds Press for a honest review and no compensation otherwise.

An easy to read, complete first approach to Tarots for those who'd like to learn the basics, but also a quick reference book for those who already are into the fascinating world of Rider Waite cards. I really like the layouts.
Recommended!

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Excellent tarot guide using Rider Waite cards explaining each card in both the upright and reversed position plus showing a selection of layouts. But in a concise and easy to read format. Highly recommended.

A quick breakdown of each card and it’s meanings. Also information on setting up your space, charging cards, storing cards, and more.

I want to preface this by saying that I don’t read tarot. I’m not even sure I want to. But I do love me some Tarot deck art. I do understand the appeal. I figured I’d read this book just to see if I could be interested in reading them.

I am also treating this book like a reference book, which is how I think it should be treated. You can read it through but if you want to get comfortable using Tarot Cards, you’ll be referring back to this book, a lot. Unless you have an amazing memory, then kudos to you! But most of us could read this several times and still need to refer back to it.

This covers the cards themselves and their meanings. How to store your cards, how to care for them, shuffling, etc It also covers spreads from a single card daily spread to complicated multi-card readings. It’s all here.

I feel like if I did become interested in doing readings, this would be the every day go to for reference kind of book - need to figure out what spread to use? That’s this book. If I wanted more substantial history of the Tarot or info on decks or how they’ve evolved, etc. then I’d get a more detailed book.

I do feel like the layout of the book is a little odd. The top half of the pages features the info on the cards, storing, etc. as well as the layouts themselves. The bottom half of the pages has a card on each page. I think I would have preferred to have the info from the top half of the book in one section and then all of the cards in the back and easy to find together. The way they did it does break up the art work better for your first read through, but it is less useful from a practical standpoint if you want to look up more than one card. That’s just personal preference though. I am happy with the content.

If you are a beginner or more advanced this book you will learn something. From reversal cards, information on the cards and different spreads for all information this book has it all. The cards are beautifully illustrated and detailed. This book also gives instruction on how to cleanse, attune and store your cards. I recommend this book for anyone who has a deck of Tarot cards and gets confused on the meanings and symbolism of the deck. It is an easy to follow and perform book.
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I found that this can be a book that can be good on the go. It can be a good quick look through if needed. Nice book to have a read - even if you have seen this information before.

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Using diagrams and simple illustration, this book teaches how to read the tarot using different techniques. I loved the section of how clean the deck which is often neglected in other publications.

It’s just as the name implies, it makes it simple to start playing with your tarot cards. Without any theory and just some introductory information on how attune, shuffle and take care of your card deck, this book is perfect for a beginner who wants to start reading cards right away without much hassle. This book is mainly a compilation of different reading spreads, with short and sweet explanations. The format is quite unique: the top half of the page is meant for spread explanations and the bottom half explains one card from the deck. That’s it, easier than the instructions from a table top game.

I think this books suits those trying tarot for fun or common knowledge. It doesn’t delve into the mysticism, origins or the art of fortunetelling, so I wouldn’t recommend it for those seeking these kind of subjects. If you want to give it a try, it has a lot of spreads to choose from depending on your question or situation: from the simple 1-card daily reading to more elaborated spreads about career, creativity, love and even a spread for writers!. All you have to do is choose your spread from the top half of the book and then search the meaning of each card from the bottom half of the book.

I gave it a try, with the help of an online page because I don’t own any card deck, and it was fun. It was so fast and easy that I did several different spreads. Did I get any insight? well, I think this is an art that requires good interpretation skills, after all, each card has a fairly subjective meaning. So I wouldn’t say it was a success for me, but as general knowledge it was cool.

Of all the tarot books I've read (approx 30), Tarot Made Simple sits firmly in the top two.

Tarot Made Simple truly offers a simple, straightforward, beautiful, clear and bright compass to beginner and exprienced tarot card readers.

The book and author assume you know little to nothing, yet, there's enough introspection to offer up some gems for experienced tarot card readers, too. My favorite bits were... well... all of it, but if I had to chose, it was exploring spreads that were new-to-me.

I'd readily buy this book for a newbie tarot card reader to help them along their path, or as a reference book for professionals.

I would have preferred this as a Kindle version, however, I feel it would not translate well to that arena, so I understand why it's not available.

Thank you to NetGalley, and the publisher for early, free access to this fantastic tarot resource.

A quick tarot companion book that is focused on go to and more interesting and unique tarot spreads. There is also a simple tarot reference for each card on the bottom half of each page of the book. Great for bringing a long to a party to jog your memory on card reading and have people pick unique cards spreads from. I loved the reads based on famous self- help books like the power of now and the secret. If you already have a tarot reference book that comes with your deck etc, this book would still be helpful because it's focus is on spreads instead of card meanings. Worth a look at for any tarot aficionado.