“If your tarot cards could speak, what questions would they ask?”
Book: Journaling the Tarot: A Little Book of Big Questions
Author: Andy Matzner
Date of Publication: April 2018
Paperback: 178 pages
Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 21, 2018)
PLEASE NOTE: A review copy of this book was provided by the author.
“The important thing is to never stop questioning.”—Albert Einstein
Andy Matzner has done it again, creating Journaling the Tarot: A Little Book of Big Questions, a follow-up book to his book The Tarot Activity Book. In fact, these two books in combination with each other would be excellent.
How I would recommend using this book: Don’t read it all the way through (I don’t think it’s meant for that, anyway). I think this book would be an excellent addition to a card of the day practice. Pull your daily tarot card, and then flip to the page for that card’s questions. Are there any questions that leap out at you? Perhaps you want to answer those questions as a part of your card of the day routine.
If you received the High Priestess in a reading, these are the questions she’s asking you.
Order of book: Major Arcana, then Minor Arcana starting with the suit of Wands, Ace through King, then Cups, Swords, and Pentacles (in the same order for each suit).
Pros:
- Each card (even the Minor Arcana cards) have two pages of questions. Normally, there is a lot of focus on the Major Arcana cards, so it’s nice to see that the Minor Arcana is given an equal treatment of surface space here.
- Already familiar with tarot and tarot spreads? Much like the Tarot Activity Book, the majority of these questions can potentially be translated into a customized tarot spread!
- Combine tarot with bibliomancy: if you don’t happen to have your tarot deck to hand, flip through this book instead to pull a “card”.
Cons:
- There are no meanings listed for each individual tarot card: only a list of questions for each card. If you are looking for a book to accompany your tarot deck that is full of rote keywords, you will not find it here.
- No Table of Contents… I would have liked to know that a certain card’s questions is on page X, but no such luck here: feel free to rifle through the pages until you get to the card that you want. Knowing the order of the book (above) can help you get to the card you want a little faster.
Overall, this book can result in a deepening of the tarot through introspection, answering the questions that arise card by card. I would highly recommend it to any level of tarot learner, from beginner to advanced!
Blessings,
~*~Hilary~*~
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HILARY PARRY HAGGERTY is a tarot reader, witch, mentor, editor, and teacher. She has been reading tarot for over 21 years (13 years professionally). She was the winner of Theresa Reed’s (The Tarot Lady) Tarot Apprentice contest in 2011, and has taught classes on tarot and spell-work at The Tarot School’s annual tarot conference Readers Studio and at Brid’s Closet Beltane Festival. She writes a weekly blog on tarot at her website www.tarotbyhilary.com and has been featured in Maxim Magazine and BuzzFeed.
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