The Giant Book of Card Divination: 130 New and Traditional Techniques

By Jeanne Ruland

Book Overview

These 130 oracle spreads--which use an ordinary deck, rather than specialized tarot cards--open up a world of possibilities and knowledge, from finding love to interpreting dreams, from using Feng Shui to choosing a profession. Just follow the illustrations, the suggested questions and answers, and the insights revealed through the patterns. Newcomers to divination will get tips on how to select their deck and deal with the spreads; learn the meaning of the pendulum, base, general, companion, master, and joker cards; and explore various techniques for reading them. The options range from Gypsy Fortune Telling to The Star Oracle, and the themes include relationships and partnerships, health and the seven chakras, self-knowledge and healing, and much more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402718047
• ISBN13: 9781402718045
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great buy

Its a good book if you already know the meaning behind the cards in each suit, other than that this book is just a variety of spreads for those who already dabble in Cartomancy. I recommend it as an addition to an introductory book on Cartomancy for a beginner. This book is suited for intermediates.

I don't normally go for these books...

I don't normally go in for books of tarot spreads. I prefer to make my own spreads, or read free-form. But I flipped through this book and had a feeling this one would be different. This isn't just your basic set of spreads like a celtic cross and a horoscope spread, with a bunch of filler in-between. Instead, you can find a huge variety of themes and topics, and spreads ranging from 7 to 20ish positions. The same day I got the book, I did a 16-position spread on how fate led me to my current situation, and it turned out to be the most helpful and introspective reading I've done to-date. Of all the tarot spread books out there, this one is the gem in my opinion.

Tarot Card Reading

Love this book. It has so many different layouts. if you like to do tarot reading on your self and or friends this is a great book to have. The book gives you meanings on each card postion and encompasses many different phases of your life.