Tarot and Astrology: Enhance Your Readings With the Wisdom of the Zodiac Reviews
Tarot and Astrology: Enhance Your Readings With the Wisdom of the Zodiac
Deeply entwined for six centuries, the art of tarot and the science of astrology have an undeniably powerful link. With this unique and user-friendly guidebook, you can easily learn to combine tarot and astrology for yourself—and expand your tarot practice while enriching your life.
Well-known tarot reader Corrine Kenner expertly teaches you everything you need to know, starting with tarot and astrology basics, the cards’ archetypal symbols and imagery, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the planets. You’ll discover how every card in the tarot deck relates to astrology, and learn to:
—Read tarot cards and interpret an astrological chart
—Recognize the twelve houses’ ruling signs and planets
—Pair the planets, signs, and houses with their corresponding tarot cards
—Understand the astrological associations of the Minor Arcana
—Make connections among the Court Cards, tarot suits, and the four elements
—Identify each card’s qabalistic associations
—Give insightful readings for yourself and others
You’ll also find practical astrological spreads, interpretive techniques, real-life examples, and sample readings for everyday people and famous figures, including Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe, and Prince William.
Tarot and Astrology: Enhance Your Readings With the Wisdom of the Zodiac
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Tarot and Astrology does an amazing thing- it explains WHY those pictures on the cards mean what they mean, which goes far towards furthering understanding of tarot cards, in clear and easy terms. Most of us realize you can read tarot just by looking at the pictures, but adding more knowledge to your base of ideas can only enhance those readings, too. If you are familiar with tarot, as I am, but new to astrology, this book does a fantastic job of taking into the realm of astrology through the back door of tarot, so I assume it also does the same if you are new to tarot but know a little something about astrology. If you are new to both, you are actually one step ahead of the game with your beginner’s mind, and this book will help you get a running start with both practices.
Corrine Kenner does a very good job of taking the Golden Dawn’s high and lofty ideas and bringing them down to a practical level so that they can be understood easily. I cannot even tell you what an accomplishment this is. The chapter on qabalah alone is worth the price of admission for the book, and while short, has gone far towards helping me understand it better. There is little esoteric mumbo jumbo; just clear and concise writing that cuts right to the heart of any matter.
This book is an entry level book, yet even as an advanced tarot student I gleaned much about the cards just from adding tidbits of astrology, and there is still more studying to be done! The spreads are fantastic, and if you are a fan of the Wizards Tarot, also by Corrine Kenner, you will love that this book is illustrated with those cards and you are given even further insight into the images. The book is firmly rooted in Golden Dawn tradition, though, so it is universal to most decks being published today.
This will not be the last book you ever need on the subjects, nor should you believe any book that claims it can be. Tarot, astrology, and qabalah are all deep subjects that can given a lifetime of study, but they are also subjects that offer instant rewards at every step of the journey. In addition, you will always do far better with all three by actually doing, and not just reading any book. These are experiential subjects, and this book will give you the keys to unlocking your own experience with them.
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|Astro-Tarot readings: Connect more deeply to tarot but it’s unlikely you’ll become an astrology master with this book alone.,
As a professional astrologer and tarot reader, I looked forward to getting this book. There’s a sprinkling of titles on how astrology connects to tarot but no one (to my knowledge) has attempted to teach tarot readers how to read their own chart by providing a great overview of astrology terms and concepts. Nor have they suggested that astrologers could learn tarot. In this way, Corrine Kenner is (yet again) ahead of the curve.
Tarot and Astrology: Enhance Your Readings with the Wisdom of the Zodiac
Although I learned the basics of astrology first, I took to tarot reading far faster and better. It wasn’t until Tr. Uranus Opposition Na. Uranus happened, which activated my third and ninth houses, that I learned astrology deeply and became a professional astrologer.
Previous to becoming an astrologer, I used astrology briefly in my work and in connecting meaning to the tarot cards. I had known the signs and planets well enough to do so and I considered myself at the beginner’s level in astrology.
This book will help you arrive at a level between beginner and intermediate astrological understanding. However, it does not teach you how to interpret a chart accurately or deeply. Though it will help you perform deeper tarot readings and give you a head-start in becoming an astrologer, who reads charts, if that’s what you want to accomplish.
If you are new to tarot, remember not to take everything an author says as truth. A lot of what is said can be subjective, and the author’s personal preference that they do not disclose as such. My rule of thumb is to read at least three to five books on a subject (preferably from different time periods) to get a fuller understanding and more accurate connection to a subject.
The book intersperses tarot card meanings and descriptions which include connecting the sign, planet, or combination of sign-planet ruling the card with astrological phenomena (titled Cosmic Connection) such as what eclipses and a void-of-course Moon are, and mostly new-to-me astrologically inspired tarot spreads. Although I have extensive astrological knowledge, I remained interested and enjoyed how succinctly and helpful things were explained that are normally difficult-to-understand for the lay-person.
The astrological nor tarot information are complete. For example, the seventh house is also about ‘negative & positive projections’ (a very important and necessary thing to learn) but it’s not mentioned in the book. The 7th house (Libra as a mirror reflection) is what you see in others and the first is what others see in you, amongst other things. It also doesn’t include asteroids, such as Juno (co-rules Libra alongside Venus). With the tarot, it doesn’t go into the mechanics of tarot reading. This is only a problem if you expect that everything you’ll need to do tarot or astrology readings will be found in this one book.
In Chapter Eleven, A<em> Simplified Guide to Chart Interpretation</em>, I wish Ms. Kenner would have called it <em>A Simplified Guide to Tarot-Astro Chart Interpretation</em>. The method described is a hybrid of tarot and astrology (as she noted in the introductory chapter). This is not purely astrology or purely tarot so be sure to understand this is a brand new method of working with tarot and astrology.
Most seasoned astrologers would likely not want to work this method as they have enough to work with already to keep them busy and deep into the symbology and language of astrology. And I imagine they would think of this method as an unnecessary diversion and distraction.
What I am interested in knowing is: Where did the author get her information from? While there were a few good books listed in the bibliography, it is lacking and doesn’t include classics that most astrologers would recommend. The information in the book is crisp but where did she learn it from? I would have liked to see some shout-out’s to other authors and teachers as this author is now established as an excellent tarot writer. I’ll list (on my website) some recommended serious yet accessible astrology books for those tarot readers who want to become genuine astrologers.
Overall I was impressed and delighted with this book and Ms. Kenner’s creativity. Thank you!
**Connect you more deeply to tarot**
+This book will give you solid astrological information to help you connect more deeply with your tarot cards and therefore giving richer meaning to your tarot readings.
+ This book is a great overview of astrology and how it works.
+ Qabalistic reflections are offered as a bonus to the topic of mixing astrology with tarot.
+ The book cover is very lovely, the book itself nice to read. I can fold and curl over the pages and it doesn’t harm the spine.
+ Mostly new (to me) and worthy astrological tarot spreads!
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