Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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Review by Bruce Gray for Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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This revised and slightly expanded version of two long sadly out-of-print books (“78 Degrees of Wisdom: Major Arcana” and “78 Degrees of Wisdom: Minor Arcana”) is a welcome addition to any serious Tarot reader’s library.
Although I wouldn’t normally recommend this book for the Tarot beginner, I’d recommend it highly to serious students of Tarot wanting to know more about the many different meanings of Tarot cards. Some beginners might find Pollack’s usages of the definitions of cards to be more than the superficial ones.Going far beyond the “This one covers you” school, Pollack gives many different ways to interpret the meanings of Tarot cards, both from a spiritual viewpoint (“What does this card mean to you?”) and a metaphysical viewpoint (“What does this card mean to the person you’re reading for?”). It also allows for meditation and self-study of Tarot cards.Although set up like a standard Tarot book, with chapters covering the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana, and some readings, (including a sample reading or two) Pollack’s definitions of the cards goes far beyond the ordinary superficial “Death means something in your life is going through a major change – you are about to stop one thing and start doing another.” Each card has a picture – many from the Rider-Waite deck that most Tarot card readers start with, but some from other decks that you may not have seen. Each card has numerous definitions – and even some examples of what that card might mean when in certain placements in a Tarot card reading, both regular and reversed.I’ve no other books in my Tarot library that are more heavily thumbed than my old copies of the two “78 Degrees” books, and I was very glad that Pollack has found a publisher willing to not only reprint them, but allow her to revise them and include both books in one volume. Highly recommended for serious students of Tarot.
Review by T SANTOSO for Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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If you are a Tarot beginner, you will be temted to buy at least 10 decks before even doing any reading at all, you will also buy about 5 tarot books to explore. I have passed that road too, and yeah there are a lot of good books for beginner.Time after time, you will come back to just one deck: Raider White deck, and for me the miniature deck (the size of almost a usual regular bicycle deck). And you will start to forget all the book and time to time come back to the very few books you love. And this one is it. It is a very rich book with deep reading of all the cards. It touch you and teach you deeply and teach you how to grow your own way of reading the pictures of tarot deck.This is not for the ultimate beginners! But invest in this one. After you get “bored” to the beginner books of tarot, you will start to appreciate this book. It is not for the people who just “want to know a bit” about tarot.In fact if you only want one book on Tarot, this is it.
The book describe deeply and richly for each card.
Review by Tami Brady for Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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These days most anybody can do a tarot reading. There are literally hundreds of different decks all complete with canned readings for each card. In a way, it’s rather like reading your daily horoscope as the results are rather generalized to match virtually anyone.
Definitely, not every tarot reader is equal in quality. The best readers go beyond simplistic generalizations. They not only tailor their layouts and reading results to match the individual but also look to the deeper meanings of the cards. These unique abilities are both invaluable skills and amazing talents.
Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom is a must have resource for anyone wanting to do real tarot readings. The author has an inherent ability to see depth within the cards that many need to be taught to notice. Within this book, she shares her valuable insights and urges the reader to follow suit. Originally this book was two books separating out the major and minor arcane. This new format brings these important references into one easier to access resource.
Review by Zinnia for Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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Easily read and understood as well as thorough and in-depth. I love this book and highly recommend it to anyone who is studying the Tarot. This book has clarified a lot of things for me. Rachel Pollack writes in a very personal way that builds comfort and confidence in the cards. I would be hard-pressed to find a comparable book on the subject.
Review by lise for Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
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As a Tarot beginner, I found this book to be both insightful and a little wordy. First of all, I must say that all in all, this book is an incredible resource! If you can get past the Psych-101 lectures, you will find incredibly astute and deep meaning in 78 Degrees of Wisdom. Rachel Pollack did a great service in combining these two volumes, and made Tarot accessible and easy to personalize. I would recommend this book (and have) to anyone looking for ‘real’ help in understanding the fascinating world of Tarot.