(A) "Modern Tarot" by Michelle Tea is a thick 384 page book about tarot meanings.
The author is not currently a professional tarot reader but she is an award winning and successful writer who has about 10 books under her belt. Her writing style is exceptional in a way that it's written in a fun, humorous and modern way including some swear and slang words. The author is also LGBT, everything-weird and feminist friendly. The author learned to read tarot at the age of 15 while being a goth.
The book covers the meanings of 78 cards. Michelle Tea goes through each and every card and tells us what it means, based on experienced that she had in personal life. The author mainly writes about upright meanings while covering positive and negative aspects of the cards.
After covering the meanings of each card (which is about 4 pages) the author includes some witch craft or magic ideas. She suggests which crystals and herbs to use in order to be more like the Knight of Coins or the Strength card, for example. You can find some good rituals, bath and recipe ideas here. I enjoyed some of them but skipped the others because I don't have the ingredients and am not into rituals in general (although it would be fun to try some).
Anyway, what I enjoyed the most about the book was the author's writing style and her personality. She seems to be a rebellious, artistic and extravagant type who has been through a lot of crazy experiences and life and she does write very honestly. I didn't feel the author taking sides or judging anyone, which was relieving and mature. Whenever I have the opportunity, I would like to read the other books by this writer.
Anyway, what I enjoyed the most about the book was the author's writing style and her personality. She seems to be a rebellious, artistic and extravagant type who has been through a lot of crazy experiences and life and she does write very honestly. I didn't feel the author taking sides or judging anyone, which was relieving and mature. Whenever I have the opportunity, I would like to read the other books by this writer.
PS If you're a beginner in tarot, this book could help you see how each card works in real life but you will not find any spreads or tarot history here. The card meanings seem to be very accurate and I would "agree" with them. I especially liked the court card meanings which were really great covering three aspects of them (situation, person and if you are that tarot card).
If you're an experienced tarot reader, you might still benefit reading this book because you could relate to the card meanings. Also it might help to cover up and even out the "weak" cards.
I enjoyed reading this book.
If you're an experienced tarot reader, you might still benefit reading this book because you could relate to the card meanings. Also it might help to cover up and even out the "weak" cards.
I enjoyed reading this book.
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