Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot

<b>This book will change the way you see the cards. <p/> For years Wald and Ruth Ann Amberstone's deep work on the symbols and esoteric traditions of the Rider-Waite-Smith cards has been a legend the learning and inspiration available only to their students. This book is useful in the deepest possible sense. <br> --Rachel Pollack author of <i>Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom </i>and <i>A Walk Through the Forest of Souls</i> <br> </b> <br> Bringing imagery and intuition into a course of study of the tarot <i>Unlocking the Secret Language of Tarot </i>sets itself apart from other tarot books by<b> teaching you how to translate the pictorial symbolism from one deck to another</b> strengthening your ability to recognize specific icons in any deck and in the world around you. It can be used as <b>both a reference book and as a series of guided meditations on the individual symbols.</b> <p/> Each of the seven chapters discusses symbols with a common theme--crowns pillars mountains crosses etc.--and provides the lore and mythological meanings of each card. <b>The authors also include an integration lesson and a special symbol spread for each chapter </b>to help deepen your understanding of the cards. Written by Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone two of the consummate authorities on tarot in the world this book<b> reveals the hidden current of symbolic meanings and connections in the tarot</b> unlocking the secrets of the cards to help illuminate every reader's path in life. Previously published as <i>The Secret Language of Tarot</i> this is an accessible must-have guide for any tarot reader.