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Like so many people, I first picked up a Tarot deck when I was fairly young—in college. But memorizing all 78 cards seemed like it would take a lot more time than I had. To add to the confusion, my first deck was pretty, but not grounded in very detailed symbolism.
But when I went into the Peace Corps, I figured I’d have the time to learn. So I bought a classic deck—the Rider-Waite-Smith—and brought it with me to Estonia. And I did have a lot of time to learn. This was back in the nineties, when the internet was just getting going, and there were all sorts of listservs to join and very, very slow internet connections to talk Tarot on. There was something magical about those clunky listservs and having conversations with faceless people in the void.
Anyway, after Peace Corps, I stayed in the former Soviet Union, which had a mystical vibe of its own. And the more I studied Tarot, the more I fell down the wormhole of western esotericism. It turns out Tarot has connections to neo-platonism, alchemy, Grail myth… Basically if some western mystic or magician dreamed it up, there’s probably a Tarot connection. And this led to a weird point in my Tarot learning where I was aware of too many different card meanings—it became impossible to read. Which meaning to choose? I was overwhelmed. And then, somehow, everything came together, and my readings began to flow more intuitively. Now reading Tarot is second nature.
And I’ve collected a stupid number of Tarot decks. I keep telling myself this one is the absolute last. But then a Tarot creator will produce something new, and I’m lost. But the art’s lovely, and the symbols are powerful, so I regret nothing!
When Tarot reader Hyperion Night sent his manuscript, The Mysteries of Tarot, to a friend to edit, it was a simple guide to reading Tarot. Hyperion couldn’t anticipate that his editor’s notes would evolve into a murder mystery, or that his friend would go missing. Shockingly, the annotated manuscript eventually made its way back to Hyperion, who forwarded it to the authorities.
Now this astonishing Tarot guide is available as a book. The Tarot guidebook features:
• Tarot basics―How to manage different interpretations of cards in a spread, how to read court cards, and a clear and simple method for dealing with reversals.
• Detailed card breakdowns― Keywords, flash non-fiction narratives, and a deep dive into the symbols of each of the 78 cards of the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana.
• Questions to apply to the cards for transforming your life―Insightful questions for each card to help you dig deeper into your Tarot reading practice.
Bonus feature: the guidebook also includes his editor’s comments on the more esoteric and philosophical interpretations of the Tarot, as well as his notes on the baffling mystery that engulfed him.
Gain deep insight from the cards, transform yourself, and solve The Mysteries of Tarot with this work of experimental fiction that’s part Tarot guidebook, part murder mystery.
The Suit of Pentacles
Earth
Abundance
Foundations
Fertility
The physical world
Health and home
Notes: Suit of Pentacles
50 I’m regrouping with a thorough cleaning of my temporary home. And yes, the caretaker's cottage was already clean, but I felt driven to… Start fresh now that my father’s gone?
Adelaide stopped by, catching me in the middle of scrubbing behind the stove. She thought I was mad not to call in the servants. But that wasn’t the point. The point was rolling up my sleeves and getting dirty. Laughing, she left me to it.
What finally stopped me was discovering an old plastic yellow house at the back of the closet. It was my mother’s. When we were kids, she’d bring it out for Christmas and create a little village beneath the tree. An old mirror became an ice skating rink. Cotton for snow. This was before my father got big and mom got cancer. You know the rest.
I cried for the first time since his death, not just for the past but for what could have been. Could things have changed between us? It seemed like he was trying. Like something had changed. Why, Hyperion? Why did he do it? -T
Kirsten is best known for her Wits’ End, Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum, and Tea & Tarot cozy mystery books. So if you like funny, action-packed mysteries with complicated heroines, just turn the page…
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