{"id":25351,"date":"2022-02-01T01:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T05:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=25351"},"modified":"2022-02-01T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:25:15","slug":"book-review-archetypal-tarot-by-mary-k-greer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2022\/02\/01\/book-review-archetypal-tarot-by-mary-k-greer\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Archetypal Tarot: What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path, and Potential by Mary K Greer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Review<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Archetypal Tarot<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

What Your Birth Card Reveals<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

About Your Personality, Path and Potential <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

by Mary K. Greer, foreword by Theresa Reed<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Published by Red Wheel\/Weiser<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

288 Pages<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Publication Date: June 1, 2021<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Archetypal Tarot is a 7 inch by 10 inch soft cover book with a matte finish full color front cover showing the book\u2019s title and a version of the Wheel of Fortune card, and a back cover containing reviews, a description of the book, and a brief bio of Mary K. Greer.\u00a0 It contains 271 pages with black print on sturdy off-white paper that is amenable to pencil notations; my copy is already filled with underscores and marginal notations. This book was originally published as Who Are You In The Tarot. This new edition contains a Foreword written by Theresa Reed (author of Tarot: No Questions Asked), and a new preface written by Greer in 2020, during the middle of the Covid pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Archetypal Tarot begins with the Foreword by Theresa Reed, followed by the Preface To The New Addition by Greer.\u00a0 Next is the Introduction, which offers tantalizing teasers regarding such topics as the connection between Tarot and destiny and the 8-11 Controversy and Astrological Correspondence, as well as information regarding the creation of the original edition, and instructions for how best to use the information presented in this book.\u00a0 Chapter 1 is next, entitled, Constellations, Principles, Archetypes, and Beliefs; this chapter builds the foundation and sets the stage for the rest of this book, and it hooked me immediately.\u00a0 Most of us who have any exposure to the Tarot have heard of Birth Cards, Year Cards, and the archetypal connections to the Tarot, the Major Arcana in particular; Greer offers us Tarot Constellations (introduced to Greer in 1978 by Angeles Arrien) to add to those already valuable tools.\u00a0 Chapter 2 offers instructions and exercises for working with your personal cards.\u00a0 Chapter 3 offers in-depth information regarding your Birth Cards, discussing fate and destiny, instructions and possible variations, and the concept of a Hidden Factor or Teacher Card.\u00a0 Already, in the first 47 pages of this book, Greer has offered quite a bit of food for thought that would be interesting to any Tarot enthusiast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next comes 165 pages of information regarding the 9 Tarot Constellations.\u00a0 First Greer offers a primer of general information regarding the 9 Constellations, and then she goes in depth.\u00a0 We learn which Major Arcana and Minor Arcana cards are in each Constellation, we learn of which correspondences are to be considered, including archetypes, astrological correspondences and keywords, and we learn detailed information about each card in the Constellation about different card combinations and their effects on each personal card.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following sections of the book cover detailed information regarding the Year Card and its interpretation, Soul Groupings and Relationship Dynamics, Name Cards, and People or Court Cards, all presenting card examples (with great information for each card), and useful exercises for exploring each of these concepts.\u00a0 The book ends with three useful Appendices addressing the 8-11 Controversy, the Qabalah of the Nine Chambers, and a summary of Card Names, followed by endnotes and a selected bibliograph.<\/span><\/p>\n

While this is not a how-to-read-the-Tarot book, Archetypal Tarot in my opinion offers an amazing amount of useful information regarding the Tarot, the many correspondences and how they interact, and the sometimes-hidden connections between the cards, their messages, and possible manifestations.\u00a0 Even someone new to the Tarot can benefit from reading this book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Greer has a talent for making even more technical information about the Tarot accessible to all levels of expertise, and Archetypal Tarot is a perfect example of this talent.\u00a0 For those who have already been pulled down the many rabbit holes that inhabit the Tarot cards and their meanings, Archetypal Tarot can bring new perspectives and new ways of making use of the seemingly esoteric symbolism and messages of the Tarot to bring new depth to readings.\u00a0 I would recommend any Mary K. Greer Tarot book to any Tarot enthusiast, but this one would be at or near the top of my list.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary K Greer is a tarot scholar, writer, teacher and consultant who teaches Tarot around the world.\u00a0 She has more than 40 years experience in the Tarot as an author and a teacher, and she advocates an approach to learning and using the cards that emphasizes personal insight and creativity.\u00a0 She has written nine books on the Tarot and biographies of four female Magicians.\u00a0 Mary is the founder of Tools and Rites of Transformation (T.A.R.O.T), and is the recipient of the International Tarot Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association For Tarot Studies, and is a research partner in le Tarot Associazione Culturale (Italy).\u00a0 More information can be found at her website, marykgreer.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Archetypal Tarot: What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path, and Potential on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAbout the Author:<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRaushanna<\/span>\u00a0is a lifetime resident of New Jersey. As well as a professional Tarot Reader and Teacher, she is a practicing Wiccan (Third Degree, Sacred Mists Coven), a Usui Reiki Master\/Teacher, a certified Vedic Thai-Yoga Massage Bodyworker,\u00a0a 500-hr RYT Yoga Teacher specializing in chair assisted Yoga for movement disorders, and a Middle Eastern dance performer, choreographer and teacher. \u00a0Raushanna bought her first Tarot deck in 2005, and was instantly captivated by the images on the cards and the vast, deep and textured messages to be gleaned from their symbols. She loves reading about, writing about, and talking about the Tarot, and anything occult, mystical, or spiritual, as well as anything connected to the human subtle body. She has published a book, \u201cThe Emerald Tablet: My 24-Day Journal to Understanding<\/a>,\u201d and is currently working on a book about the Tarot, pathworking and the Tree of Life. Raushanna documents her experiences and her daily card throws in her blog,\u00a0DancingSparkles.blogspot.com<\/a>, which has been in existence since 2009. She and her husband, her son and step son, and her numerous friends and large extended family can often be found on the beaches, bike paths and hiking trails of the Cape May, NJ area.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review Archetypal Tarot What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path and Potential by Mary K. Greer, foreword by Theresa Reed Published by Red Wheel\/Weiser 288 Pages Publication Date: June 1, 2021     Archetypal Tarot is a 7 inch by 10 inch soft cover book with a matte finish full color front cover showing the book\u2019s title and a version of the Wheel of Fortune card, and a back cover containing reviews, a description of the book, and a brief bio of Mary K. Greer.\u00a0 It contains 271 pages with black print on sturdy off-white paper that is amenable to pencil notations; my copy is already filled with underscores and marginal notations. This book was originally published as Who Are You In The Tarot. This new edition contains a Foreword written by Theresa Reed (author of Tarot: No Questions Asked), and a new preface written by Greer in 2020, during the middle of the Covid pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0 Archetypal Tarot begins with the Foreword by Theresa Reed, followed by the Preface To The New Addition by Greer.\u00a0 Next is the Introduction, which offers tantalizing teasers regarding such topics as the connection between Tarot and destiny and the 8-11 Controversy and Astrological Correspondence, as well as information regarding the creation of the original edition, and instructions for how best to use the information presented in this book.\u00a0 Chapter 1 is next, entitled, Constellations, Principles, Archetypes, and Beliefs; this chapter builds the foundation and sets the stage for the rest of this book, and it hooked me immediately.\u00a0 Most of us who have any exposure to the Tarot have heard of Birth Cards, Year Cards, and the archetypal connections to the Tarot, the Major Arcana in particular; Greer offers us Tarot Constellations (introduced to Greer in 1978 by Angeles Arrien) to add to those already valuable tools.\u00a0 Chapter 2 offers instructions and exercises for working with your personal cards.\u00a0 Chapter 3 offers in-depth information regarding your Birth Cards, discussing fate and destiny, instructions and possible variations, and the concept of a Hidden Factor or Teacher Card.\u00a0 Already, in the first 47 pages of this book, Greer has offered quite a bit of food for thought that would be interesting to any Tarot enthusiast. Next comes 165 pages of information regarding the 9 Tarot Constellations.\u00a0 First Greer offers a primer of general information regarding the 9 Constellations, and then she goes in depth.\u00a0 We learn which Major Arcana and Minor Arcana cards are in each Constellation, we learn of which correspondences are to be considered, including archetypes, astrological correspondences and keywords, and we learn detailed information about each card in the Constellation about different card combinations and their effects on each personal card.\u00a0\u00a0 The following sections of the book cover detailed information regarding the Year Card and its interpretation, Soul Groupings and Relationship Dynamics, Name Cards, and People or Court Cards, all presenting card examples (with great information for each card), and useful exercises for exploring each of these concepts.\u00a0 The book ends with three useful Appendices addressing the 8-11 Controversy, the Qabalah of the Nine Chambers, and a summary of Card Names, followed by endnotes and a selected bibliograph. While this is not a how-to-read-the-Tarot book, Archetypal Tarot in my opinion offers an amazing amount of useful information regarding the Tarot, the many correspondences and how they interact, and the sometimes-hidden connections between the cards, their messages, and possible manifestations.\u00a0 Even someone new to the Tarot can benefit from reading this book.\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Greer has a talent for making even more technical information about the Tarot accessible to all levels of expertise, and Archetypal Tarot is a perfect example of this talent.\u00a0 For those who have already been pulled down the many rabbit holes that inhabit the Tarot cards and their meanings, Archetypal Tarot can bring new perspectives and new ways of making use of the seemingly esoteric symbolism and messages of the Tarot to bring new depth to readings.\u00a0 I would recommend any Mary K. Greer Tarot book to any Tarot enthusiast, but this one would be at or near the top of my list.\u00a0\u00a0 Mary K Greer is a tarot scholar, writer, teacher and consultant who teaches Tarot around the world.\u00a0 She has more than 40 years experience in the Tarot as an author and a teacher, and she advocates an approach to learning and using the cards that emphasizes personal insight and creativity.\u00a0 She has written nine books on the Tarot and biographies of four female Magicians.\u00a0 Mary is the founder of Tools and Rites of Transformation (T.A.R.O.T), and is the recipient of the International Tarot Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association For Tarot Studies, and is a research partner in le Tarot Associazione Culturale (Italy).\u00a0 More information can be found at her website, marykgreer.com.   Archetypal Tarot: What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path, and Potential on Amazon   ** About the Author: Raushanna\u00a0is a lifetime resident of New Jersey. As well as a professional Tarot Reader and Teacher, she is a practicing Wiccan (Third Degree, Sacred Mists Coven), a Usui Reiki Master\/Teacher, a certified Vedic Thai-Yoga Massage Bodyworker,\u00a0a 500-hr RYT Yoga Teacher specializing in chair assisted Yoga for movement disorders, and a Middle Eastern dance performer, choreographer and teacher. \u00a0Raushanna bought her first Tarot deck in 2005, and was instantly captivated by the images on the cards and the vast, deep and textured messages to be gleaned from their symbols. She loves reading about, writing about, and talking about the Tarot, and anything occult, mystical, or spiritual, as well as anything connected to the human subtle body. She has published a book, \u201cThe Emerald Tablet: My 24-Day Journal to Understanding,\u201d and is currently working on a book about the Tarot, pathworking and the Tree of Life. Raushanna documents her experiences and her daily card throws in her blog,\u00a0DancingSparkles.blogspot.com, which has been in existence since 2009. She and her husband, her son and step son, and her numerous friends and large extended family can often be found on the beaches, bike paths and hiking trails of the Cape May, NJ area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[13608,10095,10015,13609,10075,10204],"class_list":["post-25351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-archetypal-tarot","tag-book","tag-book-review","tag-mary-k-greer","tag-review","tag-tarot"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25351"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25520,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25351\/revisions\/25520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}