Melissa Cynova

Disclosure: I haven't read through the entire book yet, but I've been using it daily for about two months now and have really been enjoying Cynova's interpretations. She includes reversed interpretations, which I've often glossed over in the past, but now feel more comfortable with, and I love her approach of *really* taking the cards' illustrations and commonalities of suits and numbers/ranks in context--also something I never paid that much attention to. Her tone really does reflect the "kitchen table" feel--it's heartfelt and funny and down-to-earth, just as if you were sitting across from your bestie. I have checked this out from the library, but I totally plan on buying it once my renewals run out.… (más)

THIS is my go-to handbook at the moment. The examples are great, the categorization of the minor arcana by number rather than suit has been great, and this has been especially helpful as a beginner just starting to include reversed cards in readings.

This is a fairly good introduction. It's not too scant about the card meanings and it doesn't give wishy washy "The cards mean whatever you want them to mean" explanations, but I don't find that it loses itself in the weeds. The author knows what shes talking about but isnt trying to show off and actually seems to want to help those looking to learn tarot.… (más)