The Book of Tarot: A Guide for Modern Mystics

As always, I am impressed with Danielle Noel's ability to draw you in with her beautiful illustrations/collage art, color schemes and gold foil details. This book is designed similarly in the style of her tarot deck in terms of art, colors, and title fonts.This book covers a brief overview of how the artist came to the path of tarot reading, a snippet about the tarot's history and a description of how you can use the tarot for self reflection and spiritual guidance. This guide then opens up into the explanation and keywords associate with both the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana of the tarot. Lastly, this title wraps up with a few tarot spreads to get you on your way of self discovery and spiritual growth. I have a few pros and cons:PROS+ Beautifully written! Danielle Noel has a very poetic way of writing that makes you feel calm and reflective. There is no doubt that you are reading a book that is to help you with a spiritual journey. A few words may require a dictionary if you're new to the language of Noel (or at least for me :), but overall one easy, non-complicated read.+ Organized and concise. Her ideas are clearly labeled and headed appropriately, which make for great referencing later when you want to return back to a topic.+ Quality book design and clear imagery. The pages are relatively thick and great for note taking (if you're that type of reader). All images of tarot cards inside are clear and vibrant!+ Each card description comes with a short list of "Questions To Ask", which make great journaling prompts for tarot study.+ This book focuses on The Starchild Tarot. If you do not have this tarot deck or you're on the fence about purchasing it, this book is a great way to test the cards to see if you will connect to them as well as learning information about them. I have had at least one tarot deck where the guidebook was SO good and informative, I really didn't need the cards or cared to use the actual cards and wished they book was sold separately. With this new title's release, you can eat your cake and have it too.CONS+ Although it is beautifully written, I really and truly wish there were MORE information about some of the topics she mentioned, like the history of tarot, or even an account of her own spiritual practice and how you can develop your own. I know it's labeled as The Book of Tarot but...+ IT IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THE GUIDEBOOK THAT COMES WITH THE CARDS! What about the "guide to modern mystics" part? I own both the 2nd Edition Akashic versions of The Starchild Tarot (one with borders and one without) and I have read the guidebook backward and forwards in my study of the cards for the last month, consistently. I have actually put this book and the deck's guidebook side-by-side when reading to see the difference. There are slight differences here and there; the wording is different, but basically the concepts and keywords are the exact same as the guidebook.+ UNLIKE the tarot guidebook, there is no added information about chakras..which I was really looking forward to as my knowledge about it is only limited to what is published in The Starchild Tarot's card deck guide.Overall, I am not disappointed with my purchase as I am a huge fan of Danielle Noel's works and anyone else who is, will enjoy this no matter what. However, from a non-biased perspective, unless you are completely new to Danielle Noel and her tarot decks, you aren't going to get much more information from this title than what you already have with the tarot card's guidebook. I highly recommend this book to those who are new to The Starchild Tarot and have NOT acquired the tarot deck yet. This is a great tool to have to see if you'd like the actual tarot deck.**And as a last and final note, I am not certain why, but the Akashic large sized card "Six of Wands" is illustrated differently in the traditional size card. All the guidebooks (this one, and the two books for the decks) depict the illustration Six of Wands from the traditional size deck. I am not sure why the large Akashic sized cards has a different Six of Wands illustration, but I wished it was the same throughout.**

I really like this, but I do not have Danielle's tarot deck that corresponds with this book. I would recommend purchasing this ONLY if you do not have the starchild tarot deck...its basically the same as the guidebook from what I can tell. But because I'm waiting to purchase the new moonchild deck instead, I'm really happy I grabbed this book. It's very pretty.

As a tarot reader for over 13 years I purchased this book out of curiosity when I picked up the starchild tarot. I don’t consistently use guide books but I love to be able to get the artist understanding of their cards. Since it is a reference book you don’t read it cover to cover or use it consistently every day it was to my surprise when I found out two months after purchasing that the pages are out of order and some pages are missing altogether there is no explanation for the hierophant or the hermit Some of the minor arcana is mixed in with the major arcana. And because I’m just realizing this two months later I’m thoroughly disappointed because I’m not even sure that I can exchange the book or get a refund! Extremely disappointed especially given the quality of Danielle Noel‘s workbooks her deck.

I find that sometimes I don’t connect with the messages she gives for the cards with my traditional Rider-Waite deck. When looking at the cards she illustrated, I can definitely see the connection but she mentions in the beginning that this guidebook can be used with any deck but some of the messages just don’t fit. Also, I almost always feel shorted when it comes to the messages for reversed cards. There’s just not enough information for me as a beginner to truly understand. I also find that there aren’t even any keywords for reversals or better yet the keywords are not labeled which ones are meant for the card when it’s upright and which ones are for the card when it’s reversed. The book is beautifully written and laid out. There’s just not a lot enough information for a beginner in my opinion.I don’t own either of Danielle’s tarot decks but the illustrations are breathtaking and I plan to buy both of them.

Well done Danielle Noel!! I was itching for this book to come out and was not disappointed! The book is well put together and I adore the fact that she went with colored photos. For anyone that owns The Starchild Tarot, this book gives you a richer meaning to the deck itself. However, this isn’t to isolate the basis of the book, which is it explains the meaning of the cards for any RWS deck. Love it!

I LOVE this guidebook so much I ordered the Oracle and Tarot cards that go with it. The art is ethereal and inspiring. I can literally feel the positive energy radiating from both decks. The book is a MUST HAVE companion to the decks, although I did use the book with a different deck until the new ones arrived and it worked just fine. It is just more magical using them all together cohesively.

This book is beautiful in so many ways, but the clear and easy-to-use descriptions have been wonderful to absorb and read through. Danielle has a poetic way with words too, and she shares her deep knowledge of the tarot in a way that is both uplifting and refreshing. I have her larger Starchild deck, and the smaller guide works as a different version from this new one. I have gone through all of the pages and compared, and it's clear she has revised a lot of the definitions with updated information and has elaborated with the images, which was not originally added in the smaller guide, so I much appreciate that, as I was curious of how she came up with a lot of the stunning imagery she created, and now I know! This was mostly why I wanted the book! Thank you for this. I am pleasantly surprised! I am gifting another copy to a friend who is also looking forward to this new edition.

It's okay. I got this book, hoping for some interpretation of Rider-Waite style decks but this is geared towards practitioners who own the author's deck. I find it to be a little all over the place and a bit too woohoo for my taste, but it depends on what you're into I guess.

Libro molto interessante sui tarocchi creati dall'autrice e fornisce una visione generale su di essi partendo da una breve introduzione, storia e poi spiegazione delle singole carte. Per chi vuole una cosa molto generale e senza grandi aspettative, lo consiglio.Il libro è arrivato in perfette condizioni all'interno di una busta trasparente.

I love the images in this book and all the explanations for each card, you can use the explanations ofthe cards in any tarot deck. It felt very soulful, deep and transformational! Truly an amazing read, I’m definitely going to be ordering her deck the starchild tarot.

I LOVE this book. It is so so so beautiful, the colours and illustrations are just perfect and looking at the book is such a pleasure. The individual tarot card meaning pages are well structured and in depth, I love the way it's written and don't have any complaints. Also love the spreads she shows at the end of the book! Highly recommend if you're looking for an in-depth guide book that also looks great on your bookshelf.

Me ha resultado muy práctico para entender el significado de las cartas del tarot.Las ilustraciones son muy bellas y el texto que las acompaña realmente inspirador. Ideal para quien quiera iniciarse o profundizar espiritualmente con esta herramienta.