This enchanting treasury of all things tarot for readers ages 10 and up gives a fascinating insight into the history, secrets, and practice of tarot.
Featuring a foil-detailed cover, a ribbon marker, and stunning illustrations, Young Oracle Tarot reveals for young oracles-in-training what tarot is, how to read the cards for themselves and for others, and how this ancient mystical practice can be used for self-reflection, self-care, problem-solving, and much more.
For hundreds of years, people have sought answers to life’s big questions in tarot cards. This book will help young truth-seekers use the cards to navigate their own trials and triumphs, from family life, friendships and relationships, to school, work and health.
Everything readers need to get started on their tarot journey is contained in Young Oracle Tarot, starting with the rich history behind the cards and flowing forward to how they can be used today when relating to ourselves and to others, with simple card explanations and guidance for completing different readings.
The book includes:
A timeline of tarot through the ages
Examples of how today’s young readers can make the most of tarot
Tips on how to conduct personal readings and reading for others
Explanations of all the cards in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, as well as information on other decks
Guidance on how to practice 1-card daily readings, 3-card draw readings, and Celtic Cross readings
A glossary of mystical terms
This magical guide will initiate readers into a powerful global tradition and empower tweens and teens to trust their intuition, recognize their strengths and talents, and reflect on and process situations and problems that are important to them.
There's a skill to writing a book aimed at beginners in any field. It's difficult to keep your material engaging and interesting while still being simple while showing the depth that readers can achieve later. It's a skill that Suki has in spades. This is a fantastic first introduction to this wonderful art.
Of course, an illustrated book rises and falls on the skill of its illustrator, and Ana is fantastic. Apart from the actual cards, the illustrations are all in shades of black, white and gray with gold highlights. They're intriguing and draw you in to look more deeply. The cards are all in full colour, a reproduction of the classic Rider Smith Waite deck - the deck most often recommended to beginners, as the majority of modern decks are based on the symbolism in it.
The book covers a brief history of tarot in general and the Rider Waite Smith in particular - love the focus on Pixie! - before moving into an overview of the deck's structure. Each card gets a half page with a reproduction of the image on it and a brief description and explanation. After the whole deck is covered, the book talks a little about how to do a reading and gives the three standard spreads - one card draw, three card spread and Celtic Cross spread.
One thing I would have liked is more focus on reversals. I'm very much a mood reader - sometimes I feel like doing reversals and sometimes I don't - but the only mention of them in this book is a paragraph explaining that you don't have to use them, but if you'd like to, they usually mean that the energy of the card is blocked. There's no mention of them in the descriptions of each card.
That's a very tiny point, though, and I know that many readers don't use reversals, so maybe that's the market Suki was going for.
I love this book. If you're thinking of getting it, I heartily recommend it, but! Get the real book, not an ebook - the amazing, beautiful illustrations won't shine in an ebook the way they do when you hold this book in your hands. This is a fantastic read for either a total beginner, or someone with a bit more experience looking for a clear, simple guide. Fantastic.
Young Oracle Tarot publishes on the 22nd February, 2022 in the US and on the 1st March, 2022 in the UK using the same cover. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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