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2ND EDITION arot T for our elf Y S A Workbook for Personal Transformation By Mary K. Greer NEW PAGE BOOKS A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 1 2/11/02, 11:19 AM Copyright  2002 by Mary K. Greer All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. TAROT FOR YOUR SELF 2ND EDITION Edited by Nicole DeFelice Typeset by Eileen Dow Munson Cover design by Lu Rossman Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201-848-0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687 Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com ISBN 1-56414-588-3 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 2 2/11/02, 1:41 PM No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the expressed written consent of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief pas- sages in connection with a review. Photographs by Ed Buryn Original illustrations by Susan St. Thomas Diagrams by Mary Greer Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to print: “Six of Cups” copyright 1962 by Diane Wakoski from the book Inside the Blood Factory by Diane Wakoski. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday and Co., Inc. “The Empress #8” from Smudging by Diane Wakoski. Published by Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, copyright 1972. Reprinted by permission of the author. Excerpt from “The Queen of Wands” from the book The Queen of Wands by Judy Grahn. Published by The Crossing Press, copyright 1982. Re- printed by permission of the author. “The back fence/the ancient Celtic Cross” from A Passage of Saint Devil by Duncan McNaughton. Published by Talonbooks, Ltd., copyright 1976. Reprinted by permission of the author. “What Made Tarot Cards and Fleurs de Lis” from Selected Poems 1943-1966 by Philip Lamantia, copyright 1967. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books. Excerpt from “Zero: The Fool” in Pieces by Robert Creeley, copyright 1969. Reprinted by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons. Excerpt from The Greater Trumps by Charles Williams. Copyright 1950 by Pellegrini and Cudahy. Reprinted by per- mission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc. “Princess of Disks,” a previously un- published poem by Diane di Prima, copyright 1983 by Diane di Prima. Printed by permission of the author. “A Tarot Story,” a previously unpublished short story by LiAnne Graves, copyright 1984 by Lianne Graves. Printed by permission of the author. Tarot processes developed and taught by Angeles Arrien in her classes used by her permission. Adaptation from “Images of Interpersonal Intuition” from the book Awakening lntuition by Frances E. Vaughan. Published by Anchor Books, copyright 1979. Used by permission of the author. Reproductions of the Aquarian Tarot deck, copyright 1970, and the Morgan-Greer Tarot deck, copy- right 1979. Used by permission of Morgan Press, Inc. Reproductions of the Church of Light Egyptian Tarot deck, copyright 1936, 1964. Used by permission of the Church of Light. Reproductions of the Motherpeace Tarot deck, copyright 1981. Used by permission of Vicki Noble. Reproductions of the Moon and Sybil cards from the Amazon Tarot deck, copyright 1980 by Elf and Dragon Press. Used by permission of the artist, Billie Ports. Reproduction of the Sage card from the Amazon Tarot deck, copyright 1980 by Elf and Dragon Press. Used by permis- sion of the artist, Prairie Jackson. Reproductions of the Voyager Tarot deck, copyright 1984. Used by permission of Jim Wanless. Reproductions of the Xultun Tarot deck, copyright 1976. Used by permission of the artist, Peter Balin. Tarot cards reproduced by permission of U. S. Games Systems, Inc. from the following decks: Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot deck, copyright 1978 by U. S. Games Sys- tems, Inc. and Samuel Weiser, Inc. Native American Tarot deck, copyright 1982 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 3 2/11/02, 11:19 AM by U. S. Games Systems, Inc. Rolla Nordic Tarot deck, copyright 1981 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Sacred Rose Tarot deck, copyright 1982 by U. S. Games systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Further reproduction prohibited. Rider-Waite Tarot cards reproduced by permission of U. S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Further reproduction prohibited. First published, October 1984 Printed in the United States of America 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 4 2/11/02, 11:19 AM To Ed Buryn And Casimira Greer Buryn ][ 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 5 2/11/02, 11:19 AM This page intentionally left blank 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 6 2/11/02, 11:19 AM cknowledgments A I would first like to thank Tristine Rainer for her book, The New Diary: How to Use a Journal for Self-Guidance and Expanded Creativity. It was through reading and working with her book that I realized what was to me of most importance in the Tarot: the personal search for self-understanding. Her book was the key that made all the pieces fit, and she demonstrated through her way of writing—as if she were talking to me as a close friend—the way in which I too wanted to reach my readers. Any similarities between her book and mine are due to my admiration for her writing and the inspiration of her ideas. There are many readers, artists, teachers, counselors, healers, thinkers, ma- gicians, and movers of Tarot, especially in the San Francisco Bay area, that I have been privileged to know and study with. I have used what they have taught me, along with my 15 years of independent study, to the extent that their ideas have blended and merged with mine. I have tried to acknowledge their seed ideas and creations throughout the book, and I want to give special thanks to: Angeles Arrien, Vicky Noble, Suzanne Judith, Diane di Prima, Dori Gombold, Joanne Kowalski, Jim Wanless, Hilary Anderson, Ed Hoscoe, Tracey Hoover, Jean Samiljan, Gail Fairfield, and Luna Moth—all practitioners of the art of Tarot. For what I have learned from them in the fields of psychic development, astrology, healing, and crystals, I would like to thank: Tamara Diagilev, Oh Shinnah, Merlyn, Dale Walker, Aaron Greenberg, and Yana Breeze. And to my best teachers of all, my students of the last eight years, I offer this book in gratitude. Special thanks go to four people who were my coaches and midwives as I gave birth to this work: foremost to Ed Buryn, who inspired, encouraged, edited, cooked, washed dishes, and made this whole book possible. To my friends: artist and as- trologer Susan St. Thomas, whose illustrations grace these pages; to Tarot and past-life counselor Dori Gombold, whose writing skills and knowledge of Tarot smoothed many an awkward passage; and to Howard Fallon, who introduced me to the wonders of word processing and provided the computer support. I’ve dedicated this book to Ed, who knew I could do it and without whom it would have taken many more years, and to our daughter Casimira, born at the time the book was first conceptualized and who has grown with it. 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 7 2/11/02, 11:19 AM This page intentionally left blank 001 TFYS Front Matter.p65 6 2/11/02, 11:19 AM ontents c Subject Directory 11 Preface 15 Introduction 19 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with the Cards 27 Chapter 2 The Tarot Journal 51 Chapter 3 Reading the Cards 75 Chapter 4 The Celtic Cross Spread 89 Chapter 5 The Court Card Personalities 103 Chapter 6 Permutations: Reading in Depth 117 Chapter 7 Dealing with Moods, Emotions, and Relationships 139 Chapter 8 Prosperity and Planning 155 Chapter 9 Becoming Conscious of What You Create 173 Chapter 10 Healing 187 Chapter 11 Crystals and Tarot 201 Chapter 12 Design and Creativity with the Tarot 213 002 TFYS Contents.p65 9 2/11/02, 11:19 AM

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