Melissa Cynova

"In this book, Melissa Cynova shares her down-to earth advice on all things tarot. For years, Melissa has been sitting down with friends and neighbours who are curious about the cards. She s heard all the questions and misconceptions that can confuse newcomers (and sometimes more experienced readers, too). Kitchen Table Tarot was written as a guide for anyone looking for no-nonsense lessons with a warm, friendly, and knowledgeable teacher. Join Melissa as she shares straightforward guidance on decks, spreads, card meanings, and symbols. Get all your questions answered, discover how to have conversations with the cards, and learn to read with your own voice. Filled with real-life examples and personal explanations of what it s like to read the cards, this book tells it like it is and provides the information you need to read with confidence."--Bookdepository.com.

Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot

Kitchen Table Tarot

Maggie Gordon

Kitchen Table Tarot is a great introductory text to someone who knows nothing about tarot. Cynova is big into trying to explain that there is no one tarot practice. You choose your own methods and rituals, and you figure out what works best for you. She's a bit more woo than me, but that's what works for her, so I didn't feel pressured that I was somehow doing tarot wrong if I didn't use crystals. 

A bulk of the book is devoted to talking about the cards. She has some interesting observations I had not thought of before, and her organisation was really helpful. Instead of going through the Minors suite by suite, she did them number by number to draw comparisons. I think her descriptions of the court cards were a bit wanting, and some of the Majors were perhaps too simplistic, but this is meant to be an introductory text, and I think it does that job quite well. 

All in all, this feels like a very modern, approachable text for tarot beginners. I still prefer Pollack and Bunning, but this might be easier to draw people into the practice with.

Van Vu

Learn to read with your own voice and get the answers to all of your questions. For years, Melissa Cynova has been sitting down with friends and neighbors who are curious about the tarot. She's heard all the questions and misconceptions that can confuse newcomers (and sometimes more experienced readers, too). Kitchen Table Tarot was written as a guide for anyone looking for no-nonsense lessons with a warm, friendly, and knowledgeable teacher. Join Melissa as she shares straightforward guidance on decks, spreads, card meanings, and symbols. Filled with real-life examples and personal explanations of what it's like to read the cards, this book tells it like it is and provides the information you need to read with confidence. Praise: "If you're looking for an intuitive overview of how tarot might work for you and a pragmatic guide to learning the cards' core meanings, this book is the one. It's a warm, fast read with plenty of swearing, and I wish it could be bundled with every one of my tarot decks...It's that good. Buy one for you and one for your best friend, and go through it together. A+"—Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Raven's Prophecy Tarot "Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic voice, candid and nimble teaching approach, and ability to pare down the principles and experience of reading tarot to its essentials...Exemplary. Eminent. Authoritative. A veritable gem." —Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot "A punch-in-the-gut teaching guide to the tarot...illustrating how much the tarot encourages each of us to find our own unique language and meanings when we begin this journey."—Terry Iacuzzo, author of Small Mediums at Large "Melissa Cynova has written one of the most accessible, relatable tarot books ever. Pull up a chair, pop a cold one, and get ready for some straight-talking tarot lessons that will have you slinging the cards like a tarot badass in no time at all!"—Theresa Reed, author of The Tarot Coloring Book "I've read many books about tarot readings, but this one is my favorite book so far."—Library Noire "This book is a major asset to anyone curious about tarot...Reading Kitchen Table Tarot genuinely feels like sitting down with her and getting a whole workshop series delivered one-on-one."—Amber Unmasked "Kitchen Table Tarot is for the beginner who wants to dip their toes in the tarot world for fun and personal study."—Spiral Nature Winner of a 2018 IPPY Award for Best First Book

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Sam Spott

Melissa Cynova, bestselling author of Kitchen Table Tarot, provides a magic starter kit that is perfect for beginners. In her down-to-earth, no-nonsense style, Melissa shows how to use magic in dozens of different ways to help make positive improvements in your life and in your community. You will discover how to set intentions and goals, how to safely work with magical energies, and how to work magic for love, luck, prosperity, protection, blessings, and much more. Magic has been used by people from many different religious or spiritual backgrounds for thousands of years. This book shares tips and techniques for simple prayers, spells, and rituals that can make a major difference in the world. You will also discover important guidance on magical ethics, as well as hands-on instructions for working with gemstones, crystals, pendulums, tarot cards, and all sorts of tools that will help you achieve your magical goals.

Kitchen Table Tarot Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot

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