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Kim Huggens has been studying Tarot since the age of 9, and is the co-author of Sol Invictus: The God Tarot (Schiffer Publications, 2007) and in-progress companion deck Pistis Sophia: The Goddess Tarot. She lives in Cardiff, UK, where she works as a veterinary receptionist part-time to fund her university studies in Ancient History. She moved to Cardiff in 2002 for her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, and also graduated with an MA in Religion in Late Antiquity from Cardiff University in 2007. Kim has given numerous talks and workshops on the subject of Tarot, divination, Paganism and mythology in the UK, and regularly runs Tarot courses. She is a practicing Vodouisante and Thelemite, and a member of the OTO. She lives with her partner and cat, and in her spare time plays Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons and Dragons, writes short fiction, goes for walks in graveyards and wishes she could translate Sumerian.

Contents
Acknowledgments xvii
A Note about the Structure of the Course xix
Getting Started xxiii



Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
The Language of Tarot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
The Major Arcana: Introduction and Progress Cards. . . . . . . . . .29
The Major Arcana: Feminine Archetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Reading Tarot: Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
The Major Arcana: Masculine Archetypes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
The Major Arcana: Virtues and Vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
The Major Arcana: Cyclical Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
The Tarot Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
The Major Arcana: The Dark Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
The Major Arcana: What's Out There? (In Here?). . . . . . . . . . .169
Creating Your Own Spreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Court Cards: Introduction and Approaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Court Cards: Cups and Coins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Court Cards: Wands and Swords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
The Minor Arcana: Introduction and Coins/Earth . . . . . . . . . .243
The Minor Arcana: Methods for the Minors and Cups/Water. .257
The Minor Arcana: The Mind Applied to Tarot, and Swords/Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
The Minor Arcana: Magic, the Will, and Wands/Fire. . . . . . . .287
The Difficult Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Tips and Tricks When Reading for Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
The Next Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Appendix 1: The Four Elements 329

Appendix 2: The Tree of Life 331

Bibliography 333