Mary K. Greer's 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card »

Mary Greer is an author and teacher specializing in methods of self-exploration and transformation. A Grandmaster of the American Tarot Association, she is a member of numerous Tarot organizations, and is featured at Tarot conferences and symposia in the United States and abroad.

Mary also has a wide following in the women's and pagan communities for her work in women's spirituality and magic. A Priestess-Hierophant in the Fellowship of Isis, she is the founder of the Iseum of Isis Aurea.

Mary has studied and practiced Tarot and astrology for over 34 years. Her teaching experience includes eleven years at New College of California, as well as at many workshops, conferences, and classes. She is the founder and director of the learning center T.A.R.O.T. (Tools and Rites of Transformation).

Her books include Tarot for Your Self: A Workbook for Personal Transformation (1984); Tarot Constellations: Patterns of Personal Destiny (1987); Tarot Mirrors: Reflections of Personal Meaning (1988); The Essence of Magic: Tarot, Ritual, and Aromatherapy (1993); Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses (1995); and Aromatherapy: Healing for the Body and Soul (1998), with Kathi Keville.

Drawing on nearly forty years of tarot experience, Mary K. Greer has developed a new energizing approach-made up of twenty-one stimulating techniques-to interpret or deepen your understanding of each card. Just as the twenty-one letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words, Greer's twenty-one methods can be used in any combination for gaining amazing new insights and perspectives.

Emphasizing both traditional and personal methods of interpretation, Greer's techniques involve storytelling, sketching, symbols, metaphors, dialogues, acting, and other imaginative exercises. Designed to bring about interaction, transformation, and empowerment, this twenty-one-pronged approach to tarot can help readers expand standard interpretations and evolve new ways of connecting to the cards.

Contents Acknowledgments, ix Introduction, xi How to Use This Book, xix step 0Stepping Out 1
Step 1Name 3
Step 2Description 7
Step 3Emotion 15
Step 4Story 25
Step 5Number 33
Step 6Mode, Suit, Element 47
Step 7Synthesis 59
Step 8Metaphor 67
Step 9Query & Snapshots 77
Step 10Meanings 89
Step 11Range 103
Step 12Modification 115
Step 13Symbols 129
Step14Dignity & Theme 147
Step 15Dialogs 163
Step 16Drawing 173
Step 17Embodiment 183
Step 18Imagination 191
Step 19Myth & Archetypes 201
Step 20Deck Comparison 219
Step 21The Possible Self 231
Step 00Full Circle 239

Appendix A: Emotions List, 243
Appendix B: Number & Rank Keywords, 245
Appendix C: Mode, Suit, Element Keywords, 251
Appendix D: Elemental Dignity Combinations, 257
Appendix E: The Empress Vision, 261
Appendix F: Archetypal Motifs Chart, 265
Appendix G: Reading Styles, 271
Appendix H: Traps & Solutions in R.I.T.E., 275
Appendix I: 21 Ways Worksheet, 283
Glossary, 285
Bibliography, 297
Index, 305