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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.

• ContentsAcknowledgments xviiA Note about the Structure of the Course xixGetting Started xxiii Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1The Language of Tarot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13The Major Arcana: Introduction and Progress Cards. . . . . . . . . .29The Major Arcana: Feminine Archetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Reading Tarot: Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63The Major Arcana: Masculine Archetypes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75The Major Arcana: Virtues and Vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93The Major Arcana: Cyclical Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111The Tarot Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133The Major Arcana: The Dark Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149The Major Arcana: What's Out There? (In Here?). . . . . . . . . . .169Creating Your Own Spreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189Court Cards: Introduction and Approaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201Court Cards: Cups and Coins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Court Cards: Wands and Swords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227The Minor Arcana: Introduction and Coins/Earth . . . . . . . . . .243The Minor Arcana: Methods for the Minors and Cups/Water. .257The Minor Arcana: The Mind Applied to Tarot, and Swords/Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271The Minor Arcana: Magic, the Will, and Wands/Fire. . . . . . . .287The Difficult Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305Tips and Tricks When Reading for Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317The Next Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323Appendix 1: The Four Elements 329Appendix 2: The Tree of Life 331Bibliography 333