Tarot Made Easy

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These days a person setting out on the path of learning the tarot is likely to be overwhelmed by the choices before them, with thousands of decks and hundreds of books on the market it’s hard to know exactly where to begin. Tarot has a vast array of guidebooks for progressive and advanced users full of complex information and techniques, and far fewer books dedicated to a clear and simple introduction to reading the cards. With Tarot Made Easy, Barbara Moore has come up with a genuinely helpful beginner's kit. Moore is one of the most prolific authors and co-creators of tarot decks today. While many of her books are aimed at tarot novices, her other titles and decks are some of the most sophisticated and progressive currently in publication. Artist Eugene Smith has previously illustrated the Animal Totem Tarot, and has also illustrated the tarot deck component of this box set. Smith utilises many different techniques in his professional portfolio and he has approached this deck in a comic book/graphic novel artistic style. The deck itself is essentially a Rider Waite Smith clone featuring modern art techniques to update Pamela Coleman Smith's classic illustrations, with a few minor

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