The best-selling classic handbook of the Tarot - more than 100,000 copies sold

This updated edition of The Tarot Handbook, with a new introduction by the author, is an exciting guide for either beginning or longtime students of the Tarot. A significant piece of Tarot literature, it contains a multitude of charts, spreads, illustrations of the Thoth Deck, and other tools for anyone looking for insights into personal and spiritual development.

An anthropologist who specializes in cross-cultural myths, Angeles Arrien explains that the seventy-eight figures of the Tarot are portraits of archetypes prevalent in the collective human experience. With this realization, Arrien shows you how to look beyond your cultural viewpoints or biases when you approach the Tarot, and thereby deepen the quality and accuracy of your interpretation and expand your awareness of the human psyche.

"This book is a gem! It immediately establishes a relationship between the student/reader and the cards." -- Sam Webster, Whole Life

"A significant contribution to the literature on the Tarot." -- Debra D. Carroll, Shaman's Drum

"A must for any serious stuent of the Tarot." -- James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review

"This book has made the Toth deck infinitely more comprehensible, and the interpretations are wonderful." -- Sam Webster, Whole Life

Angeles Arrien, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist and educator, and president of the nonprofit Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research. She lives in Sausalito, California.