This Week's Issue

WT Divination — First Results From the Syndicated Tarot Study 

WT Magick — Just How Magick Are Tarot Decks?

WT Special Feature — Can't We All Just Get Along?

WT Book Review — The Last Troubadour, Tarot-Themed Fiction

WT How-To — Almost Certainly the Coolest Way to Read Cards 

WT Deck Review — The Buddha Tarot 

WT Card Profile of the Week — The Magician 

Did You Learn by "the Book"?

First Results From the Syndicated Tarot Study.

• 49% learned the "cards" by "Intuition"
• 87.7% from "Books"

"...we glean (divine) some interesting data from the early results, with 3044 respondents, including some information on my theme of the week...."

Full story from Geoff Ritter here...

Tarot Decks and Magick.   

Are the Cards Magick? Can They Be Used in Magick? 

 There is certainly something quite magical about Tarot Decks. More insights gleaned from the syndicated Tarot study:

• 23.1% of respondents use Tarot for divination only

• 7.7% don't use decks at all

• 69.3% who use Tarot as either a mini temple, magickal tool or visualizing aid in magickal practice!
  

Feature — Are Tarot Decks the Path to Universality?

How Tarot Decks Universal Archetypes Unite Various Paths.

"Can a Buddhist connect to seemingly Judeo-Christian inspired Waite-Smith Tarot Cards? Can a pagan or Wiccan visualize with just any Tarot deck? What about the atheist, agnostic, revivalist, magickal practitioner, Kabalist, shaman? Do each need special decks just to build a relationship with the Superconcious, godform or even unconscious?"

 Read more on this intriguing concept from Karen Moyers...

 "Magnificent. Bawdy. Funny. Exciting."

A Book Review of The Last Troubdour, a tarot-themed novel 

"Yes, it's definitely entertaining, as a novel should be. In fact, it's magnificent. Bawdy. Funny. Exciting. But that wouldn't earn a review in Wise Tarot Magazine.... Not only is this an entertaining and crafty way to convey Tarot archetypes, we delve deeper than a basic non-fiction book could have. This is equally a book for the tarot student. Instead of pictures, we have pictures in words, conveyed with actions. Wonderful..."

 Read the full review by Karen Moyers of Derek Armstrong's unique tarot-themed novel...

Tarot How-To — The Coolest Way to Read Cards?

A Professional Describes the Taro Method as Elegant and Accurate

"Years and years of Celtic Cross readings. Who knew? I recently started using Banzhaf and Hemmerlein's innovative TARO reading method, and I've been just Wowed by the results. Four simple cards, mapping out the key things that I generally want to know, and so astonishingly "accurate" when combined with their interpretations..."

 Read the Full Story by Jennifer Cahill here...

Tarot Deck Review This Week — The Buddha Tarot

Robert Place scores a "World" Rating for his "magnificent deck"

"Buddha Tarot by Robert Place is at once spiritually insightful, tantrically powerful and imbued with the very essence of both Buddhism and Tarot. Well-known Tarot historian and scholar Robert Place, best known for his superb book, The Tarot, History, Symbolism and Divination, not only demonstrates a masters touch as an illustrator, he has created the first "Buddhist" Tarot deck that makes any sense..."

Read the full review of Robert Place's extraordinary Buddha Tarot... 

 Tarot Card of the Week — The Magician

 Creativity • Transforming Energy • Impulse

"The Magician evolved from the "trickster" in Renaissance decks to the loftier idealistic Magus of today. The transformation generally occured around the advent of the Golden Dawn. The Magician has become synonymous with wisdom, creative energy, activity, strength of will, vitality..."

Read More About The Magician...