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# Untold Tarot: The Lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots

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Review: Old Ways of Reading the Tarot Revisited - In recent years, interest in reading tarot using such decks as the Tarot de Marseille has been steadily growing. For anyone wishing to explore this way of reading, where spot cards lack the sort of illustrations one finds in the Waite-Smith deck, this book is a timely godsend. It is well-researched and beautifully illustrated with cards from a dozen or so continental tarots. Caitlín Matthews explains each trump individually from the divinatory angle, and ably demonstrates how predictive meanings are arrived at for spot cards bearing little in the way of ornamentation beyond the requisite number of suit signs – three goblets on the 3 of Cups, seven swords on the 7 of Swords, and so forth. I was introduced to tarot reading in the ’50s, before the ascendancy of the Waite-Smith deck, and much presented here is familiar to me. Many of these methods were in use back then. Even the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, founded in the late Victorian era, took the direction in which the card representing the inquirer faced as the direction in which the cards were to be read. Techniques such as these have largely fallen into disuse and I applaud their being brought back to tarot readers’ attention. A breadth of methodologies is laid out for the reader to try out. The author suggests working with them all and retaining those one clicks with. I, certainly, found some more suited to my temperament and approach to readings than others. No matter, for the author supplies a wealth of approaches. The techniques are well explained and nicely illustrated using spreads from Caitlín Matthews’ personal casebook. For anybody drawn to traditional reading methods prior to the publication of the Waite-Smith deck, ‘Untold Tarot’ will be an invaluable addition to their bookshelf.
Review: Excellent book! - I have just finished reading the "Untold Tarot". This book is excellent, well written, with a great research material. I am now a huge fan of Caitlin Matthews. I am very happy that I own this particular book. This is the right time for me to apply some of the "untold" tarot ways of reading. In one word, I love it. This book is a must-have for every serious tarot reader.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 95,577 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 123 in Cartomancy 201 in Fortune Telling 203 in New Age Fortune Telling |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (179) |
| Dimensions  | 14.99 x 1.78 x 20.83 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0764355619 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0764355615 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 224 pages |
| Publication date  | 28 Sept. 2018 |
| Publisher  | REDFeather |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Old Ways of Reading the Tarot Revisited
*by T***S on 7 October 2018*

In recent years, interest in reading tarot using such decks as the Tarot de Marseille has been steadily growing. For anyone wishing to explore this way of reading, where spot cards lack the sort of illustrations one finds in the Waite-Smith deck, this book is a timely godsend. It is well-researched and beautifully illustrated with cards from a dozen or so continental tarots. Caitlín Matthews explains each trump individually from the divinatory angle, and ably demonstrates how predictive meanings are arrived at for spot cards bearing little in the way of ornamentation beyond the requisite number of suit signs – three goblets on the 3 of Cups, seven swords on the 7 of Swords, and so forth. I was introduced to tarot reading in the ’50s, before the ascendancy of the Waite-Smith deck, and much presented here is familiar to me. Many of these methods were in use back then. Even the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, founded in the late Victorian era, took the direction in which the card representing the inquirer faced as the direction in which the cards were to be read. Techniques such as these have largely fallen into disuse and I applaud their being brought back to tarot readers’ attention. A breadth of methodologies is laid out for the reader to try out. The author suggests working with them all and retaining those one clicks with. I, certainly, found some more suited to my temperament and approach to readings than others. No matter, for the author supplies a wealth of approaches. The techniques are well explained and nicely illustrated using spreads from Caitlín Matthews’ personal casebook. For anybody drawn to traditional reading methods prior to the publication of the Waite-Smith deck, ‘Untold Tarot’ will be an invaluable addition to their bookshelf.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book!
*by K***K on 10 October 2018*

I have just finished reading the "Untold Tarot". This book is excellent, well written, with a great research material. I am now a huge fan of Caitlin Matthews. I am very happy that I own this particular book. This is the right time for me to apply some of the "untold" tarot ways of reading. In one word, I love it. This book is a must-have for every serious tarot reader.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Refreshing look at the reading of Tarot
*by J***L on 30 December 2021*

The book is beautifully laid out and good quality, although there are a few mistakes such as the misspelling of Pamela Colman Smiths name and several cards miss named such as Temperance on page 37 which is actually Strength. The author helps the cartomancer loosen the grip of the accrued 'meanings' of the cards and encourages the reader to actually look at what is presented on each card similar to the master tarot reader Enrique Enriquez, to consider sight lines, direction etc. and each cards relation to others it is with in the spread, how it speaks and relates to its fellow cards, not to dispense with the given meanings but to consider them in the round. After all tarot is a visual system otherwise we may just as well have words like 'The Magician' written on a blank card!

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