Tarot: Get the Whole Story: Use, Create & Interpret Tarot Spreads (repost)

Creating original spreads is a rite of passage for many ambitious Tarot students. James Ricklef gives valuable lessons in doing just that-with advice for finding inspiration, defining positional meanings, and structuring a layout.


The world of Tarot is the world of story - the cards combine in ever fascinating ways to talk about what has been, what is, and what will be. They are a gateway to ancestral knowledge - the answer is there, we just need to ask the right questions. In Tarot - Get The Whole Story, Tarot Master/Teacher James Ricklef becomes the Master Storyteller, guiding us on our journey through the world of Tarot spreads, the world that acts as the starting point in our quest to ask the right questions, and receive meaningful answers.

Between the pages of this book we see a world of grace and beauty, elegance that flows naturally, with an eloquence that lifts our hearts and our souls. I want to start with a word about the cover. OK - I am not here to review covers, but this one is outstanding! The grace and elegance of this book starts with its cover. I know that if I were doing brick and mortar shopping, the cover would draw me to this book. What we see is a light colored wood table, facing a window. On the upper left hand side of the table we see a cup of coffee, waiting for someone to sit down at the table and take a sip. In the center of the table we have a Tarot spread, using Ciro Marchetti's wonderful Gilded Tarot. On the upper right hand side of the table we have an elegant journal with a ribbon marker in the center of it, and a stylish pen laid across it. In this moment in time, someone is in the process of doing a Tarot reading, and has just "stepped away" for a moment.

Open the cover, and a whole new world awaits you. This is the world of Tarot, specifically the Tarot world of Tarot Master/Teacher James Ricklef, aka KnightHawk. In his KnightHawk persona, James gives readings for people from the pages of history (such as Napoleon), as well as fictitious people. In his current work, James takes us through the process of defining the questions to be asked, and then formatting spreads to fit the question or issue.