I'm the author of A Guide to Tarot Card Reading, A Guide to Tarot Card Meanings, and eight other Tarot books.

To demonstrate my ignorance regarding tarot, I confess at first sight I pronounced this word as if it rhymed with carrot. She has a nice suggestion of drawing a card a day and thinking about it during the day and how the card might be applied to various situations. Not convinced of any actual 'magical' power in the cards, but interested in its use for semi-random decision-making, self-inquiry, and creativity. VERDICT Crispin's Jungian-like message that the deck is a gateway for personal insight rather than divination opens up the tarot to a broader audience.There’s also nothing wrong with using tools to help you find that inspiration at your desk rather than in the wild and unpredictable world.

After noticing the way the cards hook into your intuition and imagination, I realized that they could easily be used to assist in the creative process. Each suit has cards numbering one through ten, and then four court cards: Page, Knight, Queen, and King. The bulk of the book is devoted to reviewing and interpreting each card with a drawing, a couple of pages of detail explaining the general meaning of the card and relating it to a literary, movie and painting reference. I found this section of the book the weakest; though there are illustrations for each card in the card review, there aren't any in this section.It does give a few vague meanings of the cards in the card description but it’s more about useful interpretations of the card. For the Magician card, The Tempest by William Shakespeare, The Juggler painting by Marc Chagall, and Hilma af Klint’s work.