Tarot for Writers

Author: Corrine Kenner
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738714577
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 383

Book Description
Once reserved for mystics and seers, the tarot is one of the best tools for boosting your creativity and shifting your imagination into high gear. Famous authors such as John Steinbeck and Stephen King have used the tarot deck to tap into deep wells of inspiration, and you can enliven your own writing the same way--whether you craft short stories, novels, poetry, nonfiction, or even business proposals. This book on reading tarot cards and applying them to your writing will guide you through each stage of the creative process, from fleshing out a premise to promoting a finished work. Enhance your storytelling technique through over 500 enjoyable writing prompts, exploratory games for groups and individuals, tarot journaling, and other idea-stimulating activities that call upon the archetypal imagery and multi-layered symbolism in the tarot. Infuse flair and originality into your work as you learn to: Interpret symbols, myths, and learn to read all seventy-eight cards in the tarot card deck Use classic tarot layouts and spreads to structure your story Brainstorm story ideas and develop dialogue and plot Create detailed settings, powerful scenes, and dynamic characters Overcome writer's block and breathe new life into existing projects As a writer, you hold the power of creation in your hands. By exploring the tarot and incorporating it into your writing practice, you will set your creative potential soaring to new heights.

The Creative Tarot

Author: Jessa Crispin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501120239
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
A guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration. Written for novices and seasoned readers alike, "The Creative Tarot" is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process.

Astrology for Writers

Author: Corrine Kenner
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738733334
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Enhance your storytelling with the cosmic drama of the stars The nighttime sky has inspired writers and astrologers alike to spin stories on the strands of starlight. Discover that inspiration for your own creative writing in Astrology for Writers, the essential guide to understanding the core concepts of astrology--the planets, signs, and houses--and discovering how they correspond to the elements of fiction. Unleash your creativity with a wide range of ideas that help you add astrology to your writing practice. Learn how to use the planets for characters, the signs of the zodiac for plot and themes, and the houses of the horoscope for settings. Develop unique characters based on mythic archetypes, use astrological imagery and symbolism for your descriptions and dialogue, and put theory into practice with writing prompts and examples. Invite the gods and goddesses of astrology to enter your writing and share their stories through you.

Tarot for the Fiction Writer

Author: Paula Scardamalia
Publisher: Red Feather
ISBN: 9780764357237
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Writing a novel is a wild, unpredictable--and oftentimes stormy--adventure. And sometimes you need a compass to guide you. Because story is inherent in Tarot's structure, it is an effective map and storytelling tool--whether you're writing a novel in progress or starting out on a brand-new endeavor. Now you can use Tarot myths, symbols, characters, settings, and innumerable combinations as a powerful, portable, and imaginative tool for story development, editing and revisions, publication, and promotion! Each card has a story to tell you and can help you map out your book. Discover how to hook your readers. Figure out what happens next. Find a unique twist in a scene. Deepen your characters' backgrounds. Create meaningful settings. Identify that "Black Moment." Is your novel going in the right direction? Grab your Tarot compass! The path to publication is just around the corner!

Get Out of Your Own Way

Author: Mariëlle S. Smith
Publisher: M.S. Wordsmith
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 47

Book Description
Get out of your own way and (re)connect to your intuition! Get Out of Your Own Way: A 31-Day Tarot Challenge for Writers and Other Creatives is the perfect tool to understand your creative process, and to help you tune in to your soul’s calling. Get Out of Your Own Way walks you through thirty-one days of questions that will help you unravel: * Your fears and desires around creativity * Your creative strengths * Your creative weaknesses, and how to transform these into strengths * How to become more accountable * Your limiting beliefs on creativity, and how to let them go Mariëlle S. Smith is a writer, editor, and writing coach. Together with photographer Andri Hadjipoly, she has created a beautiful journey that brings you all the insight you need. If you’re ready to become the creative you’ve always wanted to be, pick up your copy of Get Out of Your Own Way: A 31-Day Tarot Challenge for Writers and Other Creatives today. The Get Out of Your Own Way challenge can be done using any kind of divination system, whether tarot, oracle, or angel cards, crystals, runes, and so on.

WTF is Tarot?

Author: Bakara Wintner
Publisher:
ISBN: 1624144527
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
WTF Is Tarot is a fresh, accessible and sometimes cheeky guide to tarot. Author and tarot reader, Bakara Wintner, unpacks the magic of the cards with shamanic wisdom and girl boss wit, illuminating their meaning with thoughtful anecdotes and analogies that reveal how deeply rooted these symbols already are in our everyday lives.

Heart's Compass Tarot

Author: Tania Pryputniewicz
Publisher: Two Fine Crows Books
ISBN: 9781732952164
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
How to use tarot journaling to discover your personal symbols, make your own cards, and inspire creative work..

Wizards Tarot

Author: Corrine Kenner
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 073871285X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Step through the doors of Mandrake Academy . . . where you will don the robes of a magical apprentice and learn from your instructor--the tarot. Featuring gorgeous, intricately rendered digital artwork by John J. Blumen, this wonderfully unique tarot deck presents a full course in basic magic while teaching you the timeless art of reading the cards. Progress through the 78-card Rider-Waite-based deck and explore twenty-two enjoyable lessons, as taught by the Empress, professor of herbal magic; the Hierophant, professor of mythology; and other traditional figures who hail from the Major Arcana. --Gain skills in spellcasting, herbalism, runes, astrology, astral travel, shapeshifting, and other essential topics --Practice four schools of elemental magic, represented by the four suits of the Minor Arcana: fire, water, air, and earth For a study guide and more, visit www.WizardsTarot.com

I'll Meet You There

Author: Heather Demetrios
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627792929
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she's ever worked for is on the line. Nineteen-year-old Josh Mitchell had a different ticket out of Creek View: the Marines. But after his leg is blown off in Afghanistan, he returns home, a shell of the cocksure boy he used to be. What brings Skylar and Josh together is working at the Paradise—a quirky motel off California's dusty Highway 99. Despite their differences, their shared isolation turns into an unexpected friendship and soon, something deeper.

Tarot and Astrology

Author: Corrine Kenner
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738730513
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Deeply entwined for six centuries, the art of tarot and the science of astrology have an undeniably powerful link. With this unique and user-friendly guidebook, you can easily learn to combine tarot and astrology for yourself—and expand your tarot practice while enriching your life. Well-known tarot reader Corrine Kenner expertly teaches you everything you need to know, starting with tarot and astrology basics, the cards' archetypal symbols and imagery, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the planets. You'll discover how every card in the tarot deck relates to astrology, and learn to: Read tarot cards and interpret an astrological chart Recognize the twelve houses' ruling signs and planets Pair the planets, signs, and houses with their corresponding tarot cards Understand the astrological associations of the Minor Arcana Make connections among the Court Cards, tarot suits, and the four elements Identify each card's qabalistic associations Give insightful readings for yourself and others You'll also find practical astrological spreads, interpretive techniques, real-life examples, and sample readings for everyday people and famous figures, including Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe, and Prince William.