tarosophy

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noun

The art of reading tarot cards; tarotology.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nountarosophy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe art of reading tarot cards; tarotology.

    Tarosophy, the esoteric doctrine of the Tarot.

    1957, “Books, pamphlets, serials, contributions to periodicals”, in Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, Washington: The Library of Congress, Copyright Office, page 612, column 1
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    The Magazine of Tarosophy is a new journal put out by Tarot Professionals.

    2009 October 19, msesheta, “Mary K. Greer's Tarot Blog - The Tarosophist International”, in opentarotnexus

    Here we're using what is called in Tarosophy a “nonpositional” spread, where the cards themselves, rather than their positions, denote their meaning in the overall interpretation.

    2012, Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin, chapter II, in Tarot Face to Face: Using the Cards in Your Everyday Life, Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, page 20

    Chrysalis Tarot was voted the Tarosophy Tarot Association's 2014 Deck of the Year and was a winner of a prestigious COVR 2015 Visionary Award and an International Tarot Association CARTA Award.

    2019 February 1, a9emxywo

    I saw Russell at Tarosophy Conference in Keswick (UK) last year, it was an outstanding presentation.

    2024 October 15, Russell Sturgess, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2024

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