The Empress (3)
The Fool (0)
The Hanged Man (12)
The Hermit (9)
The Hierophant (5)
The High Priestess (2)
Judgment (20)
Justice (11)
The Lovers (6)
The Magician (1)
The Moon (18)
The Star (17)
Strength (8)
The Sun (19)
Temperance (14)
The Tower (16)
The Wheel of Fortune (10)
The World (21)
masculine energy
meaning
The Chariot (7)
Death (13)
The Devil (15)
The Emperor (4)
The Empress (3)
The Fool (0)
The Hanged Man (12)
The Hermit (9)
The Hierophant (5)
The High Priestess (2)
Judgment (20)
Justice (11)
The Lovers (6)
The Magician (1)
The Moon (18)
The Star (17)
Strength (8)
The Sun (19)
Temperance (14)
The Tower (16)
The Wheel of Fortune (10)
The World (21)
meditation
“Middleman” (Bright Eyes)
Milos
Minor Arcana
Ace of Cups
Ace of Pentacles
Ace of Swords
Ace of Wands
Two of Cups
Two of Pentacles
Two of Swords
Two of Wands
Three of Cups
Three of Pentacles
Three of Swords
Three of Wands
Four of Cups
Four of Pentacles
Four of Swords
Four of Wands
Five of Cups
Five of Pentacles
Five of Swords
Five of Wands
Six of Cups
Six of Pentacles
Six of Swords
Six of Wands
Seven of Cups
Seven of Pentacles
Seven of Swords
Seven of Wands
Eight of Cups
Eight of Pentacles
Eight of Swords
Eight of Wands
Nine of Cups
Nine of Pentacles
Nine of Swords
Nine of Wands
Ten of Cups
Ten of Pentacles
Ten of Swords
Ten of Wands
moon, magic and
The Moon (18)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Morris, William
Mother of Cups
Mother of Pentacles
Mother of Swords
Mother of Wands
Nejma (Nayyirah Waheed)
Nine of Cups
Nine of Pentacles
Nine of Swords
Nine of Wands
origin
Peace (Gene Wolf)
Pentacles
Ace of Pentacles
Two of Pentacles
Three of Pentacles
Four of Pentacles
Five of Pentacles
Six of Pentacles
Seven of Pentacles
Eight of Pentacles
Nine of Pentacles
Ten of Pentacles
Daughter of Pentacles
Father of Pentacles
Mother of Pentacles
Son of Pentacles
PipSqueak
Pope, Olivia
Rama (swami)
readings
boundaries
card relationships
The Chariot (7)
client attachment
consent for
cultural appropriation and
daily draw
Death (13)
The Devil (15)
difficult cards
dismissiveness and
The Emperor (4)
The Empress (3)
finishing
follow-up conversations
The Fool (0)
The Hanged Man (12)
The Hermit (9)
The Hierophant (5)
The High Priestess (2)
introduction to
intuition and
Judgment (20)
Justice (11)
length of
limitations and
The Lovers (6)
The Magician (1)
The Moon (18)
opening conversations
payment for
pulling cards for
pushback
religious beliefs and
reversed cards
self-care and
self-readings
shuffling
skeptics and
The Star (17)
Strength (8)
The Sun (19)
Temperance (14)
The Tower (16)
The Wheel of Fortune (10)
The World (21)
religion
reversed cards
Rider-Waite Tarot
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Root Chakra
Sacral Chakra
salt
self-care
self-readings
Seven of Cups
Seven of Pentacles
Seven of Swords
Seven of Wands
Sherri
shuffling
singing bowls
Six of Cups
Six of Pentacles
Six of Swords
Six of Wands
skeptics
Small Spells Tarot
smudging
Solar Plexus Chakra
Son of Cups
Son of Pentacles
Son of Swords
Son of Wands
space clearing
Spirit Speak Tarot
spreads
card relationships and
Chakra Spread
Ellipse Spread
Everything Spread
introduction to
The Star (17)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Starchild Tarot
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
Strayed, Cheryl
Strength (8)
anecdote
meaning
readings
sun, magic and
The Sun (19)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Swami Rama of the Himalayas
Swords
Ace of Swords
Two of Swords
Three of Swords
Four of Swords
Five of Swords
Six of Swords
Seven of Swords
Eight of Swords
Nine of Swords
Ten of Swords
Daughter of Swords
Father of Swords
Mother of Swords
Son of Swords
tarot cards
artists and
feminine energy
honesty of
imagery of
masculine energy
origin of
pulling
relationships between
reversed cards
shuffling
tarot decks
Fountain Tarot
gifts of
indie decks
Lumina Tarot
purchasing
Rider-Waite Tarot
selection
Small Spells Tarot
Spirit Speak Tarot
Starchild Tarot
Thoth Tarot
Visconti Tarot
Wooden Tarot
tarot spreads
card relationships and
Chakra Spread
Ellipse Spread
introduction to
Temperance (14)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Ten of Cups
Ten of Pentacles
Ten of Swords
Ten of Wands
Third Eye Chakra
Thoreau, Henry David
Thoth Tarot
Three of Cups
Three of Pentacles
Three of Swords
Three of Wands
Throat Chakra
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar (Cheryl Strayed)
Tootoosis, Gordon
The Tower (16)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Two of Cups
Two of Pentacles
Two of Swords
Two of Wands
Vedic Meditation
Visconti-Sforza family
Visconti Tarot
Waheed, Nayyirah
Waite, Arthur Edward
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Wands
Ace of Wands
Two of Wands
Three of Wands
Four of Wands
Five of Wands
Six of Wands
Seven of Wands
Eight of Wands
Nine of Wands
Ten of Wands
Daughter of Wands
Father of Wands
Mother of Wands
Son of Wands
The Way of the Tarot (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
The Wheel of Fortune (10)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Wolf, Gene
Wooden Tarot
The World (21)
anecdote
meaning
readings
Zadie Killer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
BAKARA WINTNER is a tarot reader, dog mom, girlboss, writer and owner of Everyday Magic. In her few short years reading tarot, she has gained a reputation as an innately gifted intuitive and reader. Her dynamic and no-nonsense reading style has earned her a vast client base of entrepreneurs, students, CEOs, waiters, celebrities, stay-at-home moms, artists, other healers and a lot of people who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing. Her readings cover topics including love, career, major life transitions, childhood trauma, couples counseling, grief guidance and inner child healing.
After completing a six-month, immersive study of the Major Arcana with the Brooklyn Fools, she joined founder Jeff Hinshaw as a co-facilitator, offering students an in-depth, experiential journey through the Tarot’s archetypes and now teaches group and individual intensives. Trained in Core Energetics therapy and a graduate of Delphi University’s In-Depth Channeling program, she pulls across modalities and schools of thought to inform and supplement her readings. She is currently working on her own tarot deck.
Since opening Everyday Magic—an intentional lifestyle shop carrying crystals, tarot cards and ritual objects—Bakara has established herself and her space as a cornerstone of Durham’s healing community, where she lives with her pit mix, Zadie Killer.
AUTUMN WHITEHURST has been illustrating for nearly two decades and counts among her clients Coca-Cola, Sapporo, the Principality of Monaco, Ray-Ban, Aveda, BBC and countless magazines, publishers and consumer outlets. She hails from New Orleans but now divides her time between Brooklyn and the rest of the world, this being vital to her creativity and happiness. She’s the very best version of herself when she’s engaged in messy endeavors and hopes to someday be a bull in its own china shop.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
WHO THE FUCK AM I (AND WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU)?
WHAT THE FUCK IS TAROT?
WHAT THE FUCK IS MAGIC?
HOW THE FUCK DO I CHOOSE A DECK?
THE MAJOR ARCANA
THE MINOR ARCANA
THE COURT CARDS
WHAT THE FUCK ARE TAROT SPREADS?
HOW THE FUCK DO I GIVE A READING?
Tarot FAQ for Noobs
Daily Draw
The Shitty Cards
The Cards in Relationship
Reversed Cards
Boundary Setting & Energetic Protection
Dealing with Assholes
ENHANCING YOUR MAGIC
Chakras
Crystals
Meditation and Intuition
Building Altars
Journaling
Space Clearing
IT’S BEEN REAL (AND SURREAL)
Acknowledgments
About the Author and Illustrator
Index
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 Bakara Wintner
First published in 2017
by Page Street Publishing Co.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017930481
Cover design by Page Street Publishing Co.
Illustrations by Autumn Whitehurst
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