MODERN TAROT

Beloved literary iconoclast Michelle Tea reinvents tarot for a new generation in this guide to using the Tarot as a twenty first century tool for connecting with our higher selves Long before Michelle Tea was winning awards for her poignant memoirs she was a scrappy misfit on the streets of San Francisco supporting herself by giving eerily prescient tarot readings As her reputation as a writer grew she stopped publicly reading the Tarot though she never stopped doing it privately Based on over twenty five years of experience and a deep and abiding love of the cards Modern Tarot brings the full force of Tea s unique insight inviting pop sensibility and wicked humor to bear on the tradition of the Tarot in a fascinating journey through the cards that teaches us how to use this tradition for radical self growth Whether you re a dyed in the wool seeker or a digital age skeptic or a little of both the power of tarot is open to you Modern Tarot doesn t require you to believe in the supernatural or to focus narrowly on using the tarot as a divination tool Instead it offers fiercely insightful descriptions of each of the seventy eight cards in the tarot system each one fully illustrated by Amanda Verwey and specially designed rituals to guide readers on a path