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Product Description “An instant classic, a must-have for every tarot enthusiast, and a manifesto for insightful living.” —Chani Nicholas, astrologer and author of You Were Born for This“Generous, practical, and gently radical.” —New York TimesThough tarot is often thought of as a tool for divination and fortune-telling, it also has deep roots in spirituality and psychology. For those who know how to see and listen, the cards hold the potential to help us better navigate the full spectrum of the human experience.In Tarot for Change, Jessica Dore divulges years of hard-won secrets about how to work with tarot to better understand ourselves and live in alignment with what’s precious. Dore shows readers how to choose a deck, interpret images, and build a relationship with the cards, while also demonstrating how the mythic imagery of tarot supports modern therapeutic concepts like mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion. Her reflections on each of the seventy-eight cards are a vibrant tapestry that weaves together ideas from psychology, behavioral science, spirituality, and old stories, breathing new language into ancient wisdoms about what it means to be human. This is as much a book for those who are new to tarot as it is for those who have worked with the cards for years. And it's a book for anyone interested in exploring what it means to experience joy, heartbreak, wonder, stagnation, grief, loneliness, love. A book of secrets, symbols, and stories, Tarot for Change is a charm for remembering that our problems are not new, we are never alone, and whether we know it or not, we are always in a process of change. Review “Tarot for Change won me over with its generous, practical, and gently radical advice. Dore repeatedly invokes the principles of dialectical behavior therapy (though she does not practice psychotherapy herself) and its emphasis on holding multiple, even apparently contradictory truths at once. ‘Holding paradox,’ she writes, ‘remains the continual lesson of tarot.’ No one and nothing is all good or all bad—no monster, no witch, not even ourselves.”—New York Times“While tarot readers are fairly common online, Dore is unique in her methods, combining more traditional aspects of tarot reading with behavioral psychology. Her multi-disciplinary approach to the cards indeed adds new context to the avenues of healing and self-exploration that tarot has always offered, and the results are often exceptionally effective.”—Nylon“Like all good mystics, Jessica Dore sits at the doorway between two worlds: She’s both a licensed social worker and a professional reader and interpreter of the tarot. . . . Tarot for Change isn’t meant to be a manual or a how-to, exactly. It’s a thought experiment, the opening of a dialogue, and a series of questions to be entertained. Change is itself a liminal space, the passage between here and there, and Dore’s hope is that the book will help readers use their decks for deep exploration that’s informed by both the ancient and the modern, and the mythic and the scientific.” —Shondaland“Dore offers up thoughtful life lessons inspired by the symbols and historical meaning of each card. . . . [Dore has woven] a tapestry of ideas you’re liable to return to, again and again.”—Oprah Daily “With this practical, carefully referenced guide, Dore brings together the scientific and the arcane, two spheres long believed to be antithetical—but increasingly less so. . . . Even if magic is a leap too far, in ‘reclaiming the imagination from the grips of doubt and rationalism,’ tarot may at least allow us to imagine a better world: the first step to creating it.” —The Guardian“Tarot for Change is an instant classic, a must-have for every tarot enthusiast, and a manifesto for insightful living. Jessica Dore is a lighthouse whose wisdom permeates every page and a teacher who brings to life her subject with undeniable skill and depth.” —Chani Nicholas, astrologer and author of You Were Born for Thi