Janet Boyer

This book gives new and skilled Tarot readers a rich explanation of the 78 Tarot cards in reverse. With so many Tarot resources offering brief or lackluster explanations of inverted card meanings, Boyer’s 192-page book supplies the reader with deep insight into the possible symbolic interpretations of upside down cards. Instead of a card reader ignoring card reversals, assuming the cards mean the exact opposite of upright cards, or viewing card reversals as diminished in meaning or importance, Boyer clearly explains how card reversals can enrich and even intensify the interpretation and of a reading. Readers get the added bonus of affirmations with every card. The book has high gloss, full color images and with all of the information packed within, it’s not a book that will sit and collected dust on the reader’s self; instead, the book proves as an essential resource for all Tarot readers. Highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)

The Back in Time Tarot Book
Picture the Past, Experience the Cards, Understand the Present
by Janet Boyer

It was a total pleasure to review this 233 page unique how-to using the tarot to examine the past picking out essential elements represented by different cards to gain deeper understanding of self, and also I found i gained a better understanding of the lesson I was trying to learn at the time. Sometimes I can look back at certain places in my life and know I took away something important from it, but haven't always been sure what it was, ya know, still kinda fuzzy. I could tell with this method of refocusing on the past that I could fine tune the info so it actually made sense and gained a whole lot of clarity, and besides that my inner child had a blast fitting the cards in to the proper places like a puzzle. The pictures of the cards at the back of the book were very useful.

I also enjoyed the way the author took well known stories and broke them down using her "BIT Method". My favorite was the layout she did for the story Cinderella, it was perfect, and gave me clear insight on how we grow and how this enlightened buddy can help. I would recommend this comprehensive and extraordinary guide to those drawn to the tarot for self-discovery. Thanks Janet, for this much needed tool.

Love & Light,

Riki Frahmann… (plus d'informations)

One of my good friends from college told me once about his great, get-rich-quick scheme. It went as such: (1) Write a self-help book, e.g. "Better Living Through the Power of Positive Thinking." (2) Capture the religious crowd by recasting the book, e.g. "Better Living Through the Power of Prayer." (3) Capture the new age crowd by, once again, recasting the book, e.g. "Better Living Through the Power of the Moon."

I'll be the first to admit: I must have missed the point of Boyer's BIT method. From my understanding, it was effectively, using the Tarot as a visual aid when recollecting special memories (or fictions, or world events), and gaining new insight into them through the magic(k) of the Tarot. The book is meant to be useful by someone who has never before picked up a Tarot deck. Taking this into consideration, I don't see the point of using a Tarot, when just about any other collection of physical objects with any sense of meaning could be used, ranging from a deck of playing cards, a chess set, a list of movies or songs, or even characters from a television show or movie.

It's effectively using a metaphor to better understand an event, and you don't need a Tarot deck to do that. Heck, you don't even need any physical props if you have a good enough imagination.

I mentioned my friend from college because I was reminded of this when reading the book. You could have used Jungian archetypes instead of the Tarot, if targeting this book towards the psychology crowd, or you could have used Bible characters when targeting the religious. Heck, you could have even gone the "pop culture philosophy" route and made them characters from Harry Potter. Yeah, I really missed the point on this one, though I did give it a chance. About the only thing I really thought was interesting were the pictures of Tarot cards in the back.

You can claim that I'm not open-minded, and you may be right. I don't open my mind up to just any philosophy, just like I don't open up my computer to just any web page or application. Some programs will slow your computer down, while others will damage the core software running your computer. So, with my brain, just like with my computer, I am careful about what I blindly click on and follow through. In fact, I never do that. So, yeah, call me closed-minded if you like, but don't complain to me about what I charge for fixing your computer when it starts to get bogged down with needless fluff and bloatware.… (plus d'informations)