Tarot for Storytelling Reviews

Tarot was based on the 22 Hebrew consonants and is said to represent the entire world. Each card, numbered 0 through 21, has a particular meaning. By reading these cards, fortunetellers predict the future. For example, the first card, 'The Magician', signifies creation, wisdom, beginnings, or destruction and fraud. The second card, 'The High Priestess', denotes intuition, harmony, faith, or dogmatism and arrogance. According to some texts, the Gardner deck had more than 22 cards. (The Gardner deck does not exist today; it is mentioned only in the literature.) It is said that these extra cards were based on lost Hebrew vowels and denoted an otherworldly, transcendental existence: i.e., God. The door sure does rattle, but it's stuck tight. A secret is hidden out of your sight! You may be thinking, 'What could it be?' You'll need five magical cards if you want to see. What do you do, then, with all these? I'll tell you straight and I won't tease — Just as long as you say 'please'. Now the first thing you must know Is that there's something in each row. But that is not the half of it: Three would be too hard to fit. The upside-down man under the ground: To his right, to his left, there's no one around. Leave him alone, though his tears are profound. The moon is up above the sky, full or crescent, floating high. Twinkling light sits like a crown in the head of a crazy clown. Your Excellency, Praying to God most high, do you think you can tell my why you always look up at the night sky? Do you have it now? You didn't forget? One major point you must not omit. And now, at last, before you tack a whack, here's one more hint to keep you on track. Scary and hateful, that thing in the night. Better be careful — it's not on your right! Turn to the left and you'll keep it in sight. So you'll open the door? I'm sure that there'll be nothing beyond it but frightening peril. Forget about that! Just stay and play! Or else I'll be left here alone all day.