This is such a lovely review, and I so appreciate you taking the time to read and discuss my book! And seeing the comments, just wanted to clarify that I definitely had no idea about the issues with Jodorowsky - thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. Definitely not an endorsement, just a book I've used as a reference text in my work - I'll look into this more. Appreciate you and your work so much!
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for writing such a fantastic tarot book + sharing it with the world! ❤ I've happily recommended it to several new readers since reading it myself, and am pleased to have it on my shelf to revisit + explore further.
@patryceeleazer5661
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your thoughtful and thorough review of this book, Laura. You addressed many of the things I thought about when reading it. For me, the strength of “Finding the Fool” is in describing the cards without using the gendered and binary language we find in other sources. I had been wondering how to get around gendered language in talking about the Empress and Emperor, for example, and was pleased with how Meg Jones Wall succeeded in describing these archetypes without gendering them. I also had noticed that the numerological descriptions often came from the RWS Major Arcana. 💕
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
💚 Thanks friend! I agree the Empress/Emperor were handled well. They felt familiar -- clearly recognizeable for a reader familiar with tarot -- but without the imposition of binary thinking, which was refreshing.
@tangytarot
9 ай бұрын
What an incredibly thorough and nuanced review! I borrowed this book on Libby on a whim last month, and only got to read a few excerpts before returning it (and the waitlist to borrow it is long!), but I quite enjoyed the modern, nongendered, "radical transformation" take. Yes, agree that the Devil is too often described in a negative/shame-y way, when there are so many "positives" to the Devil energy; exploring the Devil energy can lead us to our own liberation! I hope to have a physical copy one day -- reference books like these are always great to read on paper vs. digitally.
@aquamarine18
9 ай бұрын
💜 Thank you! I like a physical copy for reference too -- I tend to read almost all my fiction on my e-reader and almost all my non-fiction on paper. To me the highlighting and typing notes on the Kindle does not compare to being able to pencil in the margins and fill the book with post-its!
@gnomie2.0
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for providing such a concise summary of your review at the end! I hope to watch the whole thing eventually but really appreciated being able to skip right to the summary overview. 💕 I have the book but haven’t read it yet. I’m not new any of the subjects or orientations that this book covers, but I have always loved Meg’s writing and feel quite sure there will be many nuggets of wisdom in this book that I will enjoy eating up! 😋
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
I bought the book based on liking Meg's writing in other places (including but not limited to on Instagram) and was happy with the book! 😊❤ I think you will be too!
@lilpinkbear
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make this thorough review. I have ordered a copy and hopefully it should arrive sometime next week. I do wonder if the author is aware of the problems around Jodorowsky, I have mentioned it to a few of my fairly switched on tarot friends over the years who did not know and were suitably horrified. I hope that is the case with Meg Jones. That is a shame about the Devil entry. I like to see a balance in each card with regards to meanings and see positives in the Devil as well as negatives (as with any card). I also kind of just read the Devil as pretty queer anyway due to the depiction of them as well as the positive sexual aspects of the card (but I know that is through my own personal experience and other folks' MMV).
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
Oh I'm sure your right re: AJ -- I think most people don't know. I definitely wouldn't assume that including him in the bibliography here is some sort of endorsement. I would say that overall, some cards in the book don't feel balanced in their descriptions, though the keywords feel general enough that you could get to positive or negative meanings from them. I wonder if having reversal meanings would've helped this, but I'm not sure. It's far from the most unbalanced I've seen though.
@WaterChildTarot
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this helpful and thorough review! I don’t think this book is for me personally but it’s nice to have a suggestion handy for friends. I’m interested in the author’s other book(s) that have journal prompts.
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
The journal prompts books are by Dreya Blume! Her book that I have is also fantastic. I think this is Meg Jones Wall's only book.
@WaterChildTarot
Жыл бұрын
Oops! Getting my authors mixed up. Thanks again for the review/clarification.
@AuntyKsTarot
Жыл бұрын
this sounds like a great book
@aquamarine18
Жыл бұрын
I feel like a beginner book is such a hard thing to do well, but this one might be my new go-to suggestion for someone looking to do more 'personal growth' type tarot practices.
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