Tarot Disassembled Guidebook: Deconstructing the Symbols of the Major and Minor Arcana

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Jennifer Cooper Steidley Theresa Reed

Tarot Disassembled Guidebook

Deconstructing the Symbols of the Major and Minor Arcana

Jennifer Cooper Steidley, Theresa Reed

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Weiser Books
01 August 2025

Tarot

This guide shows the traditional symbolism of the tarot in bold graphics, allowing readers to connect intuitively to the deeper aspects of the cards.

The Tarot Disassembled Guidebook provides fresh insight into interpreting the traditional symbolism found in the tarot. In this companion book to the Tarot Disassembled card deck, author and creator Jennifer Cooper Steidley has deconstructed the symbolism, presenting it in bold graphics, allowing the user to connect with the tarot in a completely intuitive way

free from any pictorial narrative around gender, skin colour, age, size, ability, or any other human constructs.

Sometimes we need to take something apart in order to appreciate what's in it. The same is true for the ingredients of the tarot: the individual symbols that make up the complex picture of a tarot card. There is potential for deep understanding that comes with the act of disassembling, and this guidebook deconstructs each of the seventy-eight cards. The Fool card is shown as a satchel, a dog, the sun, a feather, a flower, a mountain. Each card remains undeniably recognisable. The deconstructed simplicity allows tarot's rich symbolism to become clear, and readers can see how the symbols wind their way through each card in the deck.

Tarot Disassembled is based on the symbology of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot

arguably the most iconic and widely used deck in the world. Once the disassembling of tarot symbols is fully understood, you can begin to apply this deconstructing technique to other decks to find the inner patterns. This unique and innovative guidebook includes keywords, astrological and planetary associations, and elemental associations for each tarot card. It can be used with any deck based on the Rider-Waite system or as a companion to the Tarot Disassembled card deck, sold separately.

By: Jennifer Cooper Steidley
Foreword by: Theresa Reed
Imprint: Weiser Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9781578638642
ISBN 10: 157863864X
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jennifer Cooper Steidley is a graphic designer by day and a tarot deck collector, creator, and enthusiast at all other times.

Reviews for Tarot Disassembled Guidebook: Deconstructing the Symbols of the Major and Minor Arcana

""Once you start seeing these subtle links between cards in Tarot Disassembled, you cannot unsee them. Instead, you become even more tarot-fluent. It's like taking the deck apart and putting it back together in a whole new way, inventing a new language from an old one."" --from the foreword by Theresa Reed