The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals (ISBN 1567182852)

Amazon.com Review:
How do you read reversed tarot cards, the ones that appear upside down in a spread? In The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals, author Mary K. Greer addresses this commonly ignored or misunderstood situation. The most common wisdom about reversed cards is that they indicate resistance or problem areas. In fact, some readers simply abort a reading if too many cards show up as reversals, assuming that the person is too unreceptive, depressed, or dishonest to work with the reading. "Receiving too many reversals can make you feel like you have been dealt a 'losing hand,'" writes Greer, "but hopefully, this book will help turn that around." In fact, Greer claims that reversals offer a portal to the more mystical and esoteric influences in our lives. They "provide an opportunity to reach below logic and lead us into the realm of potentials and underlying causes where everything is connected and Magic happens." Greer (Tarot for Your Self), a seasoned reader and tarot teacher, suggests 12 possible reasons for a reversal. For instance, it could indicate a blocked or resistant situation or it could be due to the questioner getting ready to break through the condition pictured. Greer then offers interpretations of all 78 tarot cards (both reversed and upright), while giving more lengthy coverage to the fascinating twist of reversals. --Gail Hudson

Wow What a Great Book!:
I have been reading tarot for about eight years and I am highly impressed by Mary Greer's book on reversals. She is very good at explaining things in multiple ways to punch out a greater meaning of the decks reversals. This is the first book in the special topics in tarot series. I am just loving this series, so insightful and practical! I highly recommend this book for tarot readers of all skill levels!

This Book is Invaluable:
This book is invaluable to me. I refer to it constantly in my readings and interpretations. I think it's a book more for the serious Tarot student,though. The interpretations are the most comprehensive of any book I've read (and I've read quite a few). Especially important is the interpretations of the court cards and their reversed counterparts. These are the hardest to interpret and it is quite helpful to have this book available to refer to now and again. This is not for the casual reader, however. It is interesting and a good source of reference and I highly recommend it for the serious Tarot Scholar and professional.

TAROT REVERSALS:
I've been taught it's an option to read them this way. Decisive, I'm sure. Not going to read reversals.

Excellent:
This book explains something that many books either skip altogether or go over very quickly. There are other great tarot books out there, but few--if any--go as far as this book does with tarot reversals. However, this book also explains upright meanings in great detail as well. The title leads many to believe this book only covers reversed meanings, but it covers all meanings of the tarot. NOTE: The pictures in this book go with the Rider-Waite tarot deck.

Another great book!:
Just finished this book and loved it! I am new at learning and this book was very helpful to me!