The Knight-Waite Tarot Guidebook

ARC netgalley review

Such a refreshing take on an old standard tarot deck. With excellent part that includes a workbook style that is such a benefit to the reader, in learning. I absolutely loved the freshening take on the art on every card, a modern more personal take I feel anyone can make a better connection to the cards. Recommend to every one that like tarot.

I reviewed this with 30+ years Tarot experience & tarot journal author myself.

The first thing you are struck by in Michele Knight-Waite’s new book “The Knight-Waite Tarot Guidebook” (John Murray One, October 2023), indeed bowled over by, are the magnificent illustrations. They moderize Tarot for people that might be turned off by older decks.

The second thing that grabs you is the author's warm and inclusive welcome. She pays homage to her heroine and original illustrator of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck, Paula Colman-Smith. She speaks beautifully of the need to bring older, original Tarot cards into a new, more inclusive age. Tarot has always been very popular in the LGBTQ community, and she does us all a service by making us feel included from the first page.

I have dabbled in Tarot since I was a teenager, and I feel like I have a fairly well developed intuition when it comes to basic readings. As a fan of Carl Jung, I am also attracted to the mythical archetypes that form the basis of so much Tarot work. The great thing about this book is how the author weaves these themes together into one-page descriptions of each card that do a great job of guiding the reader through the potential meanings of the cards.

As a guidebook to tarot, this is the perfect text for the new initiate. The last third of the book provides instruction in how to do readings for yourself and for others, as well as some very helpful guides to journaling and deeper work with the cards. For folks more experienced in Tarot, the book is an easy to use guide to the cards that will feel like an old friend.

In my view, Knight-Waite saves the best part of the book for last, where she provides some brief biographies on the well-known faces that grace many of her cards. People like W. E. B. Du Bois, Oscar Wilde, and Anna May Wong are honored here.

In the Knight-Waite Tarot Guidebook, Michele Knight-Waite has given us a beautifully designed and written masterpiece that will become one of the classic works in Tarot for generations to come.

This is a beautiful deck with wonderful card explanations. I really enjoyed the diversity shown in the art, and how well the art reflected the message in the meaning. This reimagining is one any tarot reader should explore.

I absolutely loved reading this book. I was completely drawn into the topic and could not stop reading it.

It’s always a good thing to gain different perspectives and understandings. As a long time Tarot reader I have a good understanding of the cards, but I enjoy learning more from others and finding different perspectives and meaning I may have missed or overlooked.
This is a really wonderful book, whether you are a beginner or an experienced reader.
The detailed notes and questions for each card are really helpful and encourage looking at the cards in different ways.
The back of the book containing different spreads and journal questions are a wonderful bonus.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I would like to thank Nicholas Brealey US and NeGalley for providing an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

As someone who loves tarot, this was a joy to read! Well thought out descriptions of each card with brilliant illustrations to match?! What an awesome read.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the updated and new take on the deck was really refreshing. I particularly loved the new deck itself, and the images were wonderful. This book was a new take on a solid and well-known deck.

THE KNIGHT- WAITE TAROT GUIDEBOOK is fabulous! After reviewing this I preordered the book and the cards as well. The book is a fun and fresh take on the old standard deck, however it's not so different that you need to reacquaint yourself with the cards. There are full-size page pictures of each card with the corresponding meanings on the page next to it. In the back of the book there's the history of each person on the cards. The artwork is just beautiful. This book would make a great gift for the as well as the seasoned tarot reader.