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Learn to read with your own voice and get the answers to all of your questions.

For years, Melissa Cynova has been sitting down with friends and neighbors who are curious about the tarot. She's heard all the questions and misconceptions that can confuse newcomers (and sometimes more experienced readers, too). Kitchen Table Tarot was written as a guide for anyone looking for no-nonsense lessons with a warm, friendly, and knowledgeable teacher.

Join Melissa as she shares straightforward guidance on decks, spreads, card meanings, and symbols. Filled with real-life examples and personal explanations of what it's like to read the cards, this book tells it like it is and provides the information you need to read with confidence.

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"If you're looking for an intuitive overview of how tarot might work for you and a pragmatic guide to learning the cards' core meanings, this book is the one. It's a warm, fast read with plenty of swearing, and I wish it could be bundled with every one of my tarot decks...It's that good. Buy one for you and one for your best friend, and go through it together. A+"―Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Raven's Prophecy Tarot

"Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic voice, candid and nimble teaching approach, and ability to pare down the principles and experience of reading tarot to its essentials...Exemplary. Eminent. Authoritative. A veritable gem." ―Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot

"A punch-in-the-gut teaching guide to the tarot...illustrating how much the tarot encourages each of us to find our own unique language and meanings when we begin this journey."―Terry Iacuzzo, author of Small Mediums at Large

"Melissa Cynova has written one of the most accessible, relatable tarot books ever. Pull up a chair, pop a cold one, and get ready for some straight-talking tarot lessons that will have you slinging the cards like a tarot badass in no time at all!"―Theresa Reed, author of The Tarot Coloring Book

"I've read many books about tarot readings, but this one is my favorite book so far."―Library Noire

"This book is a major asset to anyone curious about tarot...Reading Kitchen Table Tarot genuinely feels like sitting down with her and getting a whole workshop series delivered one-on-one."―Amber Unmasked

"Kitchen Table Tarot is for the beginner who wants to dip their toes in the tarot world for fun and personal study."―Spiral Nature

Winner of a 2018 IPPY Award for Best First Book

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Praise for Kitchen Table Tarot:

"Buy one for you and one for your best friend, and go through it together. A+"—Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Raven's Prophecy Tarot and the Scorpio Sea Tarot

"Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic voice, candid and nimble teaching approach, and ability to pare down the principles and experience of reading tarot to its essentials...Exemplary. Eminent. Authoritative. A veritable gem." —Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot

"Melissa Cynova has written one of the most accessible, relatable tarot books ever. Pull up a chair, pop a cold one, and get ready for some straight-talking tarot lessons that will have you slinging the cards like a tarot badass in no time at all!"—Theresa Reed, author of The Tarot Coloring Book


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"If you're looking for an intuitive overview of how tarot might work for you and a pragmatic guide to learning the cards' core meanings, this book is the one. It's a warm, fast read with plenty of swearing, and I wish it could be bundled with every one of my tarot decks...It's that good. Buy one for you and one for your best friend, and go through it together. A+"―Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Raven's Prophecy Tarot

"Cynova's debut book struts forward to lead the pack with its authentic voice, candid and nimble teaching approach, and ability to pare down the principles and experience of reading tarot to its essentials...Exemplary. Eminent. Authoritative. A veritable gem." ―Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot

"A punch-in-the-gut teaching guide to the tarot...illustrating how much the tarot encourages each of us to find our own unique language and meanings when we begin this journey."―Terry Iacuzzo, author of Small Mediums at Large

"Melissa Cynova has written one of the most accessible, relatable tarot books ever. Pull up a chair, pop a cold one, and get ready for some straight-talking tarot lessons that will have you slinging the cards like a tarot badass in no time at all!"―Theresa Reed, author of The Tarot Coloring Book

"I've read many books about tarot readings, but this one is my favorite book so far."―Library Noire

"This book is a major asset to anyone curious about tarot...Reading Kitchen Table Tarot genuinely feels like sitting down with her and getting a whole workshop series delivered one-on-one."―Amber Unmasked

"Kitchen Table Tarot is for the beginner who wants to dip their toes in the tarot world for fun and personal study."―Spiral Nature

Winner of a 2018 IPPY Award for Best First Book

About the Author

Melissa Cynova (she/her) has been slinging tarot cards for thirty years. Her first book, Kitchen Table Tarot, won the Independent Publishing Award for Best First Book and COVR Visionary awards. Her second book, Tarot Elements: Five Readings to Reset Your Life, was released in 2019.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Llewellyn Publications (April 8, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738750778
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738750774
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.72 x 8 inches

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Tarot cards are pieces of paper with a series of symbolic art on them. That's it.

Tarot READERS, though, now there's some magic.

I've been reading tarot cards for 30 years (well, 29.5 technically) and I can tell you that they're not magical, mystical or otherwise. The cards are cards, and you're the one who makes them amazing.

My first book, Kitchen Table Tarot, provides a down to earth, common sense approach to reading tarot cards. It also won the Independent Publisher Award for Best First Book, so that was cool.

My second book, Tarot Elements: Five Readings to Reset Your Life, is coming out in the spring of 2019, and gives you five readings to help you unstick yourself in the home, heart, mind, body and soul.

I live in St. Louis with my husband, Joe (who is my favorite), my kiddos and four black cats, two dogs, and our tortoise, Phil. I really, really like superhero movies and when I'm not reading or writing, I'm hanging out with my friends. I'm a lucky girl.

I'm working on a tarot deck with artist, Cate Anevski, another deck with my friend Ellie, and have outlines for two more books. You can reach out to me for tarot readings at www.melissacynova.com

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Angelica Helvik

Easy,fun, and educational

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024

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So I have been self taught with tarot most my 5 year journey. I’m always on the lookout for good source material to build on my abilities. I discovered this book through a friend and after reading a small section of it I was hooked. She writes as though you and her are having a simple chat over coffee or tea and explains things in simple uncomplicated ways. I loved this book so much I purchased a copy for myself as well as Kitchen Table Magic and 5 elements of tarot to change your life. I’ll be doing a review of those as well as soon as i finish them. Great for beginners or experienced practitioners

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Cat Adams

this is the first book that was recommended by a professional tarot reader

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017

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For the longest time, I never "got" tarot, but when I decided to give it another shot, this is the first book that was recommended by a professional tarot reader, so I bought it. I just wish I could have had this book years ago. Melissa has a unique no-nonsense, caring and helpful approach. Her choice of words or phrases has me chuckling from time to time, and I can imagine her saying those words to me as we sit at her kitchen table, talking tarot over of cup of tea. She is down-to-earth, savvy, witty, and knowledgeable, combined with a touch of sass. She can take a card that is difficult to understand and break down the meaning so it is incredibly understandable, and makes me wonder why others have not been saying the same thing. The deck she uses for illustrative purposes in the book is the Llewelyn Classic Tarot. I don't use that specific one, but everything she says in her book I can use with the decks I use, since they are based on the Rider Waite Smith tradition.

I have already read it once and am almost through reading it for the second time, not only for the explanations but for the pure enjoyment of her writing style. Her real-life examples lend a more personal touch to it, and brings her messages home. I really can't say enough good things about the book and am awaiting her next project, which I heard about when someone interviewed her. If you are finding other tarot books lacking, you need to order this one!!

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Tricia Mansourian

Kitchen tarot

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024

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Helps me with reading the tarot

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Lindsay Parkhurst

A new staple in my tarot book collection.

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2018

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I'm a fan of this book and recommend it for all tarot readers. It is a useful tool to have in your arsenal, if nothing else.

I have not read it cover-to-cover, yet. I've been using the book as a reference only but it has been very useful for just that. There is plenty of reading material other than card explanations in the book that I will sit down and digest in due time. The writing style is unique and pretty easy to read. The author did a nice job writing in a story-telling fashion without it feeling too cheesy. Most of the cards have an anecdote attached which I feel is very useful for learning card meanings. It's easier to remember a story someone told you than it is to remember lists of meanings and information. I found that a few of the interpretations of the cards were unique and I found new perspectives in this book, that alone makes it a worthwhile read to me. Whenever I hit a block during a reading, I reference this book.

Something I look for in a tarot book is real life meanings and interpretations that go beyond spiritual guidance. I can Google endless resources for learning that Death is about change, but what kind of change? Drawing out the relevant real-life details is one of the trickiest parts of divination and this book does a decent job of exploring that side of reading for prediction. It gives you a direction to explore and makes you move your feet, so-to-speak. Getting the reader in motion like so is a great way to break through diviner's fog. This book is not the only tarot resource you will ever need, but it will be useful.

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Amber

Good introduction for the Tarot beginner

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2020

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I'm no longer a beginner, but a lot of the Tarot books I have read felt very academic and dry. I was looking for something a little different and decided to finally take this one off the shelf. On the one hand, it has a light, grounded, modern, and conversational tone to it - which was just what I was looking for. On the other, it feels a bit rushed and lacks the depth I have come to appreciate in other Tarot books. I will say, if you like a book that gets straight to the point and lacks a lot of the "woo" of other Tarot books, you will probably enjoy this one! The down to earth style of this book is a breath of fresh air.

As a more intermediate/advanced Tarot student I'm honestly not really sure if I learned much. At times Melissa's observations resonated with me and I thought, "why hadn't I thought of that before?" At other times, though, I felt like her meanings were completely off-base for me. But that's the fun thing about Tarot, it's incredibly subjective. I do wish the same level of attention were paid to the cards more equally, sometimes there was a whole story to go with a card and sometimes just a couple of keywords, in that regard it didn't feel entirely consistent.

Overall, I do think this book would make a great introduction for someone brand new to Tarot. It doesn't feel as overwhelming or dry as a lot of other Tarot books, even ones that are designed for beginners. It would be a light and easy introduction to a topic that has so much depth. I probably would not as likely recommend it for anyone who already has some knowledge of Tarot, it just doesn't have the depth that a lot of other Tarot books do.

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Carol Moreira

Livro descontraído

Reviewed in Brazil on December 27, 2021

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Livro super despretencioso. A autora é muito transparente nas colocações e nas suas experiências com o Tarô. É um livro para quem está inciando mas não deixa de ser interessante para quem já tem experiência com o tarot.

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Lornington

Flippin flantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2023

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I listened to this through audible last week. I've been wanting to learn the tarot for a while but didn't know what book to get. As this was included in my subscription I listened to it and it was brilliant! The content is so easy to grasp in how she writes it and the narrator was a good fit for it too, which always helps. I loved it so much I've now bought the physical book and I've already learnt so much!

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Like talking with a best friend

Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2022

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I loved this book, first it cames new and without any damage, second I loved reading it, very friendly, easy to understand, fun to read and have a good time while learning about tarot.

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Juan

Excelente

Reviewed in Mexico on February 26, 2020

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Excelente material, totalmente recomendado si estás iniciando con el tarot. El libro basa su encanto en las experiencias que ha tenido la autora siendo tarotista profesional, si bien, no es tan profundo en el tratamiento de los significados y con la información, el libro es muy ameno. Ojo, se encuentra en inglés.
Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

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Leah Maple

Straight shooter

Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2020

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Practical and awesome, feels like she's right there talking to you. Kinda sassy in a good way.
I also love her overviews of the four suits and of the court cards - really clarified the meanings for me. Plus, this book has reversed card meanings, which most others don't.

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