Sample file Sample file Dedication This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever been told to stay in their lane and said, “No thanks,” and to my children who were super excited about all the dinosaur pictures I was drawing.
Special thanks I would like to thank my husband for being so supportive and having unwavering faith in me. I would also like to say thank you to all my friends on twitch who saw what I was working on and were first in line for their copies of my dinosaur tarot book and deck before I had even found a publisher. Your enthusiastic support has been more help to me than you know.
Acknowledgment There are only 78 dinosaurs in this book, there are far more dinosaurs known to paleontology than grace the pages of this book. Paleontologists are leaning new things about dinosaurs all the time, this book was written as accurately as I could with the information available to me at the time. Tarot is an art open to interpretation, and this book is my interpretation. Tarot is a great tool for listening to your intuition. If you need Samplemedical advice see a doctor, if you need legal advice see a lawyer.file I would also like to thank Jonathan Thompson for giving me the opportunity to have my 1st published work and for helping me stay calm during the revision process. Table of contents
Introduction...... 6 The World...... 50 The Fool...... 8 The Ace of Wands. . . . . 52 The Magician...... 10 The Two of Wands. . . . 54 The High Priestess. . . . . 12 The Three of Wands. . . . 56 The Empress...... 14 The Four of Wands. . . . . 58 The Emperor ...... 16 The Five of Wands. . . . . 60 The Hierophant...... 18 The Six of Wands...... 62 The Lovers...... 20 The Seven of Wands. . . . 64 The Chariot...... 22 The Eight of Wands . . . . 66 Strength...... 24 The Nine of Wands. . . . . 68 The Hermit...... 26 The Ten of Wands. . . . . 70 The Wheel of Fortune. . . 28 The Page of Wands. . . . . 72 Justice...... 30 The Knight of Wands . . . . 74 The Hanged Man ...... 32 The Queen of Wands . . . . 76 Death...... 34 The King of Wands. . . . 78 Temperance...... 36 The Ace of cups...... 80 The Devil...... 38 The two of cups...... 82 The Tower...... 40 The Three of cups. . . . . 84 The Star...... 42 The Four of cups. . . . . 86 TheSample Moon...... 44 The Five of cups .file . . . . . 88 The Sun...... 46 The Six of cups...... 90 Judgment...... 48 The Seven of cups. . . . . 92 The Eight of cups. . . . . 94 The Five of Coins...... 144 The Nine of cups...... 96 The Six of Coins...... 146 The Ten of cups...... 98 The Seven of Coins. . . . . 148 The Page of cups. . . . . 100 The Eight of Coins . . . . . 150 The Knight of cups. . . . . 102 The Nine of Coins...... 152 The Queen of cups. . . . . 104 The Ten of Coins...... 154 The King of cups...... 106 The Page of Coins. . . . . 156 The Ace of Swords. . . . . 108 The Knight of Coins . . . . 158 The Two of Swords. . . . 110 Time line...... 164 The Three of Swords . . . 112 Index ...... 166 The Four of Swords. . . . 114 Bibliography...... 168 The Five of Swords. . . . . 116 The Six of Swords ...... 118 The Seven of Swords. . . . 120 The Eight of Swords. . . . 122 The Nine of Swords . . . . 124 The Ten of Swords. . . . . 126 The Page of Swords. . . . 128 The Knight of Swords. . . 130 The Queen of Swords. . . 132 The King of Swords. . . . 134 The Ace of Coins ...... 136 TheSample Two of Coins. . . . . 138 file The Three of Coins. . . . . 140 The Four of Coins. . . . . 142 Introduction
I started this project when I saw someone of its tale. on Facebook asking if there was a dinosaur Please keep in mind that paleontologists tarot deck anyone could recommend. I are still unearthing more information went and looked for options to recommend about dinosaurs and this book was and found none. So I thought to myself, written as accurately as I could with the I can make that. So I started doing information I had at the time of writing. research on dinosaur etymology and tarot symbology and I noticed that the Beginning etymology for dinosaurs was extremely literal in most instances and it wasn’t that readings hard to pare up the meanings of tarot cards Whether you are doing a reading for with the meanings of the dinosaur names. yourself or someone else you should shuffle There were a few instances where I went the cards and focus on the intention for the with the aesthetic of the dinosaur over the reading. Pick the spread you wish to use literal meaning for the pairing of the cards, and let your intuition guide you. because this started as an art project and snowballed into a research project. As Generally speaking Major Arcana Cards I live streamed the process of sketching hold more weight than suit cards when and painting and digitally drawing my doing a multi card reading and should dinosaurs, the question I was most be seen as the focus of the reading. frequently asked is why does that dinosaur Generally speaking when you see multiples go with that card? of anything there is additional meaning you can infer from a tarot spread. Multiple As more people asked me this question I wands indicate ideas and possible growth. realized that my dinosaur tarot deck would Multiple cups suggest that the focus is on need a book where I could show my work the emotional part of journey. Multiple and let people read about the meanings of swords suggest immediate action is the cards and check out the dinosaur facts I required and it could be seen as an omen of had spent so much time looking at. struggle. Multiple coins suggest a focus on I wanted to let you see what I saw while manifestation. still leaving it open to interpretation. Numerology is the metaphorical key stone I drew the dinosaurs to resemble the scale of tarot. All the cards are numbered. The seen in tarot decks not there actual size of Major Arcana is numbered 0 to 21 and the the Sampleactual dinosaurs. If you want to know suite cards are numbered file 1 to 14. When how big the dinosaurs are, each dinosaur you see multiple cards with the same summery includes the length of the number or equal to the same number you dinosaur from the tip of its nose to the end can consider this an important message 6 from the cards, pay careful attention to the side up then you may dismiss the risks and numerical description for the cards. read the card as normal. Upside down You may use a spread found in this or cards can also be interpreted as blocked other books, or even make a spread energy or even as an opposite meaning of of your own design. These are merely the card when it is right side up. examples of ways to do tarot readings not a comprehensive list. Three Card Spread There are a variety of ways to use the three Single Card card spread. One common way of looking The simplest way to do a reading is to at the three card spread is one card for do pull a single card for the focus of each, past/present/future. The 1st card intended’s day. Some use this as a tool is symbolic of the past, the 2nd card is for introspection and reflection. All that symbolic of the present, and the 3rd card is is required is to pull one card and place it symbolic of what your future may be if you on the table in fount of you. If the card continue on your current trajectory. is upside down you may want to read the risks associated with the card. If it is right
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New beginnings, important 0 decisions, optimistic, carefree, naïve, simple Sometimes not being an expert keeps you from blindly following in the footsteps of others, allowing you to blaze a fresh trail. The Fool is symbolic of new beginnings like the earliest stages of life or the start of a new chapter in your life’s story.
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