Dreams and Tarot: Interpreting Dreams with Tarot - Paperback

by Massimiliano Colosimo (Author)

Are you fond of Tarot? And are you interested in using dream interpretation techniques? Then you shouldn't miss this book.As a first approach to this book, there is a little challenge for you, based on the description of Jung's youthful dream of the "Brocken Spectre": "It was night in some unknown place, and I was making slow and painful headway against a mighty wind.Dense fog was flying along everywhere. I had my hands cupped around a tiny light which threatened to go out at any moment...Suddenly I had the feeling that something was coming up behind me. I looked back, and saw a gigantic black figure following me...When I awoke I realized at once that the figure was a "specter of the Brocken," my own shadow on the swirling mists, brought into being by the little light I was carrying." (Carl Gustav Jung)Were you able to recognize at least one Tarot Card that seems to describe this dream scene?Well done: Exactly, it's the Hermit Tarot card!Let's go ahead, now there is a little more challenging question for you: which other card would you choose to represent the gigantic black figure following the Hermit? For sure it has to be a scary Tarot card, a specter, a card recalling a "Shadow figure".Yes, you've got it! The Devil Tarot card!As a next step place these two Tarot cards side by side. Did you notice? Now we've built a Tarot sequence which visually translates the dream we were occupying with! Now it depends on your Tarot reading ability to identify the underlying message of this dream by formulating an interpretation based on the Tarot symbolism.The Hermit proceeds slowly in the dark. He keeps the lantern lit, with the Devil behind his back. Taking a closer look at this spread, we perceive the emotional tension of Jung/Hermit, who is terrified by the Shadow/Devil behind him but at the same time he is trying to protect the tenuous flame of the lantern. The lantern symbolizes the light of reason. "Le Diable" is indeed the proper Shadow of Jung. This sequence seems to suggest that the energies of the Devil/Shadow are actually the fuel of the hermit's lantern.In this way we discover that the apparently negative and unconscious side consists of the same dignity as the consciousness does. That's the secret message of the dream and we decrypted it by using Tarot as a useful decoding tool!Welcome to the world of OniroTarology, the art of interpreting dreams with Tarot.This book offers you an innovative technique that combines dream interpretation and Tarot. The goal of using this technique is especially to be able to interpret dreams with the help of Tarot symbolism. "Dreams & Tarot" is a practical guide that will help you to read Tarot and support you to disclose the hidden messages in your dreams. OniroTarology is not a divination or cartomancy practice that is based on drawing cards; on the contrary, Tarot cards are chosen according to their symbolism, using them as a decoding tool. In practice this means that you build a Tarot spread which is connected to the dream scenery, by this way you translate the story behind the dream in a meaningful sequence of Major Arcana.While traditional methods advise you not to use Tarot for yourself, OniroTarology is an unvaluable tool for self-awareness, establishing a connection with your unconscious. But of course it's a precious and valid methodology to interpret a Querent's dream as well! The book is suggested for practical application and it includes an exciting collection of 14 real dreams that are interpreted step-by-step according to the OniroTarology method. This book is appropriate for Tarot experts who would like to explore a new approach to Tarot but it is as well suitable for intermediate or beginner students: The book contains the "Oneiric Code of the Tarot", a collection of interpretations of the Major Arcana in relation to the most frequently situations and archetypal imagery encountered in dreams.