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Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot by Barbara Moore
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Llewellyn’s Little Book of Tarot by Barbara Moore — this beautifully produced compact hardcover packs concise, accessible meanings for all 78 tarot cards alongside Barbara Moore’s signature intuitive approach. A wonderful introduction for curious beginners or a handy quick-reference for experienced readers. The pocket-friendly format makes it ideal for tucking alongside your deck or gifting to a friend stepping into tarot for the first time.
Description:Quick Specs
- Author: Barbara Moore
- Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
- Format: Hardcover, 248 pages, 4.8" x 5.9"
- Best for: Beginners seeking a concise reference, experienced readers wanting a quick-flip companion guide
Barbara Moore and the Llewellyn Little Book Series
Barbara Moore has spent more than 35 years studying and teaching tarot, and she's the author and creator of multiple decks including the Steampunk Tarot and Good Fortune Tarot, all published by Llewellyn. As an acquisitions editor and prolific tarot writer within the Llewellyn publishing house, Moore occupies an authoritative position in the modern tarot tradition, and this compact hardcover reflects that depth of experience distilled into a format designed for accessibility. The Llewellyn Little Books series aims to give readers expert content in a small, gift-quality package.
This is not a beginner workbook and it's not a scholarly deep-dive. It's a quick-reference companion that covers all 78 cards with concise interpretations, exercises, tarot tips, and journal prompts for each. Moore also presents sample cards from a variety of contemporary decks, which helps readers understand how the same archetypes appear across different artists' visual languages. The bibliomancy section, which lets you use the book itself as a divination tool by opening to a random page, is a genuinely useful addition that separates this from a plain card dictionary.
How This Book Differs from Other Tarot References
Rachel Pollack's Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom is a scholarly, symbol-heavy deep-dive into the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, designed for serious study over months. Joan Bunning's comprehensive tarot course takes a structured, interactive self-teaching approach with exercises and feedback loops. Moore's Little Book is the third format entirely: a compact, beautiful hardcover that sits on the shelf and opens in thirty seconds to give you a card meaning, a reflection prompt, or a reading tip. It's the book that lives next to the deck rather than in a separate study pile.
The compact 4.8 by 5.9 inch format fits in most bags and stands upright on a nightstand, desk, or altar. The hardcover binding is substantially more durable than a paperback for a book that gets handled frequently during readings and practice sessions. For readers who already know the basics and want a quick, high-quality on-hand reference, Moore's Little Book is well-suited to that exact role. Browse my full tarot book selection to compare other titles in the category.
How to Use Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot
Three practical ways to get the most from Barbara Moore's compact tarot reference guide.
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Use It as a Daily Card Reference
After pulling your daily card, open the Little Book to that card's page for Moore's keywords and prompt. Her interpretations scan faster than longer tarot books and are written to prompt personal meaning-making rather than fixed definitions.
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Try the Bibliomancy Exercise
Close your eyes, think of a question you need guidance on, then open the book to a random page. Read the card and prompt that appears. Moore includes instructions for this technique, making it one of the most memorable activities in the series.
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Use the Deck Samples for Cross-Deck Learning
Moore presents cards from multiple contemporary decks throughout the book. Use these comparisons to understand how tarot symbolism translates across different artistic styles, which deepens your reading regardless of which deck you work with.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock this book because the format genuinely fills a gap that larger tarot books don't. When someone is mid-reading and needs a second opinion on a card, they want a book that opens instantly, delivers a clear answer, and closes again without a ten-minute detour. Moore's Little Book does that. It's also one of the most gift-friendly tarot books I carry: the hardcover is beautiful, the format is accessible, and it works for beginners and seasoned readers alike. If you're shopping for a deck to pair with it, explore my tarot decks for options across traditions and artistic styles.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, it's an ideal starting point. Barbara Moore covers all 78 cards with concise interpretations, reflection prompts, and tips. The compact format and accessible writing make it one of the friendliest entry-level tarot references in hardcover.
Pollack's book is a scholarly, symbol-dense study guide for deep immersion in RWS tradition. Moore's Little Book is a quick-reference companion, shorter and more accessible, better suited for daily use alongside a deck than for extended study.
Bibliomancy is divination by opening a book to a random page for guidance. Moore includes a bibliomancy exercise in this book, with each card page ending in a brief statement designed to work as a direct answer when opened randomly.
The hardcover measures approximately 4.8 inches wide by 5.9 inches tall and is 248 pages long. That compact size makes it easy to shelve next to a tarot deck, carry in a bag, or keep on a desk for quick reference during reading sessions.
