BOOKS & MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
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Who Are You in the Tarot, RedWheel/Weiser, 2011.
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Mary K. Greer’s 21 Ways to Read A Tarot Card, Llewellyn Publications, 2006. Read about the writing of this book here. Winner of the 2007 COVR award for “Best Divination Book.”
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Understanding the Tarot Court (with Tom Little), Llewellyn Publications, 2004. Read about the writing of this book here.
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The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals, Llewellyn Publications, 2002. Read about the writing of this book here.
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Tarot for Your Self: A Workbook for Personal Transformation, 1984; revised New Page Books, 2002.
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The Chronology of the Golden Dawn (with Darcy Küntz), Holmes Publishing, 1999
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*• Aromatherapy: Healing for the Body and Soul (co-written with Kathi Keville), Publications International. 1998.
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Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses, Park Street Press. 1995. Review by Bonnie Cehovet here.
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• The Essence of Magic: Tarot, Ritual and Aromatherapy, Newcastle Publishing. 1993.
• New Thoughts on Tarot: Transcripts from the First International Newcastle Tarot Symposium, edited (with Rachel Pollack), Newcastle Publishing. 1989.
• Tarot Mirrors: Reflections of Personal Meaning, Newcastle Publishing. 1988. Read a review by K. Frank Jensen of Tarot Mirrors here.
• Tarot Constellations: Patterns of Personal Destiny, Newcastle Publishing. 1987.
• The T.A.R.O.T. Newsletter – an annual publication from 1986-2001.
ARTICLES IN ANTHOLOGIES, JOURNALS and WEBSITES:
“Reading Images: What questions help us to work with an image in session” in BACP Children & Young People Journal (June 2012).
“Traditional versus Non-Traditional Lenormand Readings: in Tarosophist International (Vol. 1, No. 19; Summer 2012).
“Who Are You in the Tarot?” in Watkins Mind Body Spirit Review (London: Vol. 29; February 2012).
“Preface” to Abiding in the Sanctuary: The Waite-Trinick Tarot by Tali Goodwin & Marcus Katz (Lulu Press, 2011).
“Introduction” to Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ira Craddock by Vere Chappell (RedWheel/Weiser 2011).
“The Alchemical Cards of the Thoth Deck” in Tarosophist International (Vol. 1, No. 4; Autumn 2009).
“The Qabalah of the Nine Chambers in Tarosophist International (Vol. 1, No. 4; Autumn 2009).
Masters Read, Guest Reader: “Three-Card Reading for Heidi Snelgove” in Tarot World Magazine (Vol.1, No. 1, January 2008).
Book Review of The Devil, the Lovers, and Me: My Life in Tarot by Kimberlee Auerbach, at Aeclectic Tarot’s Book Reviews.
“Tarot and the Tree of Life: Diagramming the Creative Process” Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2008.
“Egypt, Tarot and Mystery School Initiations” Association for Tarot Studies Newsletter and shamanicjourneys.com, 2007.
“A Tarot R.I.T.E.” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2007.
“The Mindfulness Spread” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2007.
“Tarot Year-in-Review” in Tarot Celebrations, 2006, 2007.
“The Waite-Smith Minor Arcana” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2006.
“The Three-Card Drawing” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2006.
“The Birth of the Tarot” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2005.
“A New View: Reversals” in Llewellyn’s Tarot Reader 2005.
“Emotional Characteristics of the Major Arcana” in Tarot Pages (New Zealand: The Tarot Guild of Aotearoa, 2004).
“Tarot, Love and Romance: Two Spreads: in the American Tarot Association Journal, 2004.
“Report on the Tarot and Emotions Project” in the American Tarot Association Journal and tarotpassages.com, 2004.
“A Timeline of the Occult and Divinatory Tarot from 1750 to 1980.”
“My Life with the Tarot Court” Llewellyn’s New Worlds Magazine, 2004.
“Tarot by Number,” Llewellyn Tarot Calendar 2002.
“Twenty-one Ways to Read a Tarot Card,” Llewellyn Tarot Calendar 2001.
“TarotL History Information Sheet” (my concept; contributions by various members of TarotL; edited by Tom Little).
“The Tarot Priestess and Priestess Spread,” in Oasis, No. 1, Fall, 1999.
“Cards, Stones, Dice, and Bones,” in Gnosis, No. 46, Winter, 1998.
“Tarot and Astrology,” in Mountain Astrologer, No. 72, April/May, 1997.
“Tarot, Love and Romance,” in The Beltane Papers, No. 9, Beltane, 1996.
“Astro-Biography: The Women of the Golden Dawn,” in Mountain Astrologer, October, 1994.
“Women of the Golden Dawn,” in The Beltane Papers, Samhain, 1994.
“Maud Gonne and the Grey Lady,” in Artemesia’s Magick, Fall, 1994.
“The Abbey Theatre Tarot Readings” in The Golden Dawn Journal, Vol 1: Divination. Llewellyn, 1994.
“Pluto, Neptune and the Golden Dawn” in Sydney Omarr’s Astrological Guide for 1994, Penguin, 1993.
“Florence Farr: Restoring the Mysteries” play program, Rudolf Steiner Theatre, London, 1993.
“Women of the Golden Dawn” in Gnosis, Fall 1991.
“Healing Emotional Pain with Tarot,” in New Thoughts on Tarot. Newcastle Publishing. 1989.
“Permutations of the Celtic Cross Spread” in The Wheel of Tarot: A New Revolution. Argus Publishers, 1986.
“Invocations to the Goddess” (poetry) in Magical Blend Magazine, 2:3.
“Personalizing the Tarot” in Magical Blend Magazine, 1:2.
Various articles and reviews in Tarot Network News.
Various reviews for Gnosis.
AUDIO AND VIDEO MEDIA:
Interviews on a number of Tarot documentaries (most still in production) including on Lon Milo DuQuette: Tarot Kabbalah & Oracles, 2005.
SELF Magazine’s Tarot Hotline. Created, wrote, and recorded an automated phone service for SELF Magazine (a Condé Nast publication), 1995.
Tarot Interpretation. (Audio) T.A.R.O.T., 1990.
The Audio Exploration of Tarot: Meditations and Rituals. (Audio) Audio Renaissance Tapes, 1988.
Healing Emotional Pain with Tarot. (Video) Access A/V Productions, 1988.
Tarot Network News Video Magazine. (Video) NuView Productions, 1988.
Professional Tarot Reader since 1974.
Mary K. Greer has made tarot her life work. Check here for reports of goings-on in the world of tarot and cartomancy, articles on the history and practice of tarot, and materials on other cartomancy decks. Sorry, I no longer write reviews. Contact me
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October 26, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Cynthia Tedesco
CONGRATULATIONS MARY ON YOUR NEW BLOG & THANKS TO ANASTASIA
Haysler FOR HELPING YOU TO DO THIS FOR THE TAROT COMMUNITY! HAVE SOURCED AND BOOKMARKED YOUR REC.’S & THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEM!
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND TALKING W/YOU WHEN POSSIBLE.
ALL GOOD THINGS,
CYNTHIA
February 13, 2008 at 7:59 am
Ferol Humphrey
Hi Mary!
I just found you on Aeclectic under your Blog thread. What a grand thing! I am so pleased. You have a wonderful look and feel here, and so much information already added. It will be a real pleasure to take it all into my little head and appreciate your lifetime of effort in our field of passion.
Congratulations! Kudos for all of it! Many positive waves to you, a true scholar of Tarot and an inspiration to the rest of us. Work brings results! Passion colors an eternity of learning and makes it so much more fun.
Warmly, Ferol
February 25, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Lupa
Hi Mary. I was thrilled to find your blog as your book Tarot For Yourself was the first book I read on the subject and was a huge influence on my philosophy and style of reading. I think you’re fabulous and your blog is lovely. Thank you for all that you do and for being out here where we can tell you how much we love you!
Lupa
March 2, 2008 at 12:50 am
marygreer
Cynthia, Ferol, Lupa,
Thank you all for your best wishes. I’ll do the best I can to keep new posts happening.
Mary
December 30, 2008 at 6:12 pm
mkg
Check out articles by Marlene Dobkin de Rios. An article she wrote back in the 1970s for Americas Journal on card divination in South America. It was very influential for me in understanding the role of divination among poor and disenfranchised peoples. You’ll find a picture of her reading tarot cards under “Fieldwork”.
http://www.marlenedobkinderios.com/
You’ll also find useful scholarly material on tarot by Inna Semetsky. Check out the links at:
https://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008…nowing-thyself/
January 18, 2009 at 6:18 am
clymela
I was so delighted to stumble onto your site this morning. I have used your books over the years and now my granddaughter expresses interest in the Tarot and you were one of the first to come to mind.
Thank you so much for this site and the encouragement. as I approach “retirement” I am planing to dive deeply into Tarot.
January 18, 2009 at 12:46 pm
mkg
clymela – I’m sure you are going to enjoy your tarot journey. I recommend seeing if there are any tarot events or groups (check Meet-up.com) in your area. Tarot people, in person, are about as friendly as you can get — though they like to argue as much as the next group on some of on-line lists.
March 1, 2009 at 9:52 pm
indigo
Very glad to find your blog! I have used Tarot for Your Self for years & years as my main tarot reference. Thank you so much for it! A question: Is the 2002 edition a straight reprint, or is it revised, & if so, by how much?
March 2, 2009 at 12:48 pm
mkg
Indigo –
The 2002 edition of Tarot for Your Self is revised. Most of the earlier text is the still there with minor corrections and clarifications. I expanded the interpretations for the Minor Arcana and added short reversed card meanings for all 78 cards. The history appendix is completely new as is the introduction. I also added information on the Shadow/Teacher cards as found in Tarot Constellations. I updated the bibliography, citing newer works that add insights to the original materials. Except for the history appendix and the Shadow card information there’s nothing new that would make a core difference in the book. Thanks for asking about this.
Mary
May 27, 2010 at 3:39 am
jennifer
hi mary,
i wanna learn the permutations used in tarot “rider waite cards”. like if cups accompanied by wands or 2 queens or two kings appear in spread what does it signifies etc…all permutations can you please help me in this .i would be really grateful….and i wanna know one more thing is it like if i have studied from one book then i can’t refer another the interpretation may vary?
jennifer
May 27, 2010 at 1:27 pm
mkg
Jennifer –
Permutations is a word I use for methods of moving the cards around in a spread in order to get a different perspective on the reading. The relationship between two or more suits in a spread is usually referred to as Elemental Dignities. I list all of these suit/element combinations in my book 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card. The meanings for multiple cards (2, 3 or 4 Kings, etc.) is based on cartomancy meanings for regular playing cards. You can find one of the most common lists here in an early book on cartomancy by A.E. Waite.
Different books will give a variety of meanings for the cards. You can either stick with one book (or a couple of books that feature the same style deck or tradition) or you can collect books and compare and contrast the different approaches to the cards. Begin with the first approach and, if you find you are serious (or intensely curious) about understanding tarot in depth, then start expanding your studies.
There is no right or wrong set of interpretations for the tarot. Rather, it is important to find what works best for you. The more you use and understand a system the better it will work for you.
Mary
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September 30, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Penny
Mary, I am so happy to find your literature online and a place to tell you how much I appreciate what you are doing!
I have purchased several books on the Tarot among other metaphysical books. Most books on symbolism include either too little information or overwhelming comparisons to the Kabbalah and other systems, but very few offer the information in a way that is concise and comprehensible. I just ordered a few of your books from Amazon because I was able to have a peek inside. What I found, was the personality/soul journey information. I am so intrigued, that I began answering the questions posed for my combination of numbers, BEFORE receiving your book. Thank you so much for making this information available and for providing a self-learning environment that will keep me journaling for some time. May God Bless you always!
All the best,
Penny.
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April 19, 2012 at 11:10 pm
sebotse
Hi Marry,I just bought my first deck of tarot cards.Can you please help how to use a few cards to do a reading? Kind Regards
April 20, 2012 at 12:27 am
mkg
Sebotse – I suggest reading my posts in the category labeled beginners and that you get one or more of my books. Tarot for Your Self is a great place to start. It will help you get familiar with the cards and practice on yourself.
May 1, 2012 at 11:29 am
Prabhat Neupane
Hie Mary I m from India n quite interested in Tarot n being a professional reader but i dnt know any good institute over here in India……if u know then please help me to find i will b grateful,tell me from which institute i can get my professional course in tarot done by distance education facility…….plz help me boz i wanna b professional like u
May 1, 2012 at 2:22 pm
mkg
You might want to contact TarotIndia – http://www.tarotindia.com/
Also Tarot Professionals has groups all around the world. http://www.tarotprofessionals.com . They have great classes and books, although the center is in England.
The Tarot School offers outstanding correspondence courses, although the focus is on tarot symbolism. http://www.tarotschool.com
Blessings, Mary __________ Mary K. Greer https://marygreer.wordpress.com/
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September 17, 2020 at 12:54 pm
Kate
I wish they would republish Tarot Mirrors & Tarot Constellations. I have the first book in the series, but you can’t find the others. I tried buying Tarot Constellations off amazon and they sent me Tarot for yourself instead.
September 21, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Mary K. Greer
Kate,
Mirrors is out of print but Constellations is available with a new title and updates as “Who Are You in the Tarot?” There will be a 3rd edition next year with no significant changes.
September 21, 2020 at 8:46 pm
Kate DeWeese
Thank you so much for the info 🙂 I’ll order Who are you in the Tarot & keep searching Ebay for Mirrors. You are one of my favorite writers on the tarot. I also have your book Tarot Reversals and it’s the main one I use when doing readings.
December 27, 2020 at 1:19 am
Cheryl Daniels
Dear Ms Greer
Thank u for ur great Tarot Books, they have helped me in my spiritual growth an understanding Tarot. I also use Oracle Cards, Tarot Dice, Charms an learning Runes. U have been a inspiration. Im also a fan of Asian/Korean Dramas. Also the music of the many talented singers/musians an actors. Blessings of life. Cheryl