this book is geared more towards those that are new to journaling with tarot and taroting in general. the first half of the book focuses solely on what is tarot journaling and what type of journal to will work. the last half of the book starts to develop and bring together the book for those that have been doing both reading tarot and writing a journal for a while giving you different ideas on how to jump start your own writing. not the best thing i've read by her and i was disappointed by it, but the book has it's own merits. ( )

Almost every introductory book on the tarot that I know of suggests starting a tarot journal as one way to help learn how to read tarot cards. In these books, the tarot journal is somewhere to record your readings, the meanings of the cards, your notes on each card, and so on. Tarot Journaling takes a slightly different approach. This is an introduction to both journal writing and the tarot, suitable for someone who knows nothing about either. (Readers with experience in both the tarot and journal writing may not find all that much that is new here, although they may not have thought to combine the two this thoroughly.) Corrine Kenner's approach both uses the tarot as a foundation for a journal that explores your life and journaling as a way to learn the tarot.

I thought the structure of the book was clever. The introductory section and each chapter is named after one of the eleven positions in the Celtic Cross tarot spread and is related to the meaning of that position. For instance, the chapter "What Crosses You" is named for the position in the Celtic Cross that shows what the main obstacle is in the reading. In this chapter, the author discusses common obstacles to journaling such as writer's block, dealing with your inner critic, and time management—and issues specific to tarot journals like working with "bad" cards. She also includes several appendices with tarot keywords, correspondences, list writing prompts, and templates (this last also available on the author's website). ( )