Soul Journey through the Tarot: Key to a Complete Spiritual Practice

by John Sandbach

Overview

Integrating numerology, astrology, Kabbalah, and the contemplative life

• Connects the traditional, symbolic, psychological, alchemical, astrological, and numerological meanings of each of the 78 cards of the Tarot to its deepest meaning, the one closest to its spiritual core

• Reveals how the Tarot offers a hands-on way to learn multiple spiritual practices and metaphysical systems, including numerology, astrology, psychology, and Kabbalistic wisdom

• Details how to use the Tarot to calculate the numerological value of names, words, and dates, including birthdays, to reveal their metaphysical significance

As John Sandbach illuminates in depth, the tarot is a portal to realms of wisdom. It not only can provide deep insight through traditional readings but also offers a hands-on way to learn multiple spiritual practices and metaphysical systems, each interrelated through numbers and the ways the systems are worked with to reveal cosmic truths.

In this guide, Sandbach explores the deep interconnected meanings of each of the 78 cards of the tarot and explains how to work with the cards for spiritual healing and growth as well as to synergistically learn other methods of spiritual insight, in particular numerology and astrology. Connecting the traditional, symbolic, psychological, alchemical, astrological, and numerological meanings of each card to its deepest meaning, the one closest to its spiritual core, Sandbach shows how exploring the interconnected meanings of the cards allows you to understand the tarot as an integrated whole and enables you to provide insightful and deeply intuitive readings. He explains how every card is connected to the Tree of Life, an ancient kabbalistic diagram of the universe, and details how to use the tarot to calculate the numerological value of names, words, and dates to reveal their metaphysical significance. He explores the connections between alternative rulerships for the cards and how they allow you to understand astrology at a deeper level. He also demonstrates card layouts that can be used to perform readings for yourself or others, and he provides instructions for tarot contemplations to access deeper meanings of the cards.

By journeying through the wisdom connections within each card, you can simultaneously learn the ancient wisdom of numerology and astrology, while also opening access to your own inner wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781644117095
Publisher:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Publication date:	11/14/2023
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	700,899
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

John Sandbach is a highly respected astrology and tarot researcher who has been working professionally in these fields for more than 55 years. He is the visionary who channeled the Chandra Symbols of the 360 degrees of the zodiac system, and he offers astrology and tarot tutoring and readings online. The author of several books, including The Circular Temple and Astrology, Alchemy, and the Tarot, he lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
The Nature of the Tarot

MEET THE CARDS
The Oracles of Hermes

PART ONE
The Major Arcana

CHAPTER ONE
The Four Elements and Major Arcana I–IV

CHAPTER TWO
Synchronicity and Major Arcana V–VIII

CHAPTER THREE
The Threshold to Magic and Major Arcana IX–XII

CHAPTER FOUR
Flowers and Major Arcana XIII–XVI

CHAPTER FIVE

The Hebrew Alphabet and Major Arcana XVII–XX

CHAPTER SIX
Tarot Odysseys and Major Arcana XXI and XXII

Workshop One: Journaling with the Tarot

CHAPTER SEVEN
Ritual as Magic and a Summary of the Major Arcana

Workshop Two: The Three-Card Spread

PART TWO
The Kabbalistic Tree of Life

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Stations of the Tree of Life

CHAPTER NINE
The Paths on the Tree of Life

PART THREE
The Minor Arcana

CHAPTER TEN
The Alchemist’s Laboratory

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Numbered Cards

CHAPTER TWELVE
The Court Cards

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Minor Arcana: Its Higher Numbers Revealed

PART FOUR
Advanced Practices

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Metaphysics of the Question

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Numerology

Workshop Three: Using the Higher-Numbered Cards of the Minor Arcana

Workshop Four: Numerological Synthesis in the Three-Card Reading

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Gematria

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
A Seven-Card Layout for Problem-Solving and Personality Analysis

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Language of Space (aUI)

CHAPTER NINETEEN
Kabbalistic and Therapeutic Levels of the Tarot

CHAPTER TWENTY
Tarot Contemplations

FINAL MUSINGS
A Tarot Garden of Thoughts

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

This book is an alchemical fire itself that can ignite your creative imagination to practice and deepen inner work. It is dynamic and alive, because how you interact with the content of each card, portrayed from many different aspects, can open the door to infinite meaning—making for your self-understanding. This is not a fortune-telling pseudo New Age book. Sandbach’s insights in this book are both traditional and unconventional, because they are multidimensional. Each symbol will lead you to both answers and questions with childlike wonder and old sage-like reverie.

Akiko Kinney

I was fortunate to study the tarot with John Sandbach forty years ago, using his personal and learned methodology. It was quite the journey. John’s approach to understanding this historic and remarkable system of occult knowledge is, quite simply, superior to any other that I have encountered in years of spiritual learning. It is way beyond fortune-telling; it is a pathway to the sacred, enabling one to encounter their very soul. I reread his book regularly, as it is a ready aid for personal growth in these difficult times. I shall be forever grateful that John continues to share his learning.

writer for KC Studio magazine Elisabeth Kirsch

An instant classic that will be returned to over and over again. The illustrations of the cards are beautiful and have a timeless quality about them. All of time and every human condition is contained within this book and its images. From the beginning you know you are in the hands of a master who will take you deeper into the tarot with the Kabbalah, numerology, and the exciting Language of Space.

astrologer and tarot reader Sandra Lee Sandy

This book contains so many gifts. For starters, it showcases both deep subject knowledge and John’s quicksilver way of weaving facts and insights across different fields. His love of poetry, music, and visual art is also here. His deep connection with the cosmic and elemental realms also shines through. Most charmingly of all, the text is peppered with very playful yet nonetheless practical advice for how to work with the tarot and its lessons in everyday life. For who else but John would think of creating essences out of imaginal or theoretical flowers?

Ysette Guevara

John Sandbach delves into the intricate realm of decoding symbolism and esoteric practices, ensuring that readers do not overlook even the most subtle aspects of richness and depth of insight. A captivating and enlightening synthesis of interpretations and a testament to his thoroughness, extensive research, insight, sensibility, authenticity, and innovation, this book opens up a gateway to a unique new perspective. The quest to gain insight from esoteric practices is not only approached as a set of rituals with a remedial effect on one’s soul but also proposed and reviewed as a tool for understanding ourselves and the world around us.

astrologer and architect Eleni Kostika

What Joseph Campbell constructed for mythology, John Sandbach composes for the metaphysical: a harmonic illumination of the astral orchestra. More than a mere reference book, John provides a poetic key to a profound exploration of esoteric mechanisms. This book is a voyage into the subconscious cocoon, where an evolution of conceptual traditions emerges, bright and wonderful.

designer and editor at SCIQI Adam Elliott Rush

A syncretic synthesis of sources ranging from Kabbalah and Vedic philosophy to Gestalt therapy and Bach Flower Remedies—John Sandbach’s exploration of the tarot is a multidimensional field guide to higher states of consciousness that will aid anyone embarking on a journey of self-discovery.

author of We Who Saw Everything Whit Griffin

“Soul Journey through the Tarot works on subtle levels in magical, mystical ways. The author invites readers to absorb his ideas into their being as if they were poetry. Open-minded aspirants on diverse spiritual paths will gain rich reward from dedicated study of the deep wisdom contained in this one-of-akind book. For tarot neophytes there’s a treasure trove of profound information to set them firmly on the right path, while more advanced practitioners will gain fresh insights. Students of numerology and astrology will also discover provocative new ideas that will illuminate their practice.

astrology student and researcher Paul Swann