Deborah Leigh with
Elizabeth Rose
Softcover, 283pages
Price: $AUD21.95
Published by iUniverse, Inc. 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite
100 Lincoln, NE 68512
Website: www.iuniverse.com
ISBN: 0 595 29195
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Personal Prophecy is
an interesting book that could be utilised by anybody that
has a plain old deck of playing cards. So you don't need
any fancy or expensive equipment (or knowledge) to get the
most out of this book.
The author, Deborah
Leigh (I haven't figured out who Elizabeth Rose is yet),
has been reading ordinary playing cards for 20 years and
learnt about this method of understanding life situations
from her grandmother. She has taught others around the world
to read playing cards and hopes to empower others through
this skill.
In reviewing this book
I realised that I would have to split my thoughts about
it into two sections - content and presentation.
The basic information
required to have a go at doing your first reading is all
there, and written in a way that is easy to understand...
not technical language and pretty down to earth. The meanings
of the cards are presented individually in the various suites.
For example, there was a chapter on the general meaning
of 'Hearts', following by individual interpretations for
each of the cards.
Reading the cards was
fun, but I found the spreads rather complicated for a beginner
to try (that includes me!). I feel that a simpler reading
method would have been beneficial for the reader to try
before moving onto a more complicated spread. This would
enable the reader to build a bit of confidence in the interpretation
of the cards.
Now, on to presentation...
this is difficult to begin. As mentioned above, the actual
content is very interesting and usable by anyone, you don't
need any previous knowledge or fancy tools to use the information.
One of the downfalls
of this book is its presentation. The formatting was inconsistent
and would have benefited from being professionally edited.
This would have kept the information flowing in a coherent
way; it would have also made it easier to find the information
required when attempting a complicated reading. It seemed
to me that the chapters would have been better organised
by keeping all of the interpretative text together, rather
than having it spread through various parts of the book.
In summary, even though
the presentation could have been better, I found this book
a bit on the addictive side and would recommend it to the
beginner who is interested in learning more about reading
everyday playing cards. The language isn't complicated,
and there are examples given for interpretations. After
reading this book, I don't think you'll play a card game
again without trying to look at the hidden meaning in your
friends' (and your own) cards!
