Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot

Good book to accompany Crowley's “short essay” aka The Book of Thoth. Grab a copy of TBoT as well. On its own LMD book feels too condensed. One of the biggest flaws here are the card descriptions - this section feels like it was written in a rush and could use more care.

Thoth tarot draws on astrology and kabbalah, these are two pillars the whole thing stands on. I have a very limited knowledge of the former and sentences like “Jupiter in Gemini exalted” made me feel like I was jumping on one leg while trying to understand quantum physics lecture. Get a 101 in both even if you are going to dabble here.

The book also contains a short intro into philosophy & concepts of Thelema and DuQuette (as usual) does a GREAT job explaining it in a sober, down-to-earth manner. I can definitely recommend this to people new to the subject.