Australian writer, ritualist and tarot teacher Jane Meredith has edited a new book bringing together 22 contributors to examine the major arcana through personal experience. The Major Arcana Anthology: 22 Tarot Experts Share Their Stories is scheduled for publication by Llewellyn in November 2026 and is currently available for preorder as a trade paperback.
The book is organized around the 22 cards of the tarot’s major arcana, a sequence that includes the Magician, the Lovers, Strength, the Tower and the Star. Rather than providing only standard definitions or a reference list of symbolic meanings, it pairs individual cards with accounts of events and experiences that the contributors associate with them.
Each contributor works with one major arcana card and shares a personal narrative. The collection also includes tarot spreads, rituals and exercises, giving readers ways to engage with the material through their own practice. Its emphasis is on how tarot readers develop relationships with symbolism over time, not on establishing the cards as instruments of scientific prediction.
Meredith’s editorial role brings together a group of practitioners whose work spans tarot reading, ritual, visual art and contemporary esoteric teaching. Contributors include Courtney Alexander, Mat Auryn, Lucy Cavendish, Jack Chanek, T. Susan Chang, Ivo Dominguez Jr., Mary K. Greer and Cassandra Snow, alongside Meredith and other specialists.
The diversity of contributors is central to the publication’s format. A card such as the Tower may carry a recognizable traditional association, but its place in a person’s life can be understood differently depending on the experience being recounted. The anthology uses those differences as material for reflection rather than treating one account as the definitive interpretation.
Meredith has previously written books on ritual and spiritual practice, including Journey to the Dark Goddess and Elements of Magic. Her work as editor here differs from a single-author introductory guide. The book gives separate voices space to describe how a particular tarot image has become meaningful within their own experience, while retaining the shared structure of the major arcana.
The forthcoming paperback is listed at 272 pages by Llewellyn, with publication scheduled for November rather than a confirmed day on the publisher’s page. It is designed for readers who already use tarot as well as those interested in learning how experienced practitioners approach the cards. For the wider spiritual-publishing field, the anthology is a concrete example of a collaborative educational book built around lived experience and practical exercises.
Source: Llewellyn Worldwide
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