5 stars for this amazing book of poetry. I love anything to do with tarot, and this made me see some cards in a new light. I felt like the first poem was written just for me. It spoke to my soul. I can't wait for my next reading and to use this to help with interpretations! Must read for all lovers of tarot.

Each poem in this book is based on a tarot card. I believe this is an excellent addition to your home whether you are already into new age or are just curious.

You don't have to read this book from cover to cover if you need advice; you can pick any random page. This seems like it would be a lot of fun and useful to have around the house.

The poetry are fantastic in and of themselves. They match up well with their playing cards, and reading them generally gives off a happier vibes.  While simultaneously letting her own poetic style shine through, Rashidi does a fantastic job of capturing the emotions of each card.

Thank you to Kim Rashidi, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and Netgalley for this advanced reader copy of "Fortunate: Tarot Poetry' for an honest review.

I loved this. I love, love, loved it.

As a tarot enthusiast for years, I'm very picky on how I see tarot being displayed toward the public sector (versus privately reading to ones self or one-on-one), and I've read a couple Tarot Poetry books that just left me feeling sour about what it's message or intent or falling down did to the book, and how people might see Tarot.

This skipped all those steps. These poems so perfectly match the Tarot cards in question, and as i was reading through the book I was struck so many times about how it'd be so easy to do a one card reading with this book alone. Just flip it into being tarot-bibliomancy (divination via book), and flip to a random page to get your one-card (or more, with more random flipping) reading.

Rashidi's tarot focused poetry book is excellent for personal use, allowing the reader to interact with the text by placing a blank page next to each poem for the reader to write or draw their thoughts, feelings, and interpretations of the poem and the associated tarot card. As the book suggests, this is likely to be best used by opening to a random page, or for use along with tarot spreads. A good purchase for personal libraries.

What a magically refreshing collection of poetry!
'Fortunate' takes the meanings of tarot cards and transforms them into inspirational, motivational poems. The imagery evoked was enchanting and vivid, and it was a collection that had me taking a few moments after each poem to reflect on its meaning and how to apply that to my life.
Kim Rashidi's work can even inspire anyone who doesn't necessarily believe in the powers of tarot! Her poems can apply to any and everyone, regardless of beliefs, gender, sexuality, etc.
If you love poetry and tarot, or you just want a little piece of beautiful guidance in everyday life, you should definitely give 'Fortunate' a read!

The poetry was really good and make you think more deeply about the tarot cards. I really enjoyed it.
I would have loved a picture of the tarot card with each poem.

I thought this book was very interesting. Using tarot in this way was really unique, and I overall really enjoyed my time reading it.

I loved the idea of this book. It feels like it would be a great gift book but personally I don't feel like I would buy it for myself. I feel like the poems were somewhat flat. It didn't feel like anything I couldn't get from a tarot guide book. The concept was great but the execution was meh.

Tarot cards have been used throughout the ages for gaming and fortune-telling, but their symbolism suggests a deeper purpose–to gain insight into the human mind, and enhance our own personal development. Some people read fortunes to gain insight into the future, but I believe tarot provides much more insight into the reader themselves. The cards provide us with excellent advice at any juncture and, if taken to heart, can help us to understand ourselves better and plan how to live better in the future.

“Tarot cards … can serve as an advisor and help in widening the users’ vision. Tarot cards are deemed as a map of life, or a signpost, to tell you how to lead a good and correct life.”

–Royal Thai Tarot, Sungkom Horharin
I began my journey with Fortunate by using the book for diving for a few days. Each morning I would open to a random page, and read it as if pulling a tarot card for my days fortune.

I like that this book of poetry pairs so well with any tarot deck–you could even use them in place of pulling cards! Flipping through the pages of this book mimics the act of shuffling a deck of cards, making the experience of reading this book just as magical as if you were pulling for a spread.

This is an amazing supplement to any Tarot reader’s collection. Some of the interpretations do not line up with the traditional RWS Tarot meanings, but that’s the great thing about readings–they can be interpreted many different ways and it is always interesting to think about the meanings in a new way.

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Universal for sending me a free Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) of this title. All opinions are my own.

so as someone who uses tarot daily this was a nice change from the usual guide books.

kim has written a poem for each of the card in a classic tarot deck and giving you insight to the meaning of the card and understanding of the card but in the form of a poem.

the only issue i had with the book was that it didnt follow in number order and so when you were trying to find a certain card you had to flick through the book looking for it

but would highly recommend this book to my fellow tarot readers and witches

Not in tarot order, can go to index to see that. Mid length to full page poems. Do get a sense of the card in the poem. Good for lovers of the tarot or poetry in general.

5/5

Fortunate by Kim Rashidi is a collection of poems each based on a tarot card. If you’re already in to new age or are just wanting to try it out, I think this is a great addition to your home.

I read this as an ebook but I think having a physical copy of this would be perfect. You can flip to any random page when you need guidance, not needing to read this book in order. I think this would be really fun and nice to have around the house.

The poems themselves are really great too. They correlate well with their cards and overall I feel happier reading them. Rashidi does a great job in portraying the feelings of each card (non-reverse only) while also having her own poetic voice stand out.

I’m looking forward to buying a physical copy for myself and some friends.

So. Many. Platitudes.

I really wish this book lived up to its concept. Poetry based on tarot cards is a great idea, but it's executed with so little imagination here. Every poem reads like a vaguely optimistic horoscope, which just doesn't make for a great reading experience. It's much too simplified and lacks emotional power. Furthermore, the whole thing is so insistently upbeat that it smacks of toxic positivity culture. In sum, an entirely skippable book.

I read back to back because I was feeling inspired by it, but this is the kind of book you can just read a random page whenever you want/need. When we’re starting to learn about Tarot, one of the first things they tell us is to read one card per day, to reflect upon that message and what it means to us and that moment in our lives. You can pretty much do the same with these poems. The author also suggests us to use the blank pages with drawings, words and ideas, expressing our emotions as well. I think that’s such a great idea. Read it, think about it, get inspired by it, make it personal.

* I received this book from Andrews McMeel Publishing in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of 'Fortunate' by Kim Rashidi in exchange for an honest review. This book is 2.5 stars rounded up.

What's so awesome about this is how it is a stand-out poetry collection. I've never seen anything like it before, and I think people who are interested in tarot will love this book. There certainly isn't anything else on the market, at least not to my knowledge. Three of the poems I personally enjoyed were "Seven of Wands," "Page of Swords," and "Ace of Wands." Something in each of them really resonated for me and this is what I believe the core of this collection is meant to be. I can see this being a favorite for beginners in poetry/tarot.

That being said, although I see the appeal and enjoy some aspects of it, I was just expecting more. Some of the poems had rhythm and I liked that formats were played with, but a lot of them did not have a noticeable rhythm or sounded a bit clunky. I think another round of edits could really benefit this collection with some more attention to end words, and maybe half-rhymes.

What I like about this format is the poems are simple enough for nearly anyone to be able to follow. So much poetry is so intricate, riddled with metaphors and similes, but that makes it hard for a lot of people to comprehend. That isn't the case here, so that's great. However, I do think some of the poems are maybe a bit too simple. Part of that could be because it was apparent the author wanted to keep each onto a single page, but pushing the limit could have really helped some of these poems. I think it would have also been quite interesting to center the poems around the cards themselves, rather than as an indication of what they mean to others when read.

To sum it all up, I do like the collection. I love the premise, I love the appeal, I love that it's so unique and unlike everything I've ever read before.

I was SO hoping for an illustration of the corresponding tarot card to accompany each poem. So, I'm a bit disappointed.

I adore the concept. I enjoyed the simplicity of the poems and I love the idea of flipping to a page that resonates with you, I just wish the book looked as beautiful inside as it does out. It's very plain is all.

I thought this book was so cool, as one who is really savvy in tarot card readings I thought this was a masterpiece. Did I love everything about it? No, but I loved the structure, the way every poem really aligned with how each card is actually represented during a reading. I think my favorite part of this book was how positive everything was, even when a card can symbolize maybe something negative, the author still took that card's meaning and pulled something positive from this. I will definitely be buying this when it hits the shelves.

I like the premise, and I think that for tarot beginners it might be an easy way to get more into it.

Overall though, I was rather underwhelmed. For me, most of the poems read like prose-versions of free horoscope blurbs you might see in the weekly newspaper. I didn't feel like there was much to reflect on, for the reader, and it just rang to me of faux-positivity.

This book of prose would make a brilliant accompaniment to a Tarot readers tools of trade.

A great gift for those familiar with, or new to Tarot

The prose are reflective, insightful and quizzical, whilst keeping a relatively optimistic undertone and providing some further meaning to the Tarot card represented within each poem.

As someone not overtly familiar with Tarot and their meanings I still enjoyed Rashidi’s works and enjoy that the use of negative space in this book would allow the user to journal/work within its pages to further enhance their readings.

I once had my Tarot read, 10 years ago, and had Death, King of Cups & Nine of Swords laid in front of me. The three cards have stuck with me since, and reading these poetic affirmations have helped bring these cards back into focus.

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing & NetGalley for the Review copy of this book.

Fortunate, a comprehension to experiences and those things that might possibly happen. This poetry collection was done by showing simple words but quite intricate to absorb. This means that you don’t need to read them in a single day, rather, just pick random entries and you will easily hop in to it’s atmosphere. The only thing that really bothers me is that because of its simplicity, I easily forgot what part am I and it didn’t resonate much to me. I think they should have added some illustrations, just to fill up and brighten the plainness of the entries.