Alison Cross
Not all families are happy and sometimes that pain stretches back into the ancestral mists. Nancy Hendrickson's book, Ancestral Tarot, is a wonderful and compassionate guide that will enable people with disrupted or strained family back-stories to heal that rift. Not only is Nancy an accomplished tarotist and author, but she is also a highly respected genealogist with decades of experience in the field. Ancestral Tarot’s deep foundations in Nancy's own rich practice, combined with its practical, powerful spreads and journaling exercises allows readers to be very hands-on in their own ancestral healing journey. This is definitely a book to cherish and work through, time and again.”
Mary K. Greer
This is a tarot book of the very best kind. It is a journey to the self through the spirits of those who’ve come before. It plunges you immediately into the process and, with the author as experienced guide, you’ll learn the skills needed for each step of the way. The only thing you add is one or more tarot decks, a journal, and the willingness to explore this little traveled terrain. Highly recommended even for those who don’t know or care about their lineage, as you’ll find yourself connected to the deepest pathways of life.”
Rhonda Alin
Ancestral Tarot: Uncover Your Past and Chart Your Future by Nancy Hendrickson is a level-up when it comes to ancestral work and divination. Hendrickson has created a pathway with guardrails for each reader to follow along their journey. This book is a work of self-discovery that invites us to travel back in time to connect with multiple lines of ancestral history and forward to know how our work today prepares us for our future role as ancestor. The spreads, writing prompts and exercises included are accessible to both new and experienced Readers alike. When you’re ready, grab your cards, a pen and journal and turn the page to Chapter 1.”
creatrix of the San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Sympo Thalassa
Nancy Hendrickson has magnificently broken new ground with Ancestral Tarot. There has never been a Tarot book quite like this, and we have never needed a book like this as much as we do now. In clear, warm, and accessible prose, she opens exciting new possibilities for the use of Tarot in exploring ancestral connection, as well as exposing important new frontiers of personal Tarot work. This is a must-have on any serious Tarot bookshelf, offering deep and important exercises for personal growth and divinatory practice.
Benebell Wen
A powerful, revelatory guidebook on using the tarot to connect with your ancestors, Nancy Hendrickson’s Ancestral Tarot meets you where you are on your spiritual journey and takes you farther, deeper, opening you up to an expansive world of psychic insight. With this book, you’ll learn how to unveil long forgotten ancestral memories and cultivate stronger bonds with your spirit guides. Hendrickson is an authoritative voice I trust.
V. of RedLight Readings
Bravo!!! Nancy leaves no stone unturned in her phenomenal tarot debut! Working through her spreads helped me to connect to one of my ancestors almost immediately and I have been growing the connection ever since. She takes a very intangible practice and has made it practical, hands-on, and very down-to-earth. If you seek to facilitate a connection to a loved one or do the work to recognize and/or break generational patterns, this book is for you!”
Gina G. Thies
It is a long-held belief that familial energy can be accessed across the eons of time. Wisdom and insights of those from which we have inherited our diverse cultures and customs are revealed through the accessible tarot reading techniques delivered by Nancy Hendrickson. Ancestral Tarot: Uncover Your Past and Chart Your Future will prove to be a “go to” resource for tarot practitioners.”
Cairelle Crow
Nancy Hendrickson has taken the age-old art of tarot and repurposed it to manifest a divinatory window to the past. Ancestral Tarot is a unique and in-depth way to examine the family tree, untangle complicated histories, facilitate healing, and adjust the lineage onto a positive path for the future. If you are a genealogy buff who would enjoy a new way of interacting with the Ancestors, this book should be on your shelf.”
Christiana Gaudet
Ancestral Tarot gives us the practical tools and spiritual guidance to use tarot for personal healing and exploration in a way that is deep, meaningful, and masterful.”
Jessica Macbeth
Ancestral Tarot asks all the right questions to connect with our ancestors, so that we can gain wisdom. The book’s many layouts help us to see family patterns with the detail and nuance we need. Healing our relationships with our ancestral patterns not only heals us — it reaches forward into future generations enabling us to become what this changing world needs — wise and whole. This is a 'must have' book!”
Carrie Paris
Exploring ancestral patterns can be a painful journey, especially when the road is paved with skeletons that haunt us along the way. Thankfully, Nancy Hendrickson has written a valuable book brimming with useful techniques for uncovering where our ancestral inheritances may have originated and why we sometimes feel the impulse to act them out. Each exercise magically transforms the ancestral agenda and becomes a curative lesson in freeing ourselves from repeating outdated stories. In the end, Ancestral Tarot becomes a sound ally and advocate for healing the generational wound.”
Debbie Chapnick
“Ancestral Tarot takes what can be a very daunting and complex topic and creates a simplified way to learn and experience your ancestors. The journal pages and tarot spreads led me on an unexpected journey. I especially enjoyed the methods of making sigils and how to use them. Hendrickson offers a variety of tools to help you connect and work with the people in your past.
Theresa Reed
Ancestral Tarot is unlike any tarot book I’ve ever worked with before. It had a profound effect on the way I feel about my family—and myself. The author’s exercises, spreads, prompts, and suggestions have created a rich body of work that will change generations of people, as well as our understanding of the past. This is a book whose time has come and will surely be a well-used resource for both tarot fans and students of genealogy. When you tend to the roots of your past, your future can flourish like never before.
