Robin’s Review of The Soul’s Journey Through the Tarot: 22 Archetypes for Living, Loving and Becoming

Robin’s Review of The Soul’s Journey Through the Tarot: 22 Archetypes for Living, Loving and Becoming

The first Tarot card Sandra Bekerman was ever shown was Death. It turned out to be not a warning, but an invitation. In The Soul’s Journey Through the Tarot: 22 Archetypes for Living, Loving and Becoming, entrepreneur and author Sandra Bekerman walks you through the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana as a map of the human soul moving through life.

From The Fool’s first courageous step into the unknown to The World’s experience of wholeness and arrival, each card marks a stage we all pass through: beginning, breaking, surrendering, grieving, and beginning again. Travel through every archetype in turn: The Lovers and the gifts of intimacy, The Tower and the grace hidden in collapse, The Star and the hope that returns after the storm. Each chapter offers a meditation on the card’s meaning, a message in the voice of the archetype, questions for reflection, and a curated shelf of books to carry you deeper. In the soul’s journey, we are called to begin, we lose our way, we fall apart, we grow, we love, we grieve, and we begin again. Along the way, you’ll learn to read not only the cards, but the quiet voice of your own intuition.

Somewhere in these pages, you will recognize your own path, and perhaps discover the next step on your soul’s journey.

Robin’s Review

The Soul’s Journey Through the Tarot is not your typical book for learning Tarot definitions. Sandra Bekerman has created a practical spiritual guide centered on the twenty-two Major Arcana cards and the different parts of ourselves they can help us examine.

Each chapter focuses on a single card, but Bekerman goes beyond explaining traditional symbolism. She connects its archetype to experiences we encounter throughout our lives, then provides statements written from that archetype’s perspective, prompts for personal contemplation, and recommended reading for anyone wanting to dig further into the theme. It makes the book feel interactive rather than something you simply read and put back on the shelf.

The Fool chapter is a great example. Instead of reducing the card to a few keywords, Bekerman explores what it means to begin when you cannot see exactly where you are going. She discusses trusting yourself enough to move forward, releasing unnecessary baggage, accepting support, and recognizing possibility even when certainty is nowhere to be found. The questions afterward encourage you to examine where those ideas are showing up in your own life.

I also appreciated that this guide does not demand one specific method of use. You can read straight through, select whichever card catches your attention, incorporate the chapters into a spread, or use the prompts alongside a journal. Bekerman also explains why she works with the cards upright rather than focusing on reversals, which fits the book’s introspective approach.

This would be especially useful for someone interested in Tarot as a tool for personal growth rather than prediction.

It is the kind of book you can return to repeatedly because the card stays the same, but the person looking at it rarely does.

A soulful Tarot guide that turns the Major Arcana into a powerful tool for reflection, journaling, intuition, and personal growth.

Reviewed by Robin for Robin’s Review

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