Codex I · visual language
Tarot by Sight: A Practical Method for Reading the Visual Language of Tarot
The foundation of the series: a practical method for reading the card as an image before reducing it to a keyword.
The Ten Codex Books
A complete path through the language of tarot.
The series is built as a progression: from seeing the card clearly to reading complex spreads and reversals with disciplined confidence.
Codex II · numbers and development
The Tarot Number Code: How the Numbers 1 to 10 Shape Meaning Across the Four Suits
A clear structure for understanding how Ace through Ten behave across Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles.
Codex III · the four elements
Fire, Water, Air, Earth: Master the Elemental Forces Behind Every Tarot Reading
A practical guide to the elemental forces behind the suits and the atmosphere of a spread.
Codex IV · court cards
The Living Court: Understanding Tarot Court Cards Through Personality, Conflict, Role, and Growth
A mature framework for Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings as roles, behaviors, conflicts, and stages of growth.
Codex V · symbolic imagery
See the Card Clearly: A Practical Tarot Guide to Reading Symbols, Animals, Plants, Objects, Clothing, and Landscapes
A visual-symbolic guide to animals, plants, landscapes, clothing, architecture, tools, and objects in tarot.
Codex VI · astrology and correspondences
Reading the Stars in Tarot: How to Use Astrology, Planetary Symbols, and Zodiac Correspondences for Clearer and More Insightful Readings
A grounded introduction to planets, zodiac signs, modalities, decans, and astrological symbolism inside tarot.
Codex VII · card combinations
The Tarot Combination Method: How to Read Pairs, Patterns, and Spread Dynamics with Confidence
A method for reading cards in relationship instead of treating spreads as disconnected definitions.
Codex VIII · gesture and posture
The Body Language of Tarot: How Hands, Faces, Posture, and Movement Reveal Meaning in Every Card
A guide to gaze, hands, faces, posture, movement, distance, and the human behavior visible inside the cards.
Codex IX · Minor Arcana system
Tarot's Hidden Structure: Understand the Four Suits, Numbers, and Elements to Read the Minor Arcana with Greater Confidence
A compact structural method for reading the Minor Arcana through suit, number, element, image, context, and sentence.
Codex X · reversed cards
The Reversal Key: Unlocking the Hidden Logic of Reversed Tarot Cards
A practical framework for reading reversals as changed expression rather than automatic opposite meanings.
Standalone Work
Beyond the Codex
In addition to the ten-volume instructional series, François R. Bonchamp explores the psychology of reading the person across the table, the history of card reading, and the counterfeiters of fortune-telling.
Standalone Tarot Book · Available in English, German & Spanish
Across the Table: Tarot, Charlatans, and the Gift of Reading People
What happens when you look past the cardboard and study the person in the other chair? A complete school of attention, the three-hundred-year history of card reading, and the mechanics of cold reading.