This is one of the largest spreads I've ever created, and implements the Tree of Life model previously posted here: https://parsifalswheeldivination.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/the-tree-in-the-oval/ There is no fixed limit for the effective duration of this spread. It could in fact be treated like an astrological birth-chart and viewed as a blueprint for development of the personality to full … Continue reading The “Parsifal’s Gambit” Life-Reading Spread
Month: August 2017
The “Converging Lives” Probability Spread
One question that's frequently asked is "Does my ex want to get back together with me?" I didn't have a single spread that was great for looking at reconciliation potential so I created this one. However, it addresses the entire span of an up-and-down relationship: Round #1 (Attraction/Convergence/Connection) shows the first time through and is … Continue reading The “Converging Lives” Probability Spread
Changing Gears: Recovering from a Weak Start
(These observations apply to face-to-face reading; on-line reading is frequently performed in a vacuum with no opportunity to "check-and-adjust" the narrative through interactive feedback from the seeker.) Those of us who read for others sometimes sense that we're about to "fail open" like an electrical circuit breaker when the responses we're receiving from our sitter … Continue reading Changing Gears: Recovering from a Weak Start
The “Palace of Joys and Sorrows” Conditional Awareness Spread
Here is another spread that uses a three-part separation of the deck into trumps-only, court-only and minors-only sub-packs, each with a different focus in the reading. It's built on the idea of a "best-case/steady-state/worst-case" scenario in each of three areas - Central Issue or Conflict, Key Player or Quality, and Functional Status of the situation … Continue reading The “Palace of Joys and Sorrows” Conditional Awareness Spread
“Cheap Shots” #9: Where’s the Beef?
Many of us remember the old Wendy's TV commercials in which actress Clara Peller grumpily complained "Where's the beef?" when handed a competitor's burger. There is a parallel phenomenon in tarot divination that takes two different paths but eventually arrives at the same place. On-line reading exchanges offer a perfect vantage point for observing this … Continue reading “Cheap Shots” #9: Where’s the Beef?
Astrology is Your Friend
Those who prefer an entirely intuitive, visual approach to reading tarot cards are in the habit of pushing back vehemently against the use of any kind of knowledge-based occult symbolism or esoteric correspondences in their practice. In some cases a certain dismissive elitism is behind this resistance, in others it's simply a matter of being … Continue reading Astrology is Your Friend
An Astro-Lithomancy Experiment
A few years ago, after studying and practicing the techniques of astro-geomancy, I turned my attention to lithomancy - divination with stones - with the same objective: to integrate elements of lithomancy and astrology in a single system. Lithomancy normally uses a prepared surface (often a cloth) upon which one casts the stones or found … Continue reading An Astro-Lithomancy Experiment
Not Your Daddy’s Clergyman After All
I spent decades wrestling with ways to translate Temperance into practical interpretive terms, never once realizing that the Hierophant posed just as big a puzzle for me. I was content thinking of the latter as showing traditional values and conventional wisdom of a practical sort, primarily due to its correspondence to the conservative fixed sign, … Continue reading Not Your Daddy’s Clergyman After All
The “Inner Life” of Tarot
There is a punch line from an old and very non-PC joke, (for which I apologize without revealing any more) and a response from John Lennon's book In His Own Write, that together neatly summarize all we think we know about the inner workings of a tarot reading. Q: “How do it know?” A: “You … Continue reading The “Inner Life” of Tarot
The Art of Spread Creation
In the last six years I've created over sixty complex tarot spreads and a few for the Lenormand system that I posted for community use on the Aeclectic Tarot forum (and over a dozen since). What set my spreads apart from the usual forum contribution were the full-color graphics for each layout (rather than the … Continue reading The Art of Spread Creation
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 