AUTHOR’S NOTE: Here I’ve applied a little “arcane lore” to the creation of a new situational awareness-and-management spread. The four positions could be read as the sequential milestones of a “winning strategy:” “Awareness,” “Intention,” “Action” (as in “taking your best shot”) and “Discretion” (or not showing your hand too soon or in the wrong company).

As I continue to delve more deeply into The Way of Tarot, there will be more to come on the “magical” metaphysical underpinnings of tarot practice, specifically in the areas of “when” and “where” to apply oneself to best effect in a situation, and the use of tarot as a “mirror of the soul.”