AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a layout that forms a sigil or "charm" intended to influence another person or situation that the querent wants to bend to his or her will. It uses a "significator" card at the center to represent the objective of the enchantment (for lack of a better word), and the seven classical … Continue reading The “Star of Hope” Personal Initiative Sigil
Reversed Cards
The “Ace-in-the-Hole” Spread: Just a Little Extra
AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Ace in the hole" is a stud poker-players term for a face-down Ace or similar high card that the other players don't know about until it is played for the win. Here is a spread that uses reversals to create a "resource pool" of hidden cards that can be tapped when the predicted … Continue reading The “Ace-in-the-Hole” Spread: Just a Little Extra
The “Zodiacal Strip” Monthly Astro-Tarot Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is not nearly as messy as it looks. Those who are familiar with astrology will be able to make good sense of it. Here is a different take on the 12-position astrological spread that I adapted from Donald Tyson's book, Tarot Magic. It uses the twelve zodiacal trump cards and the seven … Continue reading The “Zodiacal Strip” Monthly Astro-Tarot Reading
Leveraging the Hexagram: A Motivational Spread
AUTHOR’S NOTE: For this spread, I’ve lifted the internal hexagram array from my “Tarot Magic” layout to use as a motivational overview covering both mental/spiritual and physical aspirations as well as four types of opportunity: adventurous (i.e. risk-taking) or pragmatic (both aligned with Physical Motivation) and intellectual or emotional (associated with Mental/Spiritual Motivation). Taking a … Continue reading Leveraging the Hexagram: A Motivational Spread
A Tarot Compass and Range-Finder: Locating the Lost
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although horary astrology is much better for it, I sometimes work with tarot as a means of finding lost items or people. I once applied the left-or-right gaze of the human figures on the cards to indicate a past or future bias in a querent's situation. Here I'm bringing it to bear, along … Continue reading A Tarot Compass and Range-Finder: Locating the Lost
A Four-Path Attitudinal Guidance Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm fond of spreads that diverge in opposite directions along several different paths to closure. This one is designed to aid the querent in deciding whether the matter at hand should be approached assertively (Wands/Fire); compassionately (Cups/Water); thoughtfully (Swords/Air) or pragmatically (Disks/Earth). It uses all 78 cards and can be read with reversals. … Continue reading A Four-Path Attitudinal Guidance Spread
Aspiring to the Inside: A “Tarot Magic” Invocation Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: When I created my "Tarot Magic" spread based on Donald Tyson's book of the same name, I was planning to use it for evocation rituals that are focused on the realization of external objectives. However, upon reading further, I found that Tyson also covered the manifestation of internal conditions within the querent's immediate … Continue reading Aspiring to the Inside: A “Tarot Magic” Invocation Reading
The “Cusp of Renewal” Year-End Review & New-Year Forecast
AUTHOR'S NOTE: While preparing to do New Year's readings for some friends tomorrow, I decided to create a special spread for the occasion. The scope encompasses a recap of the year that is ending, a look at the present-in-transition, and a projection for the coming year in three developmental areas: Stimulation; Stability and Stagnation. It … Continue reading The “Cusp of Renewal” Year-End Review & New-Year Forecast
“Ships That Pass” – A Relationship-Potential Spread
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow AUTHOR'S NOTE: Relationship spreads are a favorite topic of mine, and I'm especially keen on exploring the likelihood of two people connecting for the first time. Here is … Continue reading “Ships That Pass” – A Relationship-Potential Spread
The Fate of the Nation (According to Tarot)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Now that the dust from the US election has settled and, as the bingo callers shout, "We have a winner!" (although many will think "a wiener"), I decided to do a year-ahead "fate of the nation" reading with my personal twist on the Celtic Cross spread. (I'm also test-driving the new spread cloth … Continue reading The Fate of the Nation (According to Tarot)
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 