This spread uses elemental affinity and reversal to arrive at one of three possible outcomes for problem resolution: "Accept and Support;" "Try Everything" or "Do Nothing." In each case it creates a five-card reading with the "Crossroads" card as the "turning point" in the matter. Shuffle the deck to allow for reversals.
Tarot Spreads
Departing the “Goldilocks Zone” A Multi-Path Situational Development Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As a teenage science-fiction fan in the mid-60s I was fascinated by rocketry and the theory of space-flight in general. Here is a spread that uses some of that terminology to show three potential paths that a situational-development reading might take: short-range, long-range or open-ended. It will take some study for the user … Continue reading Departing the “Goldilocks Zone” A Multi-Path Situational Development Spread
Tarot and Transits: Energizing the Chaldean Decans
"These are the daysWhen you wish your bed was already made"from Manic Monday by The Bangles AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sounds like The Bangles needed a tarot-reader or an astrologer, not a housekeeper and a day-planner. Or maybe both. I'm here to help. In the past I spent a good deal of time correlating all of the … Continue reading Tarot and Transits: Energizing the Chaldean Decans
“This Is The Way:” A “Middle-Ground” Approach to Life-Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm always looking for new ways to bring elemental attributes into tarot spread creation. This experimental layout uses both elemental attunement and midpoint numerology to arrive at an adjusted conclusion that does not end with a lopsided "best case" or "worst case" outlook but rather a compromise position that should ideally be more … Continue reading “This Is The Way:” A “Middle-Ground” Approach to Life-Reading
A “Fork in the Road” Supplemental Outcome Spread
As a rule, I have no use for "clarifying" cards since I think they can encourage laziness in not trying very hard to get our head around the original pull if we don't like it or can't immediately understand it. (My motto in this regard is "More is not necessarily better.") But sometimes I will … Continue reading A “Fork in the Road” Supplemental Outcome Spread
The Elemental Divide: A “Temporal Shift” Decision-Making Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is another spread that employs four randomly-selected "elemental" cards to offer guidance in making a well-informed decision. The card that presents the most favorable alignment with the central "Focus" (aka "Decision") card, as determined by elemental alignment and/or cooperative polarity, number, rank and inherent nature, becomes the preferred incentive for driving the … Continue reading The Elemental Divide: A “Temporal Shift” Decision-Making Spread
The “Five C’s” Conflict-Resolution Spread
This spread applies my expanded interpretation of the "crossing" card as used in a Celtic Cross reading. I treat it not so much as a "problem" card as it is a "major motivator," which can represent either a challenge or an opportunity (and sometimes both at once). All cards are dealt face-up and reversals can … Continue reading The “Five C’s” Conflict-Resolution Spread
The One-Card Draw as “Barometer of Well-being”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A long time ago I lost interest and confidence in pulling a daily card to reflect the circumstances and events of the upcoming 24 hours. I found that it was simply too static and failed to offer much "breathing room" for the environment to evolve without bringing intuitive guesswork to bear on its … Continue reading The One-Card Draw as “Barometer of Well-being”
The Three-Card “Tarot Sentence”
It has been proposed that the three-card line forms the basic "sentence" of tarot reading, and adding more cards to the series only augments but doesn't supersede the original narrative. Three cards in sequence can be read in a number of ways: as a traditional "Past/Present/Future" outlook; in the Hegelian sense of "Thesis/Antithesis/ Synthesis;" according … Continue reading The Three-Card “Tarot Sentence”
Rethinking the Three-Card “Timeline” Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In a recent post I gave a brief nod to the idea of scrapping the venerable "Past/Present/Future" three-card, left-to-right, timeline spread and replacing it with a more relevant sequence: "Present/Immediate Future/Extended Future." While examining prior events may be admissible in a large spread like the Celtic Cross where most of the emphasis is … Continue reading Rethinking the Three-Card “Timeline” Spread
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 