AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a tarot spread that uses the concepts of entrenched inertia (pip cards), personal make-over (court cards) and mystical transformation in the form of both transcendent opportunities and spiritual pitfalls (trump cards). It is one of my "mixed-media" spreads that employs both tarot cards and dice in its execution. Begin by separating … Continue reading The Awakening: A Spiritual Transformation Spread
Thoth Material
“Bursting the Bubble” – A Problem-Solving Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a spread for those who feel like they're "living in a bubble" of arrested development, and who are looking for a way to escape as the atmosphere grows stale and the internal pressure increases. It adopts the pyramidal structure of the ten-card "tetractys" spread that I created earlier, but instead flows … Continue reading “Bursting the Bubble” – A Problem-Solving Spread
Another Election Forecast: Two “Shots-on-Goal” Readings
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I decided to apply my new "Shots-on-Goal" spread to the upcoming US Presidential election. The first reading shows Donald Trump's chances of winning while the second displays the same scenario for Kamala Harris. For the "Conscious Intention" row, using the Thoth deck I chose the Star as "High Hopes;" Lust as "Playing to … Continue reading Another Election Forecast: Two “Shots-on-Goal” Readings
“Pulling the Trigger” – An Allocated-Action Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In the First Operation of the Golden Dawn's "Opening of the Key" method there is a step by which the diviner attempts to "intuit" (aka "guess") the reasons behind the querent's request for a reading based on which of four elemental sub-packs the Significator card appears in after the shuffle and cut. The … Continue reading “Pulling the Trigger” – An Allocated-Action Spread
“A Hole in the Bucket” – An I Ching-Inspired Tarot Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In contemplating the nature of the "broken" (that is, interrupted) yin lines of an I Ching hexagram, it strikes me that the gap between to the two segments opens both upward and downward: one direction offers a channel through which insight can ascend to illumination if we pursue the "middle way," and the … Continue reading “A Hole in the Bucket” – An I Ching-Inspired Tarot Spread
“Auspicious to Proceed” – A Gambler’s Choice Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In its 64 oracular "judgments," the I Ching makes frequent use of the recommendation "Auspicious to proceed" when an augury is favorable and substitutes "No blame" when it may not be entirely agreeable but is still unlikely to cause harm. Here I'm using these concepts in a three-pronged tarot spread that applies typical … Continue reading “Auspicious to Proceed” – A Gambler’s Choice Spread
Coming and Going: A Dual-Spiral “Reversal of Fortune” Method
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is an ambitious concept aimed at addressing the premise that, according to Dr. James Wanless, "There are no bad cards, only opportunities." (Conversely, there are no entirely good cards, only fortuitous hints.) After choosing a card to represent the goal of the reading, I'm using the same four randomly-drawn cards to show … Continue reading Coming and Going: A Dual-Spiral “Reversal of Fortune” Method
The “Fog Cutter” – A Tarot Disambiguation Technique
"Now when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks/ And the night is so black that the darkness cooks" - from The Green Manalishi by Peter Green AUTHOR'S NOTE: My allusion in the title is to the potent, three-liquor "Tiki" cocktail that, in sufficient volume, will do anything but "cut the fog" … Continue reading The “Fog Cutter” – A Tarot Disambiguation Technique
Counting-and-Pairing: A Worthwhile Exercise
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In the "Opening of the Key" (OotK) method of divination presented in the tarot "knowledge papers" of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (compiled as Liber T), there are several occasions where a group of cards is to be counted out from the Significator in the direction it is facing, each series … Continue reading Counting-and-Pairing: A Worthwhile Exercise
The “Inner Question” Spread: Darkness at the Center
"When the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks/ The night is so black that the darkness cooks" - from The Green Manalishi by Peter Green AUTHOR'S NOTE: In my ongoing study of I Ching divination (a lifetime pursuit similar to astrology and tarot but much more scholarly), I discovered the premise that … Continue reading The “Inner Question” Spread: Darkness at the Center
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 