AUTHOR'S NOTE: While answering a career-related question in one of the online tarot communities, I was inspired to develop a spread that is based on "matching" between one of four elemental "career-path" cards and the querent's significator. It's not exactly a process of elimination; call it a "process of affiliation." I spent some time trying … Continue reading An Elemental Career-Path Alignment Spread
Work & Business Spreads
Tarot Reading for Businesses: A Conceptual Overview
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Not long ago a new acquaintance, upon hearing that I read tarot cards, asked whether I do readings for business-related questions. I responded that I have yet to do so in a professional capacity but I certainly could, and I have in fact created quite a few experimental spreads for just that purpose. … Continue reading Tarot Reading for Businesses: A Conceptual Overview
The “Moving Card” Idea-Development Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've just come up with a notion that intrigues me quite a bit, and I credit metaphysical author and blogger Benebell Wen for taking me there via the discussion of "moving lines" in her book, I Ching, The Oracle: A Practical Guide to the Book of Changes. Its ideal application may be in … Continue reading The “Moving Card” Idea-Development Spread
Tarot Occupations
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This essay is not about careers in divination (although that is another interesting topic), but rather the typical occupations that are symbolized by the tarot cards. It's a subject I've been intending to address more thoroughly for quite some time, even though I don't consider myself uniquely qualified as a historian or sociologist … Continue reading Tarot Occupations
“New Position” Gap-Analysis Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: One of the questions I encounter quite often on the web is whether anyone has a job-search or career-change spread to offer or recommend. I have several, but here I've created one that will be useful for any scenario where a current position must be compared to a proposed or potential new one. … Continue reading “New Position” Gap-Analysis Spread
A Lenormand “Career-Path” Alternative House System
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Rather than relying on a single career-specific "topic" card in a Grand Tableau spread, I decided to create a 36-card alternative house system that breaks the career path down into a wide range of sub-factors, from presenting oneself as an applicant to deciding whether to accept or reject the opportunity. Those positions without … Continue reading A Lenormand “Career-Path” Alternative House System
The Problem – and Power – of Projection
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've approached the topic of "subjective bias" in different ways over the years, most notably in my essay The Nature of the Evidence. In The Way of Tarot, Alejandro Jodorowsky observes that - despite vehement claims to the contrary - it is impossible for tarot readers to eliminate "projection" from their readings (that … Continue reading The Problem – and Power – of Projection
A “Three-Ring Circus” Business Health Reading
To test this spread, I performed a reading on the corporate health of a relative's employer. I used the Retro Thoth deck with its court-card hierarchy of Princess, Prince, Queen and Knight. The Functional Effectiveness row includes the 10 of Wands reversed; the 3 of Disks; the 2 of Disks reversed; the 3 of Wands … Continue reading A “Three-Ring Circus” Business Health Reading
The “Three-Ring Circus” Business Health Assessment Spread
I spent many years as a middle-manager in a medium-sized corporation, and since my retirement I've occasionally brought that experience to bear on my development of tarot spreads for assessing corporate strengths and weaknesses. The title refers to some of the mind-boggling management methods I've seen in my time. If there aren't three middle managers … Continue reading The “Three-Ring Circus” Business Health Assessment Spread
The “Captains of Industry” Business Dynamic Spread
“Business Management” spreads are some of the most challenging patterns to craft since there so many dynamic variables, vested interests and external influences to consider that it can be difficult to decide where to place the focus. You can quickly wind up with a sprawling, multi-armed monstrosity. (Hint: Despite its appearance, this really isn’t one … Continue reading The “Captains of Industry” Business Dynamic Spread
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 