Tarot Spreads

[Icarus]

The Split Hexagram Method:

This layout has two triangles and a card placed in between them. The top triangle represents the spiritual world that is interacting with the physical world. The bottom triangle represents the physical desires/thought/energies that are affecting the situation in question. The card in the middle represents the outcome of the situation if everything continues on its current course.




Card #1 and #2: Unknown spiritual influences. The second card affects the situation more strongly than does Card #1.

Card #3: This card represents spiritual advice in the matter.

Card #4: This card represents your unconscious desires in the situation.

Card #5: This card represents you conscious desires in the situation.

Card #6: This card gives practical/physical plane advice in the situation.

Card #7: This is the ultimate outcome of the situation if all continues on its present course.

[Icarus]

For A Quick Yes or No


Shuffle the deck, as usual, infusing the cards with the energy of the question.

Cut the deck into three piles.

The Reader then deals out cards until the number of cards laid out in the first pile equals thirteen. However, if an Ace is dealt before the number reaches thirteen, then stop!

Do this two more times, creating two more piles.


If there are no aces, then the answer has not been determined yet.

If there is one ace, then interpret the reading as a “yes,” but use the actual card’s interpretation with that yes.

Do the same thing if there is more than one ace.

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Square of Saturn


The cards should be shuffled and infused with the energy of the question.

The card should then be laid out like this:


Card 1 Card 8 Card 7
Card 2 Card 9 Card 6
Card 3 Card 4 Card 5



The positions represent:


Card 1: Dry. This force will remain the same.
Card 2: Earth. This card shows appearances and practical issues.
Card 3: Cold: These are the influences acting on the Seeker.
Card 4: Water. These are emotional concerns of the Seeker.
Card 5: Wet. This is what will change.
Card 6: Air. This represents the intellect and the mental processes of the Seeker.
Card 7: Hot. This is what causes division and conflict.
Card 8: Fire. This represents the Seeker’s courage and religious stand.
Card 9: Ether. This is the final outcome.

[Icarus]

The Horoscope Method:




This is not used for answers to specific questions, but more as a life reading. It can be used to find personality traits, talents, obstacles and blocks in individual people.




1. The significator card (the one that represents the person asking the question/seeker) is chosen and placed in the center of an imaginary circle.



2. The Seeker shuffles the cards, as usual, infusing the cards with the energy of the person in question. Then the Seeker must lay those cards out in three stacks.



3. The Reader will then pick up the cards, from right to left.



4. The Reader then lays out the first card in the place of the First House of the Zodiac. (about 8:00 on a clock.)



5. The Reader will continue in this fashion, going around the imaginary circle, clockwise, until twelve cards are laid out around the circle.



6. The Reader will then take the meaning of each card and combine that with the meanings of each House on the Zodiac.



The House Rulings :




First House: Ruled by Aries. This House rules all beginnings. It also rules physical appearances and personal characteristics, temperament, as well as the Seeker’s potential and outlook on life.



Second House: Ruled by Taurus. This House rules financial affairs, earning power, and tangible assets.



Third House: Ruled by Gemini. This House rules over relatives, and especially siblings, people who think like the Seeker, communications, letters and other documents, and short journeys.



Fourth House: Ruled by Cancer. This House rules over all emotions, and all endings, the elderly, the Seeker’s father, and the home and family or origination.



Fifth House: Ruled by Leo. This House rules matters of love, affairs, children, things that cause excitement, gambling, theatre, indulgences, and the Seeker’s creative ability.



Sixth House: Ruled by Virgo. This House rules general health, nutrition, and hygiene. It also rules over the Seeker’s employment and coworkers.



Seventh House: Ruled by Libra. This House rules over marriage and business partners, public dealings, lawsuits, and open enemies.



Eighth House: Ruled by Scorpio. This House rules over death, legacies, the Seeker’s partner’s money, taxes, surgeries, money, and occult experiences.



Ninth House: Ruled by Sagittarius. This House rules law, philosophy, idealism, religion, dreams, intuition, and education. It also rules over long journeys.



Tenth House: Ruled by Capricorn. This House rules over public life, professions, fame, and social status. It also rules over the Seeker’s mother. Sometimes, the parental influence is reversed depending on who was the most providing parent.



Eleventh House: Ruled by Aquarius. This House rules over friendships, groups, and clubs to which the Seeker belongs,. It also rules over hopes, wishes, and aspirations.



Twelfth House: Ruled by Pisces. This House rules over hidden limitations that restrict the Seeker’s power of expression. It also rules over Karma, secret desires, secret enemies, and self-undoing. This House also rules over hospitals, jails, reformatories, and all other places that restrict a person’s expression.

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Quick People Check



This layout is used in situations where a person’s actions baffle you and you wish to find out their true intentions.


Shuffle deck as usual, infusing the cards with the energy of the situation.


Take a cut off of the top and turn that stack over.

Do the same thing three more times.


The stacks represent:

1st stack: What the person is feeling

2nd stack: What the person is thinking

3rd stack: How the person sees the situation


4th stack: What the person is planning to do.

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The Silver Spread:
(named for its creator, Silver Ravenwolf)

Choose the significator card. (The card that represents the person/situation in question)

Shuffle the cards as usual, infusing the cards with the energy of the question.

Lay the cards out as you would for the Celtic Cross spread.


The places represent:

Card 1: The general environment of the Seeker.

Card 2: The obstacles that prevent the Seeker for achieving what they want.

Card 3: This is what is on the Seeker’s mind. This can be a recent event, a worry, or a frame of mind.

Card 4: This card represents something that is hidden beneath the surface of the Seeker’s mind. It is holding them back from moving forward.


Card 5: This is directly ahead of the Seeker. It is the trigger card that will set things in motion that will be shown in the following cards.

Card 6: This card represents something from the past that is causing the situation to happen. This is the card that can be changed if the final outcome of the reading is negative to the Seeker.

Card 7: This is the person or event that is involved in the outcome of the situation.

Card 8: This is how your friends and family see you in this situation and how they will treat you, or are treating you because of this situation.

Card 9: This is where the Seeker will be in the future as a result of their actions.

Card 10: This is the final outcome of the situation.


Now, to see if any of the events have been altered, use the final card in a new reading as the significator card.

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Gypsy Seven:

Choose the significator card. (This is the card that represents the person or situation in question.)

Shuffle the cards.

The Reader then fans the cards out and the Seeker picks seven cards from the fan.

The cards are then placed in a line next to the significator card.

The representations are:

Significator card

Card 1: This is the inner self.

Card 2: These are the forces acting around the Seeker.

Card 3: This card represents the past influences on the Seeker.

Card 4: This represents the hopes and dreams of the Seeker.

Card 5: This card represents the family and friends aspect of the Seeker’s life.

Card 6: This card represents the forces that are working against the Seeker.

Card 7: This is the final outcome.

[Jinsei]

For the "Quick People Check" you put...

1st stack: What the person is feeling

2nd stack: What the person is feeling

Do they represent two different feelings or did something get typed wrong?

[Icarus]

oops, yep.... my bad.

It's supposed to read:

2nd stack: What the person is thinking.

[Jinsei]

I figured it was something like that. I fixed it in the original post for you.