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Body, Mind & Spirit Spread
1. Present face the inquirer shows to the world.
2. Past physical state affecting the situation.
3. Present physical state.
4. Past mental state affecting the situation.
5. Present mental state.
6. Past spiritual state affecting the situation.
7. Present spiritual state.
8. Past emotional state affecting the body.
9. Present emotional state.
Celtic Cross (Romance)
1. How you feel and what you are aware of
2. What is happening right now
3. Destiny
4. What you want
5. What has created the present situation
6. How to proceed
7. Your role in the relationship right now
8. Current factors affecting your relationship
9. What will help the situation
10. What will the relationship produce
Expanded Celtic Cross
1. Information about the querent.
2. Helpful forces.
3. Opposing forces.
4. Present happenings or frame of mind.
5. Subconscious feelings.
6. Past influences
7. Possible immediate future.
8. Fears and attitudes.
9. Influences and opinions of family and friends.
10. Results of actions and thoughts of the querent.
11. Final outcome at present.
12. Clarification card for the above card.
13. Second clarification card.
Elemental Spread
Graphic and spread is from the perspective of the querent, not the reader. If you are reading your own tarot, rotate the whole spread by 180 degree so that it is facing you.
1. Spirit- Spiritual state.
2. Air (East) - Mental state.
3. Fire (South) - Your energy or movement of events.
4. Water (West) - Emotional state.
5. Earth (North) - Physical state.
Horseshoe Spread
1. Past- An event or situation from the past that is still affecting you.
2. Present- The focus of your question and what you want at this time.
3. Immediate Future- This card tells what is just about to happen.
4. Information About Yourself- This card looks at you in the present situation.
5. Attitude of Another Person- This card focuses on someone else who is important at this time.
6. What Is Coming Into the Picture- This card provides information about future events on the one hand and your psychological state on the other.
7. Outcome- This card tells how you can expect things to turn out.
Karmic Spread
1. Destiny- This card will offer spiritual guidance and look at the best outer manifestation of your being.
2. Self- This card focuses on the inner purpose of your life.
3. Primary Influence- This card looks at something that has a profound effect on your life.
4. Secondary Influence- Here you see a second influence on your progress in this lifetime.
5. Involution (What you came here to do)- This card tells you something about what you came here to do during this lifetime.
6. Evolution (What you can accomplish)- This card addresses something of significance that you can accomplish in this lifetime.
7. Karmic Balance- the principal lessons for you in this lifetime are shown by this card.
Path to a Goal
The left column of cards (all odd numbered cards except 11) represents your hidden self- the person you know but that you don’t share with others. The right column (all the even numbered cards) represents the outward “mask” you present to those around you.
1. Health: physical and emotional.
2. Health: physical and emotional.
3. Mental attitude.
4. Mental attitude.
5. Relationships.
6. Relationships.
7. Career.
8. Career.
9. Spiritual path.
10. Spiritual path.
11. Outcome of the present path.
Psychological Spread
1. Present Ego State- The focus is on you and who you are as a person. It also may help to sort out your thought processes.
2. Distant Past- This card will zero in on thoughts and feelings surrounding an event that took place at some time in the past, up to about one or two months ago.
3. Recent Past-The card in this place will recall a recent situation, even as recent as a few hours ago.
4. Left Brain- The issues that call upon your logical thought processes are addressed through this card.
5. Right Brain- The creative processes that are available to you at this time are seen in this card.
6. Subconscious Influences- Your inner spirit speaks to you through dreams and unconscious urges. This card focuses on the subconscious content and its effect on your waking life.
7. Social Context- You are surrounded by people in your daily life - family, friends, work associates and others. This card addresses your contact with them.
8. Present Influences- This card has something to say about events and situations in your life right now.
9. Immediate Future- The next few days or weeks are shown in this card. If you make no significant changes, this is what you can expect to happen.
10. Distant Future- This card suggests the long-term outcome of actions in the present. Because you have the power of choice, this card represents probabilities, not certainty.
Radiant Heart Spread
1. You
2. What Surrounds You
3. What may cause change in your love life
4. How things will change
5. What you need to know about your love life
6. Your inner desires
7. The outcome
Spiritual Guidance Spread
1. Basis of Your Concern This card looks deeply into your situation to find an area of concern at this time.
2. Motivation- this card looks at your conscious and less conscious desires.
3. Underlying Problem- This card considers something from the past that affects your ability to make further progress.
4. Spiritual Signpost- This card provides understanding in an area that has been unclear before now.
5. Action- This card looks at the kind of action you must take to move forward.
6. How to Proceed- This card shows the best action to take at this time. The degree of consistency between this and the previous card can tell you the level of difficulty to expect.
7. Spiritual Guidance- This card offers suggestions about what mind set or what internal process to focus on.
8. Attainment- This card shows an area of future success and looks at the potential outcome of the current situation.
Wish Spread
1. What you want- If this card agrees with what you want, great. If it seems to disagree, look deeper for your subconscious desire.
2. Where you are right now- This card brings your life into focus and places you in the center of the action.
3. What you need to know- This card offers guidance about what to do in the situation to achieve your dreams.
4. What you should do- This card shows the best course of action available to you right now.
5. What is coming up- This card looks at the near future and shows the direction things are currently taking.
6. How things may change- This card shows what may intervene to change the results.
7. What happens by chance- If luck is a factor, this card tells you how it will affect you.
8. Where you find the greatest success- This card offers guidance and tells about your rewards and success.
9. Summation
Work/Career Spread
1. Individual Strengths- This card shows what you bring to the work situation and what you show to your colleagues.
2. Values- This card addresses the financial and personal values that motivate you in your work.
3. Communication- This card looks at the process of communication that will work for you at this time, and the people involved.
4. Basis for Decisions- This card considers how your subconscious mental state affects your work.
5. Creative Energy- This card shows the direction of your creative impulse where work is concerned.
6. Work Environment- This card tells about the day-to-day environment and activities on-the-job.
7. Colleagues In The Work Place- This card tells you about significant people you encounter in your work.
8. Change- This card looks at changes you experience at work in terms of endings and beginnings.
9. Travel- If travel figures in your work (or play) this card tells you what you can expect.
10. Achievements- This card addresses success and rewards in your career
11. Luck- This card looks at what will be lucky for you in your work.
12. Secrets- This card relates to things you do NOT share with co-workers.
13. The Bottom Line- This card sums up your career and work situation.
Yearly Spread
1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December
Zodiac Spread
1. Identity / persona- This card tells something about the side of your being that you show to the world.
2. Self Worth / Finances- This card relates to how you value yourself and your possessions.
3. Neighborhood / Communication- This card takes a look at how you are communicating with the people around you at this time.
4. Home / Outcomes- Here we see issues that arise between you and family members, or conditions in your home at this time.
5. Creativity / Romance- We always seem to feel more creative when romance goes well, and more romantic when our creative energies are flowing. This card tells about conditions in both areas.
6. Work Environment / Health- This placement shows conditions and issues that affect your work environment, and hence job performance.
7. Partners / Significant Others- This card looks at partnerships of all kinds.
8. Transformation / Resources- Beginnings and endings in your life are considered here.
9. Travel / Education / Spiritual Connection- This position addresses two parts of life that take us outside our ordinary boundaries.
10. Career / Status- This card looks at the job itself and not the daily routine. It also shows the direction you desire to pursue - your ambition.
11. Friends / Circumstances- This card speaks to three areas where you have less control over how things go. It also addresses people and situations which have a fortunate impact on you.
12. Private Life / Secrets- This card focuses your intuitive sense of yourself at this time, as well as your private thoughts and feelings.
13. Summation- This card summarizes the reading and suggest a likely outcome.
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