Table of Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................4
How to select cards...................................................................................5
Spreads.....................................................................................................6
Card Of The Day....................................................................................7
Two Cards Of The Day...........................................................................8
Three Card Spread................................................................................9
Blind Spot............................................................................................10
The Cross............................................................................................12
The Relationship Spread.....................................................................14
The Decision Game.............................................................................16
Special cards...................................................................................16
The Path..............................................................................................18
The Celtic Cross..................................................................................19
Astrology Circle...................................................................................23
How to read the astrology spread...................................................25
The Fool Game spread........................................................................26
Introduction
Tarot is a truly amazing piece of divination system. It was
originally derived from a card game called tarocchi. Many
people claim that the divination system was first, but
check the history.
The thing is that it doesn't really matter, which was first,
tarot is still an awesome tool for divination. It speaks to us
through names, positions, symbology, correspondences,
but mainly through our own intuition.
The nice part is that you don't need to necessarily believe
in the power of tarot and it can still mesmerize you. It can
give you the proof you need to believe. But the best part
is you do not to be a spiritual person at all, you yourself
can take the whole thing psychologically. You can follow
the paradigm that you unconsciously knew or expected
something to happen and the tarot's symbology just
helped you to name it. Whatever the reality is, just enjoy
the tool.
In this book we will use Crowley's Thoth Tarot deck. Use
any deck you are resonating with, just keep in mind that
descriptions written here might have little to no
significance for other decks, but spreads described here
will still be useful no matter what deck you got.
There is also something to remember, things revealed by
tarot are not to be taken as a guide, more like a
recommendation, keep that in mind and don't screw
something up, ok? Remember to always think about stuff,
be analytical and be patient.
The Tarot deck is split into Major and Minor arcana. Major
arcana (also called trumphs) contains 22 cards. Minor
arcana contains 56 cards.
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Those 56 cards are split into suits, each suit has 14 cards.
Suits commonly are Wands, Swords, Cups and Pantacles
(or Coins). Each suit contains 10 numeric cards and 4
court cards: Knights, Queens, Princes, Princesses (or
traditionally: Kings, Queens, Knights, Pages).
Spreads
The heart of the Tarot are spreads. An indepth
interpretations of correctly chosen spread give us the best
understanding of the question at hand. It is a common
sense that simple spreads are easier to learn but less
descriptive, so bear that in mind during the beginning.
Image 1: One
card spread
Blind Spot
An amazing introspection spread, it's the easiest of all
introspection spread (these are usually difficult). It can
give you an insight into who you really are and how you
are perceived by others. It is quite healthy to use this
spread at least every two weeks.
For this spread you need to pick 4 cards.
Card 1: Well known identity
This card represents a well known aspect of you, known by
you and the others really well.
Card 2: Big unknown
This card represents the part of your personality that is
known neither to you nor to the others. Same as for the
card number 4, this card is hard to interpret.
Card 3: Shadow
This is something you know about yourself but you
purportedly hide it from the others. It might be something
you are ashamed of or what you think people wouldn't
understand.
Card 4: Blind spot
This is the part known by others but you are not aware of
it. The heart of this spread lies here. It can be very difficult
to interpret the card on this position but when that
happens it's a truly deep experience.
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The Cross
Very simple spread with a variety of uses, it gives a
general overview of the situation, tells what the next step
should be or explains certain events. It is also used to
explain other cards. For this spread pick 4 cards.
Variation A:
Card 1: This
Card 2: This
Card 3: This
Card 4: This
is
is
is
is
what's it about
what isn't important
important now
where it leads to
spread and you want to know what it means. You then pick
four cards with the intention to understand this card on
this position and The Cross will explain what it means.
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Special cards
The Decision Game also has a special cards. When one of
these special cards appear on either of the path (so
everywhere except card 7), it has a special meaning
VI The Lovers: This means that decision was already
made to follow that path
X Wheel of Fortune: Means that querrent isn't free in
the choice and at least in the beginning he should try to
walk this path
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The Path
This spread is very useful to find out what we should do to
achieve our goals.
Card number 1 is the significator, it is a summary of our
goal in question.
Left column shows how we behave and the right one how
we should behave to achieve our goal, and from the top
row to the bottom row on the mental, emotional and
physical level (just like in the case of Relationship spread).
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spread
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The
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Path
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Astrology Circle
The most general spread there is. This spread shows a
basic summary of many different aspects of the life. It can
be used either as the proof for a doubting querent or to
help an unsure querent to find topics to further discuss
with the reader. It is actually unfortunate, but readers
usually use The Celtic Cross where Astrology Circle should
be used instead, I am pretty sure you will understand why
when we get through this spread. If no timelapse is given,
then this spread shows the present and immediate past of
the querent.
Card 1 shows the basic mood of the querent. This card
also influences all other cards in the spread as these are
the goggles through which the situation is judged, this is
the point of view of the querent.
Card 2 shows the financial situation of the querent. Here
you can read on how good the querent is in keeping his
finances or earning new money.
Card 3 shows querent's everyday reality and card 4 shows
his reality at home.
Card number 5 shows the fun part, how much the querent
is able to enjoy himself and his life. It can also be
associated with card 2 (finances - play with money).
Card 6 is work related, situation regarding the job and the
work environment.
Card 7 shows a situation regarding a relationship, love life,
marriage, generally a love related.
Card 8 shows the background, taboos, occult experiences,
sexuality, etc
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