…and so on until all 22 cards are laid out. Accordingly, the Major Arcana represent meaningful life lessons and offer deep insight from the collective unconscious .
It made sense to start with the position of the Sun representing the first card that I drew.
It might signify that I need to have faith in the religious principles and spriritual world.
Use only the Major Arcana cards for any Tarot spread of your choice. Thank you.
The Astrological Tarot Spread is based upon houses of astrology. Thank you for that input! This represents the present energy.
Where others may try to establish an intimacy that you neither want nor should allow, you must enforce boundaries. Fool – to step forward boldly, even if one isn’t sure where this will take one. When this card appears you will be forced to deal with your gut feelings and how they interfere with your daily routine. MK, I’m thrilled to see you’ve reactivated your blog.
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( Log Out / These cards are ones to meditate on to see how they keep me from fully expressing the Sun/Emperor/Empress energy.
Here’s the basic layout: Card 2 – The Magician – Actions that need to be taken, Card 3 – The High Priestess – Mysteries that need to be uncovered, Card 4 – The Empress – Sources of creativity and abundance, Card 5 – The Emperor – Required structures.
Do they not count here, or are reversed positions just being ignored? © 2007-2018, Mary K. Greer All material on this site is copyrighted. Card 3 (above) – Weighing up the pros and cons and clarifying the decision that needs to be made. When you are feeling creative, you often have many great ideas.
The original spread did not mention any order in which the cards should be laid out. I lke the idea of just seeing the cards as ebb and flow of our lives.
Fire cards: Jupiter, Leo, Elemental Fire/Pluto, Sun, Sagittarius. if unsatisfied that these cards suffice, deal three more cards from the remaining thirteen, taking the third, tenth and thirteen cards, and place them above the circle.
To be honest, I’m fairly new to tarot.
But what we do know is that there are too many of them to control. Do you want the broadest, spiritual perspective that calls for deep contemplation? Melissa, Mary, Tarot card images courtesy of the Everyday Tarot, The Wild Unknown and Lumina Tarot. – in which case reversals and positions can help you narrow the possibilities down.
One glaring […]. The limits of love and friendship should protect your emotions, not leave them vulnerable. In this form, it can be used for any type of major decision, choice or situation where you want to understand more about the pros and cons and the result or outcome. The Circle of Eight spread highlights the ebb and flow of your life. (The Fool is considered 0 when adding the cards, and 22 when it is the result of the addition.) The spread of cards before you is a layering of outlooks on your consciousness. […], Circle of Eight Spread « The Hermit's Legacy, […] Key to the Tarot with an essay, “How to Read the Cards,” in which he recommended this Major Arcana-only spread.” She posted it with her own modifications, and I post it here now with my own.
I’m not sure if I read the order of the cards correctly, but they made sense to me. Draw a pair of cards each for Positions 7, 8, 9 and 10.
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If you use anything, be sure to include my name and a link back to this site. Your spread seems to indicate to me that as you continue to recreate yourself by embracing and sharing new ideas, you continue to shine.
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I merely interpreted the cards by following my intuition and listening to my feelings. There is no display of physical intensity in this picture. I related the signifcator card to each position that I drew in order.
The Tarot Deck advises us in many ways. But Temperance doesn’t object to effort, keen only to see that it is expended in the most useful directions. Accordingly, the Major Arcana represent meaningful l… Wheel – change is in the air. While each card has a huge range of meanings, it’s helpful to have one to three traditional keywords for each card as a grounding, checkpoint or confirmation for your intuitive interpretation. Celtic Cross Tarot Spread Layout. With the Lovers and Death next to each other I couldn’t help thinking of the full Psyche and Eros myth where a pregnant Psyche has to go through a whole series of tests given by Aphrodite before she can be reunited with Eros as a family.