Creating a spread

JoannaCrystal said:

I know that spreads have to be a shape and also some kind of order.. I know that it has to have a main subject, but then, i'm stuck..
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What positions I may use? And how to put them in a good way?

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AnemoneRosie said:

It sounds to me as though you're looking for something like this?

My method of spread creation is to have some standby number of cards. For this example let's say three, because it's easy and quick so you'll get the point. You can always add more. My first step is to go to the question. Usually the question will have a person (the person asking the question, or someone their asking about such as their ex, or their co-worker) - that's one position. They will be asking about themselves either in relation to that person (position two) or how they can accomplish a goal (position two). Then the third card becomes a sort of "tie-breaker" - either how to get there, or a suggestion, or something for them to work on to help them get further along. And that's an all-purpose general breakdown to how I make a spread!

In essence, it starts with a question, for me.

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CrystalSeas said:

While it's true that having an order and a shape might be useful, it's also true that you don't have to do anything in order to make a spread. Nor are there a set of positions that you must use.

You can include (or leave out) anything that seems useful to you in terms of answering a "therapeutic" question. And the shape can be as creative or as boring as you want.

In the end, there are no rules to follow. Like most creative endeavors, a sense of design is useful, and a logic organization is as well. But it's kind of like Michaelangelo said about cutting a statue out of marble: Just cut away the stuff that doesn't belong and leave the stuff that does*.

*Well, maybe that's not an exact translation, but it gets the gist of it.

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Morni83 said:

1. Write on a piece of paper what do you want to know. For example:

a) my current "vibration"
b) my worries
c) family
d) people in my life/friends
e) health
f) career
g) money
h) love
i) karmic lesson
g) divine message (anything you need to know from "god", "universe", "spirit", "guides" etc)

2. We get 10 cards, so now you need to position them in an easy to remember way, so you can use a known layout, like the box of 9 card and you could just lay them out like this:

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

10

(and just fit in the meanings)
Or you can place "my current vibration" in the middle (position 1, so you know that you're in the center), then you can arrange:

* - career - money - health (as 7-8-9) as "the lower things" or "closer to the earth" or like the 1st chakra that refers to mundane things (it's all so you could remember easier).

* - family and people could go to positions 4 and 6, so you remember that all the people are standing with you in the middle.

* - worries, love and karmic lesson could go in positions 1-2-3 because they relate to "flighty" or "higher" things relating to the heart and crown chakras, closer to the soul.

The 10th card could be "divine message" - something that (just in case you forgot to ask) could be communicated to you from your spirit guides or "god", like a warning or an advice in your current life period.

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I sometimes use a similar spread, but I use 3 cards for each position, so it becomes a huge 30 card spread. Each one of the 3 cards will have their own positions, like "situation-challenge-advice", so that I know what brings about a certain energy and where does it lead.

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