tarot and i ching spread

on request of holmes, here is the spread combining tarot and i ching.

spread looks like this:

........................2
1................3...........4...................5
.........................6

1=story, what its all about
2=what is occupying the querant most now
3=moriarty factor, obstacle
4=baker street card, positive force as opposing card 3
5=summary card
6=solution, answer just for now

7=the missing hint, read all cards again using the missing hint card.

what you do is lay out those 6 cards.
read them
pick card 7
read the six cards again using the missing hint card (card7)

to get an i ching hexagram do this:
use the 6 cards you have.
build hexagram from bottom to top.
cards that are numbered even (2, 4, 6 etc): get a broken line
cards that are un even (numbers 1, 3, 5 etc) get a line
majors give the changing lines.

example:
your draw is
1=5C
2=VI
3=2S
4=9W
5=XIII
6=XX

hexagram would look like this:
--- --- *
-------- *
--------
--- ---
--- --- *
--------

use any book to help you interpret the hexagram. it will enlighten your tarotspread.
(this spread comes from one of konraad's books.)

kaz

I am moving this post to spreads so people can find it more easily, it looks very interesting

Um, wouldn't it be more natural to asign Water and Earth suits to Yin (broken line) and Fire and Air suits to Yang (whole line)? I don't want to comment about the majors, these cards would require careful analysis (not just considering the gender of the person on the card).

i can see why you say air/fire=yang water/earth=yin.
though i think whatever suits you will work fine CN, give it a try and post in in "your readings", it might be very interesting to see how it works

just to clarify, this is not a spread i invented. it originally comes from one of konraads books.

~kaz

Another way would be to:

a. divide the deck into ying and yang subdecks (using whatever criteria - elemental springs to mind).

b. cast a hexagram

c. lay the cards out in the form of the hexagram:

6
5
4
3
2
1

where the card for each line is drawn from the appropriate subdeck (yin or yang).

Thus the cards themselves would form a commentary on the hexagram. Comparing this with the traditional commentary might be instructive.