starshine81 said:
predictions with yes/no/maybe answer never worked for me. neither the predictions concerning TIME (when). i finally gave up, at least for me these systems don't seem to work. Are you accurate with these?
Yes! The spread works great for me! However, not in the way that you are referring to, because I don't use the spread for those questions...
I obviously need to explain what I mean by that. I have been hesitant to write a post specifically addressing this topic because this is really more about how I view the Tarot and its limitations than just about this spread alone. However, my views of the Tarot obviously affected and guided the creation of this spread, so the topic is relevant. But because this is a general topic and not limited to this spread, I started a new thread so that other people who are not interested in this spread (and thus don't see this discussion) may add their opinions on this topic as well.
Click here to view the thread: Yes/No questions and the Tarot
Thus, with the premise defined in the above thread, I say that the spread has worked great for me because I don't ask questions that have definitive answers (i.e. questions that can be answered with an absolute yes or no answer). That is because I don't believe the Tarot can answer those type of questions, regardless of the spread used. I believe the Tarot is meant only to assist us in answering our own questions, not to answer our questions for us.
So when I say that this spread works great for me, I say that because I have gotten a lot of good answers that have aided me in making (usually quite minor) decisions. And actually, this spread even helped in updating itself! After deciding to add an answer to The World (the modification I posted above), I created an answer and asked this spread if I should post the updated answer. The spread answered no, twice. Each time the spread answered no, it also gave me information about why it answered no, so I thought about the issue and used that information to come up with a new answer, and then I asked again. The third time the spread said yes, an emphatic yes! Post the answer now! So I did. And I think this answer (the answer that is currently posted for The World) was by far the best answer and I am quite happy with it! So I think the spread worked great! Those are the type of questions (although not always so frivolous) that I ask the Tarot. And as you can see, the question I asked didn't have a defined and verifiable right or wrong answer.
Thus, and this answerers your question t.town.troy, I believe that if you ask the Tarot a yes or no question that you already know the answer to (using any spread), in order to test the validity of the answers, then the answers that you will receive will be no better or no more valid than random answers., because that is essentially what you are receiving, random answers. And thus, in those cases, I think this spread will answer with a sarcastic, sardonic, or some type of wisecrack answer. In other words, the spread will give you the same type of answer that a friend would give you if you asked that friend a question that both of you already obviously knew the answer. (At least, that is how
I would interpret those types of answers given by this spread.)
However, I also don't want to say
this is the only type of answer you will receive with this spread. Because the type of answer you receive really depends on you, your Tarot, how you read the Tarot, and how you use the spread. This spread, like any spread, is for each individual person to use, read, and modify for their own personal use however they may deem appropriate, which may not agree with the ideas and goals I had when I created the spread, but if it works for that person, then that is the right way to use the spread.