Tarotbear's Top 2 spreads ...

WHEEL SPREAD

--1--
4-5-2
--3--

1) the current situation
2) the waning influence
3) the hidden influence
4) the emerging influence
5) synthesis of previous four cards

TAROTBEAR'S CELTIC CROSS

-------------10
-----3--------9
6--1/2--4 -- 8
-----5---- -- 7

1) the question
2) (crosses 1) the influence, challenge, or obstacle
3) the first conclusion
4) the past
5) the present
6) the future (or second conclusion)
7) the internal
8) the external
9) hopes and fears
10) The final outcome

Your version of the Celtic Cross seems much more practical than the usual. Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by the first conclusion? I'm not sure that I understand that part completely.

Quizeen~

In my reinterpretation of the Celtic Cross there are three conclusions, which can also be interpreted as 'happening in the very near future' (card 3), happening 'down the road a piece' (card 6) and 'The Final Outcome' - how everything contained in the reading will conclude. Sometimes you can see a real progression going with these three cards, and sometimes they don't seem to go together at all!

So, the first card is always the question, IMHO, and the cross card is the influence or obstacle to that card. The combination of these two cards is usually directly reflected in the third card.

Does that help?