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As I've mentioned, I've been reading Paul Fenton-Smith's Tarot Masterclass. In it he has a seven-card spread that covers much of the same ground as my favorite spread, the Celtic Cross. But one position stuck out for me in particular: "The Sacrifice Required."
In thinking about how I might fit this into my CC model, I decided that, since I see the 7th position (Waite's "Self") in the same light as Eden Gray's "Fears" but have modified the meaning to recognize it as a "reaction" of the Self (querent) to the "Near Future" card, a "required sacrifice" fits my assumptions. The way I see it, if the "Near Future" card shows new developments entering the querent's life, the next card in the series should show either a positive or negative adjustment to that situation. Since change often brings psychological discomfort, I've come down on the side of "negative reinforcement" (self-doubt, pessimism, resistance to change, "your own worst enemy, etc) as an elaboration of "Fears." So if the "Near Future" is imposing different conditions on the querent, having to sacrifice something to accommodate them is always a possibility.
Does anyone else deal specifically with the idea of "a required sacrifice" in any of their spreads?
In thinking about how I might fit this into my CC model, I decided that, since I see the 7th position (Waite's "Self") in the same light as Eden Gray's "Fears" but have modified the meaning to recognize it as a "reaction" of the Self (querent) to the "Near Future" card, a "required sacrifice" fits my assumptions. The way I see it, if the "Near Future" card shows new developments entering the querent's life, the next card in the series should show either a positive or negative adjustment to that situation. Since change often brings psychological discomfort, I've come down on the side of "negative reinforcement" (self-doubt, pessimism, resistance to change, "your own worst enemy, etc) as an elaboration of "Fears." So if the "Near Future" is imposing different conditions on the querent, having to sacrifice something to accommodate them is always a possibility.
Does anyone else deal specifically with the idea of "a required sacrifice" in any of their spreads?