Spread for Child, Birth to Age 7

cormac

This is from a book by Jeanne Ruland called, "The Giant Book of Card Divination" -- It isn't a strict Tarot book but deals with different oracles cards and such but Tarot can be substituted -- she recommends the following for use with Tarot

General/Base = Minor Arcana
Companion = Court Cards
Master/Joker = Major Arcana

Acutally, I think that's up to you and to the spread ... the following spread i felt was more viable when using the entire deck ... a few others i've tried seemed better when i divided the cards up as suggested above ... or you could also deal each section seperately shuffling in between too i suppose :) -- and of course you could use various decks for various parts -- whatever makes it work for you ;)

Spread for Child, Birth to Age 7

...8.....11.....12.
....9..........10..
.........7.........
.5...3...1...4...6.
.........2.........

General (Foundation)
1. Central theme of the Birth to age 7
2. The base / the roots / the family
3&4. Flow of energy / disturbance of energy
5. Inner endowments (I took this to mean intuition, spirit, etc.)
6. Influence from the outside
7. What needs to be observed, to be fostered right now?

Base (Elemental Power)
8. Which element needs to be particularly observed?

Companion (Support)
9. Which force accompanies this time?
10. Which force will stand by the child's side in difficult situations?

Master (Apprenticeship)
11. Under which star does / did this time stand? (I used this as an advice card when using the entire tarot deck undivided.)

Joker (Surprise)
12. This is helping and supporting the child and healing this stage right now?
 

Whitestar

Thanks for this spread!

I have a 4 yr. old son...so this interests me!

He is a sweetheart, but is **painfully** shy---beginning to come out of it, now, I think. I'd love to do this spread for him. I love that it's especally for children!