Glass Owl
This is a huge Adoption Spread I am working on which is based on DangerDork's Separation/Reunion Spread (15 cards). This spread can be found at:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=1187294&posted=1#post1187294
I really liked DangerDork's spread a lot. But after some thought I decided to retool it a bit because my husband doesn't know anything about his biological parents and the possibly of a reunion is very small--but it is interesting nonetheless to see the possibilities. I added quite a few cards to explore the angles between the mother-child-father (since the father and mother may very well have differing opinions) and altered some wording.
Huge Adoption Spread Based On DangerDork's Separation/Reunion Spread (33) by Glass Owl
___Mother____________Child____________Father___
01/02__03/04_____9/10/__11/12_____05/06__07/08
____13______________15______________14_____
_____16 _____________18______________17______
___________ 19x20 ___________21X22__________
___23/24_________25/26__27/28________29/30___
_____________31______33*______32_____________
~~Top Row of Spread~~
1-2: (read together) What the biological mother thought at the time of the adoption/What the mother thought of her child
3-4 (read together) How the mother thinks of her child now that the child is an adult (as time has past)
5-6: (read together) What the biological father thought at the time of the adoption/What the father thought of his child
7-8 (read together) How the father thinks of his child now that the child is an adult (as time has past)
9-10: (read together) How the adoptee thought of his/her biological parents as a child/while growing up
11-12: (read together) How the adoptee views his/her biological parents now he/she has gotten older (as time has past)
~~Second Row~~
13: What the biological mother expects if there is contact
14: What the biological father expects if there is contact
15: What the adoptee expects if there is contact
~~Third Row~~
16: What the mother fears if there is contact
17: What the father fears if there is contact
18: What the adoptee fears if there is contact
~~Fourth Row~~
19/20: Crossroads: The contact/reunion itself between mother and child
(The 20 crosses the 19 as in the first 2 cards of CC.)
21/22: Crossroads: The contact/reunion itself between father and child
(The 22 crosses the 21 as in the first 2 cards of CC.)
~~Fifth Row~~
23-24: (read together) What the mother would take away from contact/reunion with her child
25-26 (read together) What the adoptee would take away from contact/reunion with mother
27-28 (read together) What the adoptee would take away from contact/reunion with father
29-30: (read together) What the father would take away from contact/reunion with his child
~~Sixth Row~
31: The future of the mother-child relationship.
32: The future of the father-child relationship.
33: Optional Card--Guidance or advice for the adoptee
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=1187294&posted=1#post1187294
I really liked DangerDork's spread a lot. But after some thought I decided to retool it a bit because my husband doesn't know anything about his biological parents and the possibly of a reunion is very small--but it is interesting nonetheless to see the possibilities. I added quite a few cards to explore the angles between the mother-child-father (since the father and mother may very well have differing opinions) and altered some wording.
Huge Adoption Spread Based On DangerDork's Separation/Reunion Spread (33) by Glass Owl
___Mother____________Child____________Father___
01/02__03/04_____9/10/__11/12_____05/06__07/08
____13______________15______________14_____
_____16 _____________18______________17______
___________ 19x20 ___________21X22__________
___23/24_________25/26__27/28________29/30___
_____________31______33*______32_____________
~~Top Row of Spread~~
1-2: (read together) What the biological mother thought at the time of the adoption/What the mother thought of her child
3-4 (read together) How the mother thinks of her child now that the child is an adult (as time has past)
5-6: (read together) What the biological father thought at the time of the adoption/What the father thought of his child
7-8 (read together) How the father thinks of his child now that the child is an adult (as time has past)
9-10: (read together) How the adoptee thought of his/her biological parents as a child/while growing up
11-12: (read together) How the adoptee views his/her biological parents now he/she has gotten older (as time has past)
~~Second Row~~
13: What the biological mother expects if there is contact
14: What the biological father expects if there is contact
15: What the adoptee expects if there is contact
~~Third Row~~
16: What the mother fears if there is contact
17: What the father fears if there is contact
18: What the adoptee fears if there is contact
~~Fourth Row~~
19/20: Crossroads: The contact/reunion itself between mother and child
(The 20 crosses the 19 as in the first 2 cards of CC.)
21/22: Crossroads: The contact/reunion itself between father and child
(The 22 crosses the 21 as in the first 2 cards of CC.)
~~Fifth Row~~
23-24: (read together) What the mother would take away from contact/reunion with her child
25-26 (read together) What the adoptee would take away from contact/reunion with mother
27-28 (read together) What the adoptee would take away from contact/reunion with father
29-30: (read together) What the father would take away from contact/reunion with his child
~~Sixth Row~
31: The future of the mother-child relationship.
32: The future of the father-child relationship.
33: Optional Card--Guidance or advice for the adoptee