Jourdain
Hey everyone, this is a spread a friend gave me. I believe she found it in the LWB of a deck I can't recall the name of. It utilizes only the Major Arcana, and has a unique process towards the end wherein the sum of the cards drawn are added together to "synthesize" a fifth card, which can be seen as the "key" to the situation at hand--a card to ruminate on, if nothing else.
Here's how it works:
1......2
....5....
3......4
Seperate the Major Arcana from your deck--they are the only cards you'll be working with.
Shuffle and draw your first card. This is the card representative of you and in a larger sense your feelings on the matter at hand.
The second card represents things to avoid or let go of. If the card is positive, take a look at the negative aspects of it. I.E: If you draw Strength, consider taking a less "will-power" oriented approach, and channel, instead, the control of The Chariot--a card with a harder outlook on the manifestation of power (of your own making).
The third card is a general idea of what to come, and possibly the way you'll feel about these developments.
The fourth card is a premonition of consequences or a necessary action. As you can tell these positions are multi-meaninged. Use your intuition to find the most correct form.
Alright, here's the gimmicky part. Add the numbers of each card drawn to find the fifth card necessary to complete the reading. If the total is more than the number twenty-two, further simplify by adding the digits of said number together. (You can consider an exact total of twenty-two as representative of The Fool card.)
Example:
First card: The Empress (3)
Second Card: The Emperor (4)
Third Card: The Fool (0)
Fourth Card: The Sun (19)
3+4+0+19 = 26. 2+6 = 8 (Strength.)
This card--the "key"--is the fifth card "drawn".
If clarification is needed, feel free to bring in the Minors. Shuffle them seperatley and lay one out over every card but the fifth to shed more light on the situation.
Hope you find this one useful!
--Jourdain
(Also, if anyone knows the deck from who's LWB this came from, I'd love it if you'd let me know!)
Here's how it works:
1......2
....5....
3......4
Seperate the Major Arcana from your deck--they are the only cards you'll be working with.
Shuffle and draw your first card. This is the card representative of you and in a larger sense your feelings on the matter at hand.
The second card represents things to avoid or let go of. If the card is positive, take a look at the negative aspects of it. I.E: If you draw Strength, consider taking a less "will-power" oriented approach, and channel, instead, the control of The Chariot--a card with a harder outlook on the manifestation of power (of your own making).
The third card is a general idea of what to come, and possibly the way you'll feel about these developments.
The fourth card is a premonition of consequences or a necessary action. As you can tell these positions are multi-meaninged. Use your intuition to find the most correct form.
Alright, here's the gimmicky part. Add the numbers of each card drawn to find the fifth card necessary to complete the reading. If the total is more than the number twenty-two, further simplify by adding the digits of said number together. (You can consider an exact total of twenty-two as representative of The Fool card.)
Example:
First card: The Empress (3)
Second Card: The Emperor (4)
Third Card: The Fool (0)
Fourth Card: The Sun (19)
3+4+0+19 = 26. 2+6 = 8 (Strength.)
This card--the "key"--is the fifth card "drawn".
If clarification is needed, feel free to bring in the Minors. Shuffle them seperatley and lay one out over every card but the fifth to shed more light on the situation.
Hope you find this one useful!
--Jourdain
(Also, if anyone knows the deck from who's LWB this came from, I'd love it if you'd let me know!)