tarotgimp
this one got me in a lil bit of trouble earlier but I thought i would post it anyhow as it is probably one of my most favorite spreads
step 1. separate all 22 cards of the Major arcana from the 56 cards of the minor arcana and shuffle the minors.
step 2. deal off the first 20 into a pile and combine with the 22 cards of the major arcana.
step 3. put aside the remaining 36 cards and shuffle the 42 card pack consisting of all 22 majors and the 20 minor arcana cards that you just dealt
now here's where it gets a lil bit tricky....
step 4. after shuffling the deck you want to make piles of 7 cards starting at the top deal cards 1 by 1 into a pile untill you have dealt a 7 card pile(after you have 7 in the top pile move down and so on) so you end up with 6 piles of seven cards (these are placed on the right side of the table, altar, floor wherever you tend to read your tarot from)
step 5. after you have set up a column consisting of 6 piles, starting from the top pile and turn over each card going from right to left. when you are finished you should end up with 6 rows of 7 cards (42 total) and should look somewhat similar to the diagram below
did i say step 4 was the tricky part? this is where it really gets heavy the rest is up to you...the reader
the spread is then read as follows....
7,6,5,4,3,2,1 -past influences
14,13,12,11,10,9,8 -present influences
21,20,19,18,17,16,15 -outside influences
28,27,26,25,24,23,22 -immediate future influences
35,34,33,32,31,30,29 -possibilities for the future
42,41,40,39,38,37,36 -future results and outcome
generally i only use this spread when i really want a deep understanding of a situation as it is very involved (usually takes me a good hour to even get a basic picture) good luck to all. any and all (constructive) comments are most welcome and appreciated in advance. take care
tarot gimp
-blessed be
step 1. separate all 22 cards of the Major arcana from the 56 cards of the minor arcana and shuffle the minors.
step 2. deal off the first 20 into a pile and combine with the 22 cards of the major arcana.
step 3. put aside the remaining 36 cards and shuffle the 42 card pack consisting of all 22 majors and the 20 minor arcana cards that you just dealt
now here's where it gets a lil bit tricky....
step 4. after shuffling the deck you want to make piles of 7 cards starting at the top deal cards 1 by 1 into a pile untill you have dealt a 7 card pile(after you have 7 in the top pile move down and so on) so you end up with 6 piles of seven cards (these are placed on the right side of the table, altar, floor wherever you tend to read your tarot from)
step 5. after you have set up a column consisting of 6 piles, starting from the top pile and turn over each card going from right to left. when you are finished you should end up with 6 rows of 7 cards (42 total) and should look somewhat similar to the diagram below
did i say step 4 was the tricky part? this is where it really gets heavy the rest is up to you...the reader
the spread is then read as follows....
7,6,5,4,3,2,1 -past influences
14,13,12,11,10,9,8 -present influences
21,20,19,18,17,16,15 -outside influences
28,27,26,25,24,23,22 -immediate future influences
35,34,33,32,31,30,29 -possibilities for the future
42,41,40,39,38,37,36 -future results and outcome
generally i only use this spread when i really want a deep understanding of a situation as it is very involved (usually takes me a good hour to even get a basic picture) good luck to all. any and all (constructive) comments are most welcome and appreciated in advance. take care
tarot gimp
-blessed be