lad said:
As the title already explains, my questions is as follows: if I am doing a simple linear spread reading for myself or someone else (kind of the 1*2*3*4*5 kind of spread), do I have to "plan" how many cards I will pull and the questions for them or can I pull more cards out as I go if I pull and read the cards one by one? Ex. Let's say I make a 1*2*3*4*5 spread, but I want to ask a sixth questions that came to mind while reading, can I do so? Or did I have to know I was to ask this question before starting the reading? (Please note I am not refering to clarifications cards here)
Thx alot!
lad
I don't do a lot of linear spreads, I almost always do CCs.
That said...
I have gotten to the point where I'm not really sure that the cards care what the question actually is. I personally feel that they say what the querant needs to hear regardless of what the question is. Sometimes it matters, but oft times it doesn't. If that makes any sense.
What I do is if at the end of a reading I need more clarity, I will often shuffle the cards, focus on the reading I just did and ask for clarity of the reading, then I simply turn as much as a second celtic cross.
Last night I did a reading, and as I was shuffling to ask for clarity, the ace of swords jumped out of the deck.
I guess that response was clear enough. I didn't bother turning the rest of the cross at that point.
So sometimes, even if we plan to turn 13 cards, the cards might tell us we don't need them. Which is what I feel they did last night. Planning shmanning, I say, turn the cards until you understand the message.
but that's just me.