arachnophobia
When the universe gave me a present in the form of a virginal IJJ deck, still in its cellophane wrapper (see intro in new members forum!) I also came up with the following original spread, that works equally well for card-based meditations or client-centred readings.
Shuffle the cards 5 times (1 for each element, and 1 for "spirit" or "quintessence", the major arcana: kind of like casting a circle "on the hop") ;-))
Lay out cards as you would for playing patience or solitaire: first card face up, then 4 down.
Start next row with card face up on the first face-down card, etc... Hope you get my drift, here ;-))
Play out cards in lines, following ascending or descending order in both Major arcana and pips suits: this may take some time, it takes to hone your solitaire skills as well ;-))
The beauty of this spread seems that it can take as long or as short as the client desires, i.e. you can read one line for a short reading, and if the client wants to go into more depth, play out more lines... In this "game" of Patience, it seems actually advantageous if the cards do not "come out", because then you can continue indefinitely, time permitting! ;-))
Shuffle the cards 5 times (1 for each element, and 1 for "spirit" or "quintessence", the major arcana: kind of like casting a circle "on the hop") ;-))
Lay out cards as you would for playing patience or solitaire: first card face up, then 4 down.
Start next row with card face up on the first face-down card, etc... Hope you get my drift, here ;-))
Play out cards in lines, following ascending or descending order in both Major arcana and pips suits: this may take some time, it takes to hone your solitaire skills as well ;-))
The beauty of this spread seems that it can take as long or as short as the client desires, i.e. you can read one line for a short reading, and if the client wants to go into more depth, play out more lines... In this "game" of Patience, it seems actually advantageous if the cards do not "come out", because then you can continue indefinitely, time permitting! ;-))