The Suckling
January 23rd, 2002, 12:21 PM
It's the only spread that came with the instructional booklet for the Haindl Tarot (which I swear is the greates deck ever made). What's unusual about it is that it requires you to keep The Major Arcn, Pip cards, and Court cards seperate, as each group has a designated spot on in the spread. It certainly makes shuffling alot easier.
What I do is keep the Major Acan first, the pip cards second, and the court cards last, that way I can just count the cards without looking at them, then I divide each group into a perfect half and shuffle them.
Anyway, here's an outline of the spread.
Shuffle the 40 Pip cards of the Minor Arcana, and place them in a diamond shape...
........1...........
....3........4....
.........2.......
1: The way things are now
2: Something you've done to cause it.
3: What you hope or expect to happen, consciously or uncousciously
4: The most likely result as things stand now.
Then you shuffle the Major arcana and place them in a triangle above the pip cards...
.....6.......
5........7
.....1.....
3.......4
.....2...
5: What you've been doing
6: What you need to do
7: What'll happen when you do it.
Finally, you shuffle the court cards and place three in a row under the rest of the cards (always right side up)
.....6.....
5........7
.....1.....
3........4
.....2.....
8...9...10
8: Someon who will help you
9: Yourself
10: Someone who will teach you.
This is actaully the only spread I use since it's incredible accurate and can answer almost any question.
Sorry for putting them is such laymen's terms. I did that to avoid copywrite violations.
So, yeah. there you go!
What I do is keep the Major Acan first, the pip cards second, and the court cards last, that way I can just count the cards without looking at them, then I divide each group into a perfect half and shuffle them.
Anyway, here's an outline of the spread.
Shuffle the 40 Pip cards of the Minor Arcana, and place them in a diamond shape...
........1...........
....3........4....
.........2.......
1: The way things are now
2: Something you've done to cause it.
3: What you hope or expect to happen, consciously or uncousciously
4: The most likely result as things stand now.
Then you shuffle the Major arcana and place them in a triangle above the pip cards...
.....6.......
5........7
.....1.....
3.......4
.....2...
5: What you've been doing
6: What you need to do
7: What'll happen when you do it.
Finally, you shuffle the court cards and place three in a row under the rest of the cards (always right side up)
.....6.....
5........7
.....1.....
3........4
.....2.....
8...9...10
8: Someon who will help you
9: Yourself
10: Someone who will teach you.
This is actaully the only spread I use since it's incredible accurate and can answer almost any question.
Sorry for putting them is such laymen's terms. I did that to avoid copywrite violations.
So, yeah. there you go!