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3-2-1 Tarot Spread

by Catherine
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Sometimes all you need from a tarot spread is a quick snap-shot of the situation and the direction it’s heading in. You may also want to be able to go back to your reading and glean some more information from it. What if you also want to apply some other techniques you couldn’t apply to [...]

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Daily Tarot Spread

by Catherine
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At the prompting of some Universal inspiration a few years ago, I devised my Daily Tarot Reading Spread. It developed a card at a time and remained at five cards for a while before I added the sixth card, which was designed to leave me with something to think about in connection with the reading. [...]

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The Baggage Handler Tarot Spread

by Gethyn Edwards
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A few months ago I found I was regularly being asked to do readings for friends on topics about which I had a lot of prior knowledge. Pretty soon, I noticed that I was sitting down to read with a whole mess of preconceptions and pre-judgements already in place – ideas about advice I might [...]

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Beyond the Celtic Cross – Behind the Scenes

by Catherine
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It’s not every day that you get to write a book, not one that gets published. And it’s not every day that you become friends with an eminent and highly respected Tarot reader and author. But that’s exactly what happened to me. I met Paul Hughes-Barlow online through his Supertarot website and we wrote a [...]

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The Elemental Dignities Dictionary – Three Card Combinations

by Catherine

This is a collaborative work between Douglas Gibb of Tarot Eon and myself, and is part of the Elemental Dignities Dictionary series. …from the Marriage of Heaven and Earth. The Tao produced one; one produced two; two produced three (Tao Te Ching). Have you been confused by Elemental Dignities? There was a time when I [...]

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My Tarot Reading Using Helen’s Illumination Tarot Spread!

by Catherine

I try out every spread that is sent to me. My favourite ones are those that offer the most flexibility, and Helen’s Illumination Tarot Spread is one of those spreads! Its shape is a familiar one – I’ve used it myself on my blog. What’s unique about this particular spread though are the names of [...]

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The Magic Square©: Secondary Triads and Timing

by Catherine
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Secondary Triads We’ve already gleaned a lot of information from the original nine Tarot cards in my reading, but wouldn’t it be great if we could actually pinpoint the trouble zones in more detail? We can do just that with Secondary Triads. These are essentially the triads that are not in any linear formation – [...]

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The Magic Square & The Tarot Elements Signature Spread©

by Catherine
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Today I want to play with my Signature Spread a little more, give it a new name, and introduce elemental dignities to it to show you how much fun you can have when you work in triads. The card pairing in the first post still applies, but with a slightly new layout to accommodate the [...]

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