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Since 2002, when I first discovered the alluring world of divination—first through rune work and then through tarot and natal astrology—I have loved reading for friends and family, offering advice and reassurance (and the occasional kick in the pants when needed, too! Oh the salt!) Now, I’m excited to share my knowledge and experience beyond my circle. Over the years, I have collected and worked with some of the most beautiful and perceptive decks, which I’m eager to put to use reading for all of you. I use a unique style which mixes traditional interpretation through a distinctly queer lens, with insight into symbology, psychology, and personal story. Come join me for readings, deck selfies, and educational posts about how to expand your own tarot knowledge!

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“I appreciate the insight so much” - Above and Below for GMW

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Man's Best Friend. Art by Matthew Pazzol.

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3d6 Alethiometer

Inspired by @a-witch-named-crow, this is just a quick and dirty 3d6 table of Alethiometer symbols and meanings from the His Dark Materials series. Interpretations aren’t given so you’ll have to read them on your own. To use, roll 3d6. The first two numbers indicate the symbol, the third points to which level of meaning. If you prefer to intuit the level of meaning, roll 2d6 instead.

I used this source for levels of meanings with a few alterations.

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The Mental Clutter Tarot Spread

There is a lot going on right now in the world, and various facets of life and it is safe to say that it is fucking overwhelming. I’d be lying if I said I had it all figured out and had my own shit together but alas I do not. I am optimistically thinking that I am not alone in this, with the way the votes went for this post. This isn’t a fix it all, type of Tarot spread. Trust me I wish it was. So that we are on the same page, I wanted to share the definition of Mental Clutter from the APA (www.apa.org/) that makes the most sense to me. “Mental clutter refers to the overwhelming jumble of thoughts, worries, and distractions that can make it difficult to focus, remember details, or feel at ease. It often results from constant information overload and can lead to increased stress and anxiety.” The intention that I created for this spread was to help me uncover a single aspect of my mental clutter, how it is affecting me and my daily life, and what I can do to move towards some clarity. Before I begin sharing the Tarot spread, I personally do this spread over the course of two to three days. There are a few different mechanics in place, and if you are having an already mentally overwhelming day, trying to do this spread in one sitting may not be feasible for you. Give yourself permission to do this spread in parts if you need to.

Disclaimer:

This is my own personal spread. This has a journaling aspect to it. If that is not your thing, this spread may not be for you. I am not a medical professional, nor claim to be, nor do I suggest this spread to be used in replace of medical treatment. This is just what helps me and I wanted to share it with others. This isn’t the only way, the absolute right way or the way that you “should” approach this topic. I encourage you to use what you find useful and tweak or dismiss what you do not find useful. I am sure there are various other people in the world who choose to do things differently regarding this topic and that is perfectly okay. I can only speak from personal experience and what has worked for me. I encourage you to do your own research, to do what you are comfortable with and to tailor any advice provided henceforth to your specific needs and individual situation.

Take some time to get yourself a pen and paper and a beverage of your choice. Make yourself comfortable, get a comfort item like a squishy toy or a blanket, etc and remember you can take as many breaks as you need and want. There is no rush to do this in one sitting. I repeat, heavy things may come up, you do not have to do it all at once.

The Uncovering:

Shuffle your Tarot deck. Pull a single card however you see fit. This is the current mental clutter you are going to focus on. We’ll call this your Mental Clutter Card or MCC for short.

Okay but what if you get The Sun card or the Ten of Cups, or another seemingly positive card…. I am a firm believer that each of the 78 tarot cards have duality in meaning. This has happened to me before, and I did get the Three Of Cups. You can decide to look at the card meaning as being blocked, watered down, or even an imbalance of that particular energy. Listen to your intuition. You may also wish to pull a clarifier card if it can help you narrow down the area of focus.

So when I had pulled the Three of Cups for this position, I read it as I was dealing with a lot of social obligations that I wasn’t fully in control over. It was stressing me out because I had over committed myself to some projects and in turn it was leading me to burn out. The Three of Cups was an excess of social interaction that my mental battery was not capable of handling.

The importance of this part is to get that mental clutter out of your head and into a tangible form you can address. Take some time to journal your findings or even make a note of it on your phone.

You can take a breath and stop here if you need to and come back later. Sometimes just seeing or uncovering what is cluttering your mind can be a lot to process because you are essentially facing something that you may be trying hard to avoid.

The Investigation:

Place your previous Mental Clutter Card back into the deck.

Shuffle your Tarot deck and find that card again.

The card before it, is what is keeping you from seeing this specific mental clutter. This showcases what is obstructing your view or acknowledgment to your situation.

The card after it, is how it is affecting your everyday life. This showcases how this mental clutter shows up during your day to day.

These two spread positions help bring not only awareness to what is going on but also showcases an outside view of the bigger picture that sometimes we can miss when our lives are on auto pilot.

Take some time to journal your findings or even make a note of it on your phone. You can again stop here and come back to the final part at a later date.

The Resolve:

Place the cards back in your deck and shuffle one last time.

Pull three cards.

One: What is something I am in control of regarding ( Your Specific Mental Clutter ) This can be a difficult spread position because sometimes we often feel like we have lost control or lack the ability to assert it. I challenge you to frame this card as a way of you obtaining your power back even if it is just by acknowledging this mental pattern isn’t one you are going to maintain any longer.

Two: What do I need in this moment to help bring me clarity? This could reveal a lot of things such as sleep, comfort, a meal, support from friends or even just a break from your current routine. I find that thinking outside the box for this particular spread position is useful because you never know what unexpected or nontraditional ways you are able to see through the mental fog. I remember pulling the Four of Cups in this position and I laughed because I instantly thought YES I need a fucking cup of coffee before I even attempt to process the bullshit at hand. Sadly, it didn’t come to me floating from the sky.

Three: What small boundary can I set today that would give my mind some breathing room? Now is the time to take control. Accept that this process will not happen overnight. As I mentioned in the beginning this is not a solve it all type of spread. The focus here is to look at what you have uncovered in all three parts of this spread and then take the steps to refocus and chip away at the mental clutter when you are safely able to do so. Sometimes it can happen in a day, a week and sometimes it’s months before we are ready to deal with our own stuff. For me with the Three of Cups card, I mentioned before, I needed to stop over committing myself. I realized that no was a full sentence and that saying no protected me more than any yes could.

It is my greatest hope that this spread helps you unclutter your mind, empower you to set boundaries, unlock your strength and realize that you are not alone in your struggles.

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Post Notes: Please do not remove the captions. Spread: The Mental Clutter Tarot Spread by @tarotprose Copyright:  © Ivan Ambrose 2026 Spread Disclaimer: This is my own personal spread. I am not a medical professional, nor claim to be, nor do I suggest this spread to be used in replace of medical treatment. This is just what helps me and I wanted to share it with others.

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Comparative Tarot: The High Priestess

A robed figure sits serenely between two pillars, one dark and one light, with a full moon crown on her head and a crescent moon at her feet. She holds a scroll in her lap and wears a cross or rosary around her neck. Pomegranates fill the background, and her smile radiates the calm certainty of one who bears immense wisdom.

Very Christian, very Mother Mary/Lady Pope, very Golden Dawn. Very Not My Vibe.

This is another one I struggled a lot with when I was teaching myself the Shadowscapes deck. That deck’s Fool and Empress share a strong visual connection, and so I found myself often pulling up the High Priestess or even the Queen of Pentacles when trying to recall the Empress. Of course, the High Priestess comes first, so when reciting the Major Arcana to myself as I tried to fall asleep, I’d often only make it as far as Magician (which was usually actually me pulling up the Two of Pents anyways) before getting frustrated and just moving on to the Minors.

Add to it that I didn’t have a great relationship with feminine energy at the time (sooo “I’m not like other girls” type growing up) and that her pose is very reminiscent of the crucifixion, and I just really noped out of the High Priestess when I was first learning (honestly, I really didn’t have the time of day for her or the Empress, or the Emperor and Hierophant. The whole lot just gave me massive status quo/patriarchy/gender norms and religious rules that turned me way way off).

Looking at the RWS doesn’t offer much departure from that. The next four Majors are basically just authoritative looking figures in robes, with a few variations on accessories, all sitting there, waiting to tell you how disappointed they are that you aren’t married with children yet.

Baggage, me? What makes you say that? :P

Surprisingly, the first card that really helped this all start to make sense for me was the Silhouette’s Priestess. I don’t tend to give the Silhouette’s a lot of credit, finding its style to be overly simplistic and symbolism a little trite/shallow (part of why I didn’t mind using it for personalization exercises by scribbling all over it). But sometimes - especially when you’re reading into things too much - a pared down, straightforward image is exactly what you need to have an aha moment.

The connection to an Alice in Wonderland imagery is immediately apparent, and the High Priestess often heralds a time of needing to trust your own intuition to navigate a whirl of confusion. The High Priestess is the one who initiates our hero in a new phase of understanding, and for me, a lady in robes with towers referencing some Biblical something just ain’t it. But Alice, Alice I get. Her adventures down the rabbit hole and behind the looking glass have always resonated with me as an Underworld allegory, a topsy turvy journey of confronting shadow selves and learning lessons in unlikely places, a rite of passage from childhood into adulthood, easily extrapolated into other phases of life - such as transitioning from life through death into an afterlife and beyond.

The Children of the Wheel decks continue this theme of a transformative Underworld journey, both featuring pomegranates and a Full and Crescent moons. The iconography of the RWS Priestess starts to make more sense for me, divorced from its almost compulsory seeming Christianity and set against more organic backdrops. Here, the black and white pillars fell more like ruins from a forgotten age, the Priestesses the keepers of an otherwise lost knowledge. Furthermore, the Ostara Priestess is represented by Monkshood aka Wolfsbane. Nothing is as it seems with these two, and while great knowledge is available in their depths, the path to attain it must be trod carefully.

Finally, the Nameless One just out and out says it: this card is about crossing over. A harbinger corvid watches over the skull of one with coins for the ferryman on its eyes, a snake weaving in and out of the empty sockets of others. Did they attain the wisdom written on the scroll, or did they fail their initiation? Only the Moon knows.

The Shapeshifter tarot carries on the theme of spooky wise birds, and finally makes some of the choices in the Shadowscapes Priestess connect for me. Owls for wisdom, sure. A nest at the hips to show the nurturing/generative energy like the cauldron of rebirth. Lush plantlife like the Magician, but less tamed, more aimlessly organic, and yet growing in deliberate patterns nonetheless. Radiant light like a halo of enlightenment. Now it's a priestess I get.

Like Alice, putting together this month’s article led me down a dozen rabbit holes. I finally read up a little on the B and J pillars (something something Solomon’s temple, very in line with that era of magpie-ing together mysticism from anything that wasn’t nailed down), did some research into the pre-RSW tarot decks (and wandered around some articles on Lenormand, too, because that’s still something I’m tinkering with), and learned a lot about the historical use of various poisonous herbs (a recipe for flying ointment seems like exactly the sort of thing you’d consult a high priestess for). One of the reasons I gravitate so much to tarot in general and Xia Hunt in particular is the layers upon layer of symbolism. Each card is packed with so much information and intention, and peeling them all back bit by bit is a never ending journey. I hope this article inspires you to do a little digging of your own, and I hope you’ll join me again next month when I take a look at the Empress.

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Comparative Tarot: Iterations on the Rider Waite Smith

One of the things that kept me from getting into tarot when I was younger is the look of the classic Rider Waite Smith deck. Its vintage, extremely yellow, vague acid-trip cartoon vibe just did not appeal to me, at all. It is not the only option for cartomancy, but it has very much saturated the market. Most decks you’ll see out there are some kind of riff on the RWS, some more recognizable than others. I learned on the Shadowscapes deck, never realizing it was a RWS reskin. I actually love the core characters from the RWS, I just didn’t know it. Now that I have about a half-dozen decks inspired by the RWS, I wanted to take some time to look at those core characters, and explore the ways the classic iconography is used in some of my favorite decks – especially those painted by favorite artist, Xia Hunt. It’s fascinating to me to see how she takes the same core idea and dresses it in the deck’s unique themes while keeping the central theme. All of my decks have their own personalities, and in doing this project, I hope to explore what it is that makes each deck feel so unique, while all using the same base set of symbolism. So come with me as I explore all 78 cards of a standard RWS tarot deck across an array of different decks: the Shadowscapes, the Silhouettes, the Nameless, The Children of Litha and Ostara, and new to this blog (though I’ve been playing with it for decades), the Shapeshifter Tarot by DJ Conway, Sirona Knight, and Lisa Hunt.

Comparative Tarot: The Fool

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Lunar Cycle Read

For the LUNAR CYCLE Circle Read, the entire deck is spread out in a circle and  key points are read, representing the moon phases. This reading gives timed guidance over the next lunar cycle. For this read, I began with the upcoming New Moon and carried on through to the next Waning Moon. Deck used was The Nameless One by Xia Hunt.

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New Moon

This new moon brings the energy of The Hanged Man. Waiting is a challenge, especially when that waiting is for an end of circumstances that are hard to endure. But remember that this time has a lesson to teach. Be patient and be aware; you are enduring for better things to come.

Waxing Moon

As the moon begins to grow again, so too does your joy. Celebrate the happy things in this phase of the cycle, and enjoy them while they last. Appreciate the temporary while it is here.

Full Moon

The first card I drew was one of The Nameless One’s special oracle cards, the King Cat. This card’s blessing is “I am my best self, and the sole sovereign thereof.” I was inspired to draw deeper for some clarity as to what this self-love was in reference to, and drew the 3 of Blades. Together, these cards speak of laying aside a sense of martyrdom, and possibly leaving a situation which is not best for you. Use the illumination of the full moon to uncover the truth of these feelings, and trust your own instincts. Celebrate yourself, champion yourself, uplift yourself. There is no glory in suffering, and those who love you want you to love you, too.

Waning Moon

As the moon begins to wane, perhaps the glory of the full moon self-love wears a little thin, too. The 10 of Wands carries the weight of the word on its shoulders - not that the world is asking it to. Be wary of trying to take it all on yourself. Breaking your own back when a helping hand is right there is selfish and serves no one. A burden shared is a burden lightened - and sometimes, the act of accepting help is how love can be expressed. Let others show their love for you by accepting their help. They will appreciate it, and so will you.

SYNTHESIS 

This upcoming month offers you the chance to break old cycles. Try to see the bigger picture, and really examine why you take on what you do. Learn from the moments of joy, discover why they make you happy and what you can do to cultivate that energy in your life. Build a life that celebrates you, and remember that true strength comes from asking for help. Those that truly love you will love you even when you’re a “burden”. Let them show you love by accepting their service. Learn the lesson from your time on the hook and be wiser for the experience of it.

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Revealing Prism Spread

This four-card draw helps shed light on a point of confusion or conflict. I shuffle the deck, draw three cards, and lay them at an angle around the center deck.  The first card speaks to how an outside force is influencing your perception. The second shows how an internal bias is at play. The third reveals something about the situation that is hidden to you. Finally, I flip a card from the center deck, which offers an objective truth about the matter.

For this sample spread, I used the Children of Litha deck. My querent asked for clarity regarding “a mental health situation (burnout and questioning if I'm on the autism spectrum) and stuff feeling very confusing”

I asked “Would you like me to focus more on the burnout and how to possibly relieve it, or more on the autism angle? Is it more important to you to alleviate the burnout or to know why you're burnout?”

Querent: “Autism angle please!”

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Outside Influence

The King of Wands in the external position indicates someone in a position of authority, someone whose opinion you trust.

Internal Factors

The Internal position is the All Inverted. This suggests an imbalance internally, a sense that your internal world is literally upside down.

Hidden Aspects

The Devil in the Hidden position speaks of an underlying cause, restless whispers that distract you and drain your energy.

Objective Truth

(image rotated for ease of viewing)The Ten of Swords in the objective position says Enough is Enough, it's time to seek outside help.

Synthesis

All together, these cards speak of an outside force suggesting to you to seek out solutions related to autism. Maybe a friend with autism, maybe research you've done on your own, maybe a family member or even a doctor. But someone who is able to speak with authority on the matter. You should trust them. Their advice resonates with the upside down feeling inside, a gut sense that something about your inner workings just isn't right or is out of balance. Whatever that something is is currently hidden from you, but it is very real. There is actually something inside your body that drains your energy faster than it should, that chips away at your ability to focus and meet your goals. You've felt it, even if you haven't been able to name it. These all support the Ten of Swords telling you it's time to seek out help. Whether that's seeking a diagnosis, or simply doing your own research for coping strategies and talking with friends and family, it's time to reach out to your support group, and build up new ones. You've suffered long enough. It's time to make life easier for you, in whatever shape that takes.

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What happens when you ask for a reading?

People have been asking: What is it like to get a reading from you, Raev? A lot of you are just as new to being read for as I am to having a shop front, so I wanted to pull back the curtain a little bit and let yall know what the process of requesting a reading is like. Many thanks to my lovely volunteers for allowing me to share snippets of our conversations.

Preliminary Chats

When a querent reaches out for a reading, we start with a little Q&A, as I help guide my querents to the right spread for them. Doesn’t have to be in real time, though the process does tend to go quicker when we’re both available to chat at the same time. Often, these exchanges involve me helping the querent narrow down what it is they want to know, since they usually come to me with a general idea but not much in the way of specifics. For example:

Querent: My question would be "What is the best way for me to love them", what do you recommend? Me: I think it depends on what kind of love you're trying to give. I think this might be an interesting one for me to read the Revealing Prism for, as it will show 1) something about them 2) something about you 3) something you don't know and 4) a truth you can act on Querent: Mm, love in a general sense I guess? Like, what is the best way for me to show this person I hold them in high regard / care for them etc. not particularly romantic or familial just.. love? Hard to articulate And yeah, okay! Revealing Prism it is then Me: Sounds good! What deck would you like? Querent: The shadowscapes one? Me: shadowscapes was a good choice for this one, it's a very patient and gentle deck. Very loving and nurturing. It will really understand the vibe you're going for, I think. Querent: That's what I'm hoping for yeah <3

Into the Queue

Once we have the question narrowed down, and the spread and deck decided upon, the appropriate commission is purchased and the querent is added to my queue. Usually the turn around is within a few days, no more than a week. I like to try to do my reading as close to the prelim chats as possible, so that the connection is still fresh in my mind.

The Reading Itself

I will spend some time with the chosen deck, asking it the question on behalf of the querent (“[Name] is seeking actionable advice on how to show them they love them. “They” will be the external card, [Name] will be the internal card, help me show [Name] what is Hidden and reveal to us they can act on.”). While I ask, I shuffle. With some decks, this involves rifling the deck like common playing cards. With others (like the oversized Nameless One), I will spread the whole thing out on the table and just shuffle it all around flat. Circle spreads get arranged in a circle (go figure :P), and Above and Below gets shuffled then turned face up as I search for the signifier card. Oftentimes, I’ll know it's time to stop shuffling and begin reading when a card jumps out of my hand, or the deck splits itself neatly in two in my grip, or the cards start sticking to themselves. I lay out the reading, sit with them for a bit to absorb the interpretation, then start snapping pictures.

The Final Product

Once I’m done with the reading it's time for the write up. Each card is interpreted individually, and in the case of multi-card spreads, a synthesis of what they all say together is also written up. For single cards, I tend to drop the image and the interpretation right into our chat. For longer reads, I send a link to your own personalized doc with all the pictures and write ups. You can see samples of those in my kofi Gallery or on my tumblr under the tag #raevs sample reads.

Follow Up

This is my favorite part. I always love to hear what my querents think of their readings, how it impacts the way they think about things, how it opens up their perceptions, the clarity my readings bring. It especially delights me when they come back after some time later, telling me about the ways they saw the factors described in my readings coming to life before their eyes. I love hearing from my querents and would love to hear from you, too! Come talk tarot with me and let's see what the cards hold for you.

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Above and Below

For the ABOVE + BELOW Card Draw, a Signifier card is chosen to represent a key element of your query. I then shuffle and search for the Signifier, and read the cards above and below it. The cards below speak to negating forces, something holding you back, a struggle. The cards above offer help, advice, and a way forward.

For this read I used The Nameless One tarot and Oracle deck by Xia Hunt. Querant asked for a reading regarding mental health, so I chose to seek out The Star, a card of quiet voices and small lights.

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Signifier

For this read, I chose The Star to serve as the focus for your query about mental health. The Star is the quiet place within us, a light that can only be seen when all others are dim. It takes deliberate effort to listen to it, and hard work to get to a place where you can hear it. It is private, unique to you, and something only you can truly know.

Above

The Above position is that which assists, a force that aids you, a path through. The Six of Blades offers this blessing: “I am safe and protected during both my spiritual and physical journeys.” It eases the way forward, offers closure and the chance to put the past to bed.

Below

The Below position is that which hinders, what holds you back, what makes the path difficult. Normally, the Four of Blades is a respite, a chance to rest. Here it is reversed, indicating that perhaps you have not had time to rest, or a safe space to do so.

Synthesis

In this read, I found the sheer depth of The Star’s placement to be significant. Mental health is a journey, and this placement suggests that on this particular issue, you have a long road ahead of you. The Above says the way is clear, but the Below urges you to clear up whatever obstacle is keeping you from getting the rest you  need. Such a long journey needs places to stop along the way, a chance to put the burden down, to get away from it. Build yourself those safe spaces, those places to rest, and your healing can move forward.

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“Really resonates…spot on… painfully on point” - Lunar Circle Read, Seasonal Circle Read for P

“Really resonated with this reading, particularly the Hidden Aspect part … Definitely a 5 stars from me” - Hidden Aspect Read for PFS

“Thank you! I feel like this reading helped me put into focus what I need to prioritize this summer” - Seasonal Circle Read for T

“I appreciate the insight so much” - Above and Below for GMW

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Why you should commission me as a tarot reader specifically

I'm queer as hell, so therefore my interpretations will be queer as well

Same with being neurodivergent of only god knows what flavor

I say things in my interpretations like "not yet, Ferb"

I have many many lovely decks to choose from

srsly your reading may or may not read like an absolute shitpost depending on the vibe of our pre-reading chats

oh, did I mention you get pre-reading chats? So you're not just like going in blind? I will help you figure out a) what your question even actually is actually and 2) what spread is best for what you want to know

Vague-an (that's vaguely pagan) so I'll probably say things like "oh yeah big Aquarius energy there" but I won't say things like "divine feminine"

oh yeah also I dabble in astrology so i'll say things like "big aquarius energy there"

did I mention the neurodivergent and queer? this reading will not be normative in the slightest

dork ass nerd so you can commission spreads from me like the Tri-Force of Ways You're Awesome or a sakkri from the Kiesha'ra books

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Silhouettes Extras

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Silhouettes Extras

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Nerdy Tumblr Exclusive Spreads

I've been having a lot of fun lately working up some spreads that are deeply nerdy, because I am a dork and I love smashing together my favorite interests. For now, I'm keeping these spreads tumblr exclusive, but I will never say no to tips on my ko-fi page for a read well done.

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Currently, I have available two insight style spreads and one advice one. The insight spreads are a Kingdom Hearts Dive to the Heart, looking into seven facets of your personal power based on the seven Princesses of Heart, and a Tri-Force spread that looks at your active and passive manifestations of Power, Wisdom, and Courage. The advice spread is my interpretation of spinning a sakkri, based on the ahnleh charm from Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Kiesha'ra series.

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How to Frame your Question for Tarot

When new querents contact me, one of the first things they usual say is something along the lines of “I don’t know how to ask this, but…”. We’ll spend some time together one on one, sorting out the heart of what they want to know, and breaking it down into a single sentence I can focus on while reading. While we talk, I work towards one of three loose categories of inquiry: magic 8-ball, find the card, and time frames.

Magic 8-ball

These are your typical yes/no questions. Tarot has a more expansive vocabulary, but employing the same sort of yes/no logic to your inquiry will help you distill down to the heart of your question: should I take the job, is moving to a new city a good idea, am I ready to start dating again. Winnowing your question down to a yes/no gives the answers focus, rather than a more nebulous “what will happen if”. You can ask those sorts of questions, but the answers tend to be more opened ended because your question was open ended. Making yourself spend time with your questions and shaping them down into yes/no questions helps you understand what is most important to you right now, and ensures the reading is focusing on what you most want to know.

Find The Card

These are great for when you know nebulously what area of life you want insight into, but don’t have enough to frame it into a yes/no. When working with a querent, I will often get a sense that their inquiry relates to domain of a certain card, and looking for that card in the deck will give insight into the factors currently affecting that domain. When a querent is struggling to balance their work/home life, I look to cards like the Magician, Chariot, or Temperance. For someone going through a rough patch, I might start with the Hermit or Hanged Man. This is where a working familiarity with the cards’ general meaning comes really in handy.

Time Frames

Finally, some folks don’t have a specific question so much as a time frame they want insight on. Maybe a partner is going out of town for work, or summer vacation is a big question mark, or they have a major event coming soon. These kinds of readings, I like to spread my whole deck out in a circle and move over it until certain cards jump out at me, but that’s just me. Something as simple as a three card reading for start/middle/end would work just as well.

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How to Frame your Question for Tarot

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