#five card spread

[sunreiderson]

Hiiii can you do a current energy feel reading on jam pls 💕

Okay, this reading became very long because this miscommunication thing has been plaguing me for weeks and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. So you’re the lucky reading who got an extended cut. 

How does Sam feel about the Relationship: Temperance. This is a card that symbolizes patience. Sam’s being incredibly patient in this relationship right now, maybe even trying to keep the peace. He cares about this relationship and wants to make sure it remains harmonious. 

How does Jacob feel about the Relationship:   The Ten of Wands, reversed. He’s tired, but he’s trying to rest and recover now. He’s looking for support during this time, and perhaps trying to re-delegate tasks and balance work and life and recreation better.

How is the relationship going: Ten of Pentacles, reversed. When upright, The Ten of Pentacles is a card about family, community, and financial stability. However, this card is reversed. That means these two are struggling because there is discord somehow- maybe someone is concerned about family, or how they are being perceived by their social circle at large. They could be afraid of losing approval, or they could be being prompted to change their behaviors. This card, because it is a pentacles card, also suggests a preoccupation with wealth when reversed. 

Why is the relationship going this way: King of Swords. Here’s my personal read on this: The King of Swords represents a strategic leader, an authority figure who thinks with their head and not their heart. They seek order, and are impartial to emotions and sentimental connections or inclinations. If this figure is hovering over the relationship and giving advice, they are making it very hard for Jam to sort through their feelings. Alternatively, if one half of Jam is approaching the relationship in an overly practical way, they are still not communicating about their feelings. 

Do they work it out: The Chariot, Reversed. This card is often a very powerful card, upright or reversed. Upright, this card is about driving forward successfully, in one direction to a goal. However, this card is reversed. This means someone is being pulled in different directions. They need to stop and consider which of these directions they truly want to go before they start to move again. Then they can truly find success. I think this means Jam can patch things up, but they need to settle everything else on their lives first. 

[soudaphobic]

6-20-2026 general/broad question tarot reading

decks used:

The Wild Unknown Archetypes by Kim Krans

Dragon Path Oracle by Caroline Mitchell and Tiras Verey

WILD ARCHETYPES

LXI.The Mask

The persona, the performance, the reveal

"We often think of a mask as something that conceals our identity yet contemplate the possibility that The Mask permits our true identity to be revealed. It allows. The Mask gives voice to that which was previously rejected. When this card appears, enact the side of you that is seeking expression, yet was never given a role to play on the stage of your life. You are in the realm of theater, so anything is possible. Speak with Other's voice, embody the Other's limbs. You are taking part in the ritual of expanding The Self. There may be mischief and deception around, and others may be trying on new masks too. No one is sure who is who. It's likely you've become so attached to a single mask that you need to fall face forward into this perception-bending time. Trust it."

XXX. The One

Nonduality, one love, unus mundus

"Our ability to experience this archetype firsthand is limited. It comes in brief and potent moments that we are left to savor for a lifetime. The One is both the energy that unites all living beings and our capacity to sense this intimate union. This archetype eludes us most of our lives, appearing as a concept in a distant galaxy. Yet when we are in the midst of its power, a solemn reverence falls across all the land. We glimpse ourselves in the vastness of all consciousness and are neither small nor large within that field. We are neither important nor unimportant. All duality fades away and we are left with what is-the previous knowing that life is a gift, and we are both the giver and the receiver of this fortune."

XI. The Queen

The Empress, the mother queen, the sovereign

"Like her counterpart The KIng, The Queen has a dualistic nature. Either she presides over the realm with grace and eloquence that comes from the heavens to uplift the spirit of others or she falls into petty contemptuos moods casting a shadow across the land. If The KIng is ego, The Queen is the expression of that ego in the world. She is the lotus's bloom, the dancer's bow, the moon's radiant reflection. When The Queen is seated in her rightful (and righteous) place, she is patient, and forgiving. She waits for the grace of god and goddess to move through her, striving and grasping for nothing. To be the benevolent leader, to embody The Queen is to settle into deep trust, resolve, and power. The royal Queen fears nothing, for divinity itself cradles her heart."

DRAGON PATH

XXXI. Gaia

Courage

"The dragon Gaia is the Earth Keeper and carries Gaia's ancient knowledge deep within her. She is one of the oldest dragons yet to come to Earth. "I am the etheric body of your planet, I urge you to protect her and all who dwell upon her. I will guide you into restoring balance. What is done cannot be undone, and alas some things are gone forever. Have courage to stand up for what you believe in your heart to be true and I will stand with you. You can be that change" Call upon her support when you are working on a new project and need to anchor its energy fully. You can invoke her wisdom when any form of group work is taking place, to anchor the collective vibration to the planet. Make use of her grounding energy! She is also here now to help ground the frequencies of the 5th dimension and above, which are coming in to our consciousness. She will guide us when we are ready to re-ignite the light of Earth's grids. The deep healing this invokes will help Gaia and us as humans to build peace on Earth and a future that is sustainable."

XXI. Merlin the Dragon

Discovery

"Merlin the Dragon, to give him his full name, is an incredibly large and sage old dragon whose message is one of teaching and learning. If he has found his way into your reading today his message is this: "Not all things are as they seem, some are images being reflected back in order for you to understand discernment and learn the lessons of self-trust. Only once you have done this, will you discover how to stand in your own power and own who you truly are." The Grand Master Dragons are able to shape-shift between their dragon and human or angelic form. In whichever guise he adopts, Merlin is "the teacher of the teachers", so heed his wise council: "You are unable to teach others until you fully understand the lessons yourself. Once you have mastered these, you are in a position of clarity and ownership and can share your wisdom with integrity and power. Until then hold your tongue and continue your journey, discovering what you need to learn, understand and own. Only then will you be in the place of authority to share your knowledge with others." If you notice that owls keep crossing your path, know that Merlin is around and willing to share his infinite wisdom with you and show you what you need to learn. He will stretch you, and often answer questions with another from within. He is not an easy Grand Master to work with, but he will guide you well."

REPEATING NUMBERS

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[willowmckinley]

Would love some director’s commentary on this section of “Five Card Spread:”

Raylan fell to the floor, slipping into death. Shadows welled up to engulf him, and they fell away to reveal his skeletal remains, dressed in a black shadows.

The gold of Boyd’s soul was already leaking from the wound. Raylan pressed his skeletal hand down over the wound, doing his best to hold the rest in. He spooled the gold thread that had already escaped with his bony finger.

He took his time to collect it nicely. He made so many mistakes as a child. As he collected Boyd’s soul, he realized how badly he had tangled it. Raylan was such a fool boy. He unspooled Boyd’s soul. In death, he spent ages upon ages untangling the mess he had made of the thread. He wrapped it around his wrist, making sure it held well.

He rewrote reality. Boyd was dead. Boyd was alive. Boyd's chest was pierced. Boyd’s chest was fine.

Raylan pulled out a pair of scissors from his breast pocket. He called his own soul out, so he could clip about six inches. He tied the gold tight to Boyd’s own, before sending both strands home.

Raylan slipped back into life as Boyd opened his eyes. Boyd sat up with Raylan’s help. “I don’t know if it’s a good thing that keeps getting easier and easier,” he said with a slight groan of pain.

“Where—what happened?” Ava swallowed. Raylan didn’t know how long he spent in death.

Blues and reds flooded the floor through the windows.

“Can we say this was an accident, Ava?” Raylan asked softly.

“What?” she asked.

“Boyd won’t bother you no more,” Raylan said, “I promise.”

“Don’t go making promises you can’t keep, Raylan,” Boyd scolded.

“Please,” Raylan begged.

Ava scowled. “Oh, well, if you promise," she said, bitter and sarcastic.

Awww, thank you, ac :D

While writing this scene, I had worried that I would have implied that Boyd only became a criminal because Raylan "tangled" his soul. At least with commentary, I can at least make it clear that Boyd became an asshole militant all on his own, haha.

The tangling itself was more of a visual metaphor for relationships and how badly we damage them without even meaning to. The tangled gold thread is in its literal depiction, about Raylan, a child, stuffing Boyd's soul back in his body without care to organization because he's so fucking scared, because their daddies exert power over them they shouldn't because they're helpless, because Raylan almost lost Boyd again. In a more metaphorical sense, Raylan leaving Boyd after the mine collapse tangled their relationship, and only now is Raylan getting a chance to apologize and sort out their messy feelings.

Obviously, this doesn't solve everything, but it gives them a chance they hadn't had before. Boyd himself says that Raylan's making a promise he might not be able to keep, because the future is now dependent on what they do with this second chance. But Raylan going through the trouble of untangling Boyd's soul and caring enough to do so and loving enough to pull him back together and adding his own soul into Boyd, which gives them better odds, maybe.

The line about this being "easier and easier" was fun for me, because on one hand, this is Boyd's third time in this fic dying and being resurrected by Raylan's hand. But I did somewhat want to imply that he had other moments as well, that were shown off screen. This fic was fairly minimalistic, in that it was snapshots of their lives, and aside from Death herself, I didn't spend a lot of time thinking on the gaps. I suppose Boyd must have died once or twice in Raylan's absence, and either Raylan's Death or time brought him back, considering his soul is contractually bound to his body. The easy part wasn't from his experience dying, but the care with which Raylan brought him back to life.

As for Ava, she has been through a long day and her crush is asking for the impossible and she just killed her husband, so I think she's willing to acquiesce to Raylan's big ask, if only to be done with the day. At the end of the fic, a bunch of marshals and emts are about to burst through the door, and no one is going to have a good night, after this, considering Raylan's about to recuse himself from the case and Ava's drinking at her counter and Boyd is snuggled up nicely under Raylan's arms, but, like, both of them are super reluctant and tsundere about the whole thing.

[readingsbylily]

Blockages Spread: What’s Blocking Me?

A lot of us have been feeling a little stuck lately, so I thought I’d share a simple, quick spread that I like to use when trying to figure out what blockages I’m facing and how I should best move forward.

Please feel free to use this as a jumping off point to creating your own spreads! Add cards, change questions or positions, etc. until your spread feels right to you.

As always, I love to chat so please feel free to send me a message or to reach out for a reading or divination lesson! ✨

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[science-and-sigils]

Survive, but Also Thrive: Cartomancy Spread

Survive, but Also Thrive: Cartomancy Spread

Hello everyone! Today I have a cartomancy spread! I designed it with tarot in mind but it should be adaptable to oracle, Lenormand, or other types of cards!

It is a five card spread. The questions are:

How can I know when to push myself?

How can I know when it is better to rest?

What can I do to help me survive?

What can I do to help me thrive?

Additional message or advice?

It is aimed at anyone…

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[thecrossstitchwitch]

❄️☃️❄️WINTER INSPIRED SPREAD❄️☃️❄️

I. FROZEN

Parts of your life or your being that are taking a temporary break, having gone into stasis only to emerge upon spring. 

II. DEAD

Things that you are now done with, perhaps a difficult situation that is now withered and will trouble you no longer. Or maybe something good from this past year which you enjoyed, but now its time has passed, leaving space for new opportunities and experiences to follow.  

III. HEARTH

Like a fireplace this person/place/experience will be your shelter from the cold this winter. Something in your life that is akin to wrapping yourself up in a cozy blanket on a cold night. It gives you strength to think about it, and you’ll look forward to returning to it when the season becomes too harsh to bear. 

IV. QUIET

Things to reflect on in this still season. Winter always seems to be the quietest time of year (barring the holidays) and it might help to spend some of this time contemplating this card. 

V. FESTIVE

Something joyful and merry coming your way! An event that will occur this winter that will give cause to celebrate and share your happiness with others. 

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[blamethemoon-blog]

I don’t care how silly it sounds, Bob Ross is absolutely part of my pop culture pantheon, so I made this tarot spread in honor of his wisdom.

HAPPY LITTLE TREES: The Joy of Painting Spread

1. This is Your World - Your power in the situation

2. Happy Accidents - A possible positive outcome from the situation

3. Bravery Test - A risk you may need to take to succeed

4. Beat the Devil Out of It - What needs to be cleansed or removed from the situation

5. A Whisper Floating Across a Mountain - Advice from the cards

“The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

[bookofshadowsonline]

Divination Practice, 8/18/17

Medium: Oracle cards Type: The Psychic Tarot for the Heart, John Holland Method: Five Card Draw Question: Relationship Advice

First Card - Me - Open Up Second Card - Other - Helpless & Hopeless Third Card - Combination - Lead Fourth Card - Future - Simply Love Fifth Card - Advice - Darkest Fears

  What I read it to mean: You are emotionally holding back, afraid of scaring off the Other.  You should consider what this means for the two of you.  Your opposite is in an unsure position, uncertain of how to proceed.  You should use that emotional energy of yours to provide a sense of future and stability, which will lead into a positive and constructive future.  Don’t let your fears keep you from your truth.

What the Guidebook says:

You have closed yourself off, due to sadness and/or fear.  It is preventing you from moving forward into more healthy relationship energies.  Allow your energies to flow freely, without overwhelming them with a need to exert control.

Your opposite is afraid that they may be in a life situation that actively is preventing them from being in a fulfilling relationship.  They feel helpless to change that situation, and hopeless within it.  Decisions can be made to improve the circumstances, however, and much of that paralysis is emotionally driven instead of locked into physical circumstance.

The combination card suggests that focus should be directed onto what you can do to help guide your opposite out of their circumstances.  Intelligently and cooperatively decide what you can do together to help everyone’s needs be met.  Be proactive and make certain that everyone is getting what they need to grow into a healthy relationship.

Your future promises a pure, simple, innocent love.  Happy times and free-flowing abundance are ahead.

Your advice is to not allow your fears and anxieties to paralyze you into inaction.  Do not question your worthiness.  Head forth, utilizing the strength of your positive energies, and push aside your hesitation.