A Tarot Spread for the Making of Your Path
Cherubis, Budews, and Bellsprouts, I had another Pokéspread idea I just have to share with you.
This spread idea follows a lot like gameplay of Pokémon Red. You, Red, have just arrived at Oak’s Lab with your rival, Blue, to receive your very first Pokémon. It’s a big world out there, and you and this Pokémon you choose are going to go through all of it. Gym battles, trainer battles, catching new pokémon, stopping bad guys, and becoming the true champion of the game. The destiny of this path lies before you - who do you pick?
We’ll be using this as a metaphor for life: to represent us, enemies, teachers, and varying traits of all. What we pull in this spread shows us what we, a little budding trainer, are going out into the world with.
Without further ado, here’s how to ‘play’ this spread…
Step One: Red, Blue, and Professor Oak
These are represented in the diagram by the big more primary shaded boxes.
Red is you. Pull this card to see the innate attitudes and gifts you brought into this life.
Blue is your rival. Pull this card to show who those you wish to keep you down are, what they stand for.
Green is professor oak. Pull this card to show your teacher (life guardians) of your youth and the knowledge they instilled in you as a fledging being.
Lay out three cards like the pokéballs on the table. See the tiny diagram for the pokéballs? These colours represent the game play. Red pokéball is charmander the fire pokémon, blue is squirtle the water pokémon, and green is bulbasaur the grass pokémon. These three cards represent them in this order. Now, there are two methods of how you may pick.
Intuitive: Pick your pokéball/pokémon and put it in front of your card, then pick the traditional foe placement for your rival, and the leftover pokémon for professor oak.
Game Play: Pick the pokéball/pokémon you are most likely to pick in game play and place it in front of your card, then pick the traditional foe placement for your rival, and the leftover pokémon for professor oak.
Whichever method you choose, you and your rival now have your first pokémon, whilst one is left on Oak’s table.
Once you go to exit, Blue asks to battle, right? Well, flip your cards and see what forces are at play. These chosen pokémon are represented by the darker colours in the main diagram.
Dark Red is your pokémon. This represents a skill you wield in the world, your battle weapon and sword against barriers and negativity.
Dark Blue is your rival’s pokémon. This represents what hateful people will use against you and try to belittle you with, the obstacles you face.
Dark Green is Oak’s retired pokémon. This represents something not fully affirmed in childhood, a teaching left behind that you may need to work on and revisit.
And that’s it! You’re on your quest to catch 'em all!
I really hope this spread helps someone out there ❤️
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