New Soltice/Seasonal Ways of reading?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 14 Dec 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Cerulean	14 Dec 2003
www.balsamicmoon.com Click on tarot to the right and there are winter solstice and a summer reading (for those down under facing heat). --------------------------------------------------- Tarot For All Seasons Links--I'm exploring them below. http://www.illuminationtarot.com/in...rot_allsea.html www.illuminationtarot.com/insights http://illuminationtarot.com/insights/spreads.html ------------------------------ I'm trying something different than my old methods of reading... Do you have a different way of reading certain decks? What are your favorite decks and methods? For learning new decks I like the single and three-card past/present/future draws. For Thoth-based decks, I actually like to consult booklets and my take on the pictures second. I find the pictures more abstract. I found that I'm more familiar with Marseilles tarots first, so pictorial elements and then my take on what the numbers are in context come in second. For a three of Cups, for instance, I might remember the Empress of the majors, then the three graces in context. For the three of swords, I might think of the Empress as a mother image, then remember a kind of heartbreak scene. I'm thinking my pictures are now mixed with Rider Waite style memories, as well, so it's refreshing to get a new deck...but I'm experimenting with new ways of reading in the next few weeks... (I'm sorry for my previous glitch: I heard startling news (U.S. Forces captured Hussain ) and my neighbor knocked on our doors a minute ago.

MeeWah	14 Dec 2003
Mari_Hoshizaki: Thanks for sharing the links! Especially like Balsamic Moon site very much; bookmarked the site. The spreads are interesting & worth trying. Do not know that I use different methods for different decks, but aside from using the daily card with unfamiliar decks, I tend to use 1-Card & 3-Card spreads. Those hold up well with all decks as they are concise & succinct.

Imagemaker	15 Dec 2003
In the one and only tarot class I took, the teacher used a 4-card spread for all types of questions: . . . . . .2 1. . . . . 3 . . . . . . 4 Where 1 represents the issue or question. 2, 3, 4 represent different bits of information to consider about the issue. I don't know if this spread has a name. The teacher was a gifted reader in other methods, too. He emphasized using our intuition in interpreting the cards, to develop our own meanings for each card. I've found this 4-card spread to be very useful in any specific situation. Notice that it eliminates the question of time (no past/future position), which often is only our need to impose order and control on Knowing. I work at letting go of that need, but it's a huge challenge!

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