Anyone heard of this "sword" spread?

nina · 23-10-2002

Hello,
I picked up a little bargain gift box at Border's (hey, it was only $4.99) with a little tarot deck and a book called "Tarot Basics" by Evilin(sic.) Burger and Johannes Fiebig. Their card interpretations seem a little out of left field, but there are about six pages of different spreads (please, a break from the Celtic Cross!). One of them is called "The Sword":

...........4
.......2..1..5..6..7
...........3

1.The heart of the matter
2.Your starting point
3.Your support/ base/ foundation
4.Your chance/ what will aid you
5.A problem that's being solved
6.A desire that's being fufilled
7.New knowledge and insights

It seems kind of strange to me to do a reading in the shape of a sword, and given the positional meanings, what sort of question would it be used for?
Has anyone else ever seen this one? What do you think of it?
-Nina

Sinta · 23-10-2002

I've seen this spread before but haven't tried it yet, so I cant give you much info on it

But I know a good few people use it to understand an obstacle and over come it. Well that's what I understand. It's written in my Das Falken Praxisbuch zum Waite-Tarot.

Kazz · 23-10-2002

Yes I know this spread. It is in a book I have by Evelin Burger & Johannes Fiebig.
I have use it once, and it's main use is for questions you may have regarding decisions.
I used it when I was having a hard time deciding what to do, and it worked quite well, although I had a little trouble with positions 5 & 6 (can't remember what cards i had) but I just can remember that I had trouble reading them in those positions.
I have tried it again without the decision making question, and it doesn't seem to work very well, so I think I will only use for it's main purpose.
I hope this helps you

Cheers
Kazz

**Trogon** · 23-10-2002

Hi nina

I had seen this spread before, but like Sinta, I haven't had the opportunity to use it yet. As for what type of problem or question you might want to use it for... I always thought that it would be good for the time when you needed to really "pierce the heart of the situation". A serious question where you needed to "cut through the knots of confusion".

Okay... sorry, those sounded like bad puns... and to an extent were meant to be, but those actually were the thoughts that had occured to me the first time I saw the spread.

nina · 24-10-2002

Hello,
Trogon, whose afraid of bad puns? If the spread's worthwhile, I'll take a stab at it.
-Nina

meatbox666 · 24-10-2002

LOL
I picked up the same bargain gift box. it had a Tarot basicss book to go with it. I have used the sword spread and I like the Ultimate Goal spread.

DarkElectric · 24-10-2002

I have this book, and I like it too.
Some of the spreads seem to sort of repeat themselves, and the names for the placement positions of the cards I sometimes find less than effective, but I've actually used the sword spread, and I like it. I like the "Ultimate Goal", and the "Question Game" spreads as well.

nina Citizen Join Date: 24 Sep 2002 Location: New York Posts: 222	Anyone heard of this "sword" spread? Hello, I picked up a little bargain gift box at Border's (hey, it was only $4.99) with a little tarot deck and a book called "Tarot Basics" by Evilin(sic.) Burger and Johannes Fiebig. Their card interpretations seem a little out of left field, but there are about six pages of different spreads (please, a break from the Celtic Cross!). One of them is called "The Sword": ...........4 .......2..1..5..6..7 ...........3 1.The heart of the matter 2.Your starting point 3.Your support/ base/ foundation 4.Your chance/ what will aid you 5.A problem that's being solved 6.A desire that's being fufilled 7.New knowledge and insights It seems kind of strange to me to do a reading in the shape of a sword, and given the positional meanings, what sort of question would it be used for? Has anyone else ever seen this one? What do you think of it? -Nina

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Sinta Citizen Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: Where the sea kisses my soul.... Posts: 190	I've seen this spread before but haven't tried it yet, so I cant give you much info on it But I know a good few people use it to understand an obstacle and over come it. Well that's what I understand. It's written in my Das Falken Praxisbuch zum Waite-Tarot. __________________ Iniquity tips her quill, Sinta~

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Kazz Citizen Join Date: 03 May 2002 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 986	Yes I know this spread. It is in a book I have by Evelin Burger & Johannes Fiebig. I have use it once, and it's main use is for questions you may have regarding decisions. I used it when I was having a hard time deciding what to do, and it worked quite well, although I had a little trouble with positions 5 & 6 (can't remember what cards i had) but I just can remember that I had trouble reading them in those positions. I have tried it again without the decision making question, and it doesn't seem to work very well, so I think I will only use for it's main purpose. I hope this helps you Cheers Kazz __________________ Every time I close the door on reality it comes through the windows. .........."Unknown" I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ..........."same author"

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Trogon Citizen Join Date: 27 Aug 2002 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 2,395	Hi nina I had seen this spread before, but like Sinta, I haven't had the opportunity to use it yet. As for what type of problem or question you might want to use it for... I always thought that it would be good for the time when you needed to really "pierce the heart of the situation". A serious question where you needed to "cut through the knots of confusion". Okay... sorry, those sounded like bad puns... and to an extent were meant to be, but those actually were the thoughts that had occured to me the first time I saw the spread. __________________ "A famous person once said; 'you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time' ... but, as I (an even more famous person) say; 'if you don't teach them to read, you can fool them whenever you like!'" [Max Headroom]

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DarkElectric Citizen Join Date: 14 Aug 2001 Location: Adrift Posts: 2,270	I have this book, and I like it too. Some of the spreads seem to sort of repeat themselves, and the names for the placement positions of the cards I sometimes find less than effective, but I've actually used the sword spread, and I like it. I like the "Ultimate Goal", and the "Question Game" spreads as well. __________________ "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" Hunter S. Thompson

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meatbox666 Citizen Join Date: 13 Apr 2002 Location: DC Posts: 377	LOL I picked up the same bargain gift box. it had a Tarot basicss book to go with it. I have used the sword spread and I like the Ultimate Goal spread.

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