Shade
One point of clarification, this is just me asking how YOU personally lay out teh square of nine.
I like using the square of nine but I waver sometimes as to how to choose the central card. In the past I've selected a card to address a certain topic and placed that in the center, dealt the center card first, and dealt the center card fifth. I was just wondering how others approached this.
Select a central card of the correct topic (i.e. Fish for a question about money)
Select a random card for the center and place it first (and then the 9 cards around it)
Select a random card for the center and place it fifth (the central card is the card taht naturally came fifth when laying out the cards
Select a card of the correct topic, shuffle and find it in the spread laying out the cards before and after it in the spread as well
Other: Something I've not listed here.
I like using the square of nine but I waver sometimes as to how to choose the central card. In the past I've selected a card to address a certain topic and placed that in the center, dealt the center card first, and dealt the center card fifth. I was just wondering how others approached this.
Select a central card of the correct topic (i.e. Fish for a question about money)
Select a random card for the center and place it first (and then the 9 cards around it)
Select a random card for the center and place it fifth (the central card is the card taht naturally came fifth when laying out the cards
Select a card of the correct topic, shuffle and find it in the spread laying out the cards before and after it in the spread as well
Other: Something I've not listed here.