Samweiss
As John Lennon once wrote: "You might well arsk!" I have a four-page text on suggested ways to read the spread, but I'm reluctant to post it here and just give it to the world since I plan on putting it in my "advanced spreads" publication. I'd be happy to send it to you for your feedback but we can't send attachments by PM. To answer your specific question, the 3-card extensions would be read as a longer-range "story" progressing from the "immediate outcome" card at position #6 or #7, depending on whether an "active" or "passive" stance looks more promising for the querent (that is, which "train" shows the most obvious "success path"). Card #12 or card #15 would show the ultimate consequences of following through on the advice suggested by card #6 or #7. I would envision populating and reading only one of them, and only if more than an immediate outlook is desired.
Thanks for the info. I guess trying the spread might clear that up. But yeah, I might be interested in your publication of spreads. I remember trying your spread for ancestor work and it was great.
There are many different spreads but also many different kinds of spreads and not all of them can easily be read positionally. For example, the Opening of the Key has no real positions but rather a "method," making the spread more like a long meditation rather than a fortune telli.
Me, I use a kind of Tree of Life spread which is built gradually and doesn't really have set positions or end result. Some spreads have more of a "flow" rather than positions.
I agree. I'm familiar with OOTK as it's a spread I use quite often. In fact, almost all the spread In my regular use are without fixed positions. OOTK can actually be quite fluid once you get familiar or fluent with it. I also like to read it with long, ponderous style, and what I meant with "fortune-tellery" style is that usually my reading lacks that psychological lingo and is more about the external events. (Things like moods and attitudes are not totally absent, of course). I see Barleywine's spread now more as a "hybrid". Bit like the 15-card spread from Thoth's LWB, which is a positional spread but uses three cards per position.