Yes and No answers

I was watching a video on how to get Yes and No answers in Tarot - it suggested that you pull your first 3 cards and if you get a Wheel of Fortune it's typically a Yes and if you get a Death card it's a No. But then there are all the other cards which can crop up which lead to these answers but can be less clear....
If you don't get either the WoF or Death card, how do you read a Yes or No generally?

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On her blog, Mary K. Greer describes a Yes/No spread that uses the Wheel of Fortune as a "Yes," "No" or "Maybe" index depending on where it falls in the spread. I have a spread I created (it's listed in my spread index in the Tarot Spreads sub-forum) that considers a range of probability using Elemental Dignities. I also have a table posted somewhere here that gives a list of what I call "Yes-leaning," "No-leaning" and "Maybe" cards that I consider as inputs in a reading but don't use as absolutes.

Barleywine said:

On her blog, Mary K. Greer describes a Yes/No spread that uses the Wheel of Fortune as a "Yes," "No" or "Maybe" index depending on where it falls in the spread. I have a spread I created (it's listed in my spread index in the Tarot Spreads sub-forum) that considers a range of probability using Elemental Dignities. I also have a table posted somewhere here that gives a list of what I call "Yes-leaning," "No-leaning" and "Maybe" cards that I consider as inputs in a reading but don't use as absolutes.

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Thanks, that's great - I've just found the Mary K Greer blog online that you're referring to which I'm going to practice. I'll read through your responses and try to find the Elemental Dignities and the table.

NuggetMagic said:

I was watching a video on how to get Yes and No answers in Tarot - it suggested that you pull your first 3 cards and if you get a Wheel of Fortune it's typically a Yes and if you get a Death card it's a No. But then there are all the other cards which can crop up which lead to these answers but can be less clear....
If you don't get either the WoF or Death card, how do you read a Yes or No generally?

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From your description of the construct of the spread, it sounds like neither card appearing means MAYBE. You'd have to look at the three cards to see whether it's Maybe Yes, Maybe No or just Maybe.

rwcarter said:

From your description of the construct of the spread, it sounds like neither card appearing means MAYBE. You'd have to look at the three cards to see whether it's Maybe Yes, Maybe No or just Maybe.

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Thank you.