Great information...this is just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Thank you for letting me know this spread has been useful to you, catcomeback. I'm glad to know I've been able to help other readers with a problem I've long struggled with (the resolutely "questionless" querent).
Great spread think this will come in very useful for me, was wondering if you think this spread could work using an Oracle deck as well as using tarot?
Hi Tigerangel, thanks for your interest in the spread and for asking this good question.
Yes, I do think this spread works equally as well with non-tarot cards as with tarot, and that's because the questions are not dependent on the things that characterize many of the popular branches of tarot (e.g. archetypes, e.g. elements, e.g. Kabbalah, e.g. court cards, etc.). If I were doing a spread related to the four elements, or the Tree of Life, or archetypal personalities/roles like the The Mother, etc., then I would personally prefer to use a tarot deck.
And even then, that's just my personal preference. An imaginative and intelligent reader can use any type of card with any spread to good effect.
However, I offer one caveat: although oracle cards (and playing cards, for that matter) in general are perfectly suitable for the spread, certain minorities within the oracle world might not be the best choice. I'm thinking of Lenormand-style cards, for example. I've only briefly dipped my toe in that world but from what I understand, Lenormand-style cards are most effectively read with one of the old-style techniques that developed in Europe; they don't tend to lend themselves to modern tarot spreads in the way that many of the general oracle cards out there do so well.
I'd love to hear what oracle you choose for this spread and if you happen to want to post the reading somewhere on Aeclectic, perhaps you could share the link here.
Cheers.
C