Bernice said:
I asked someone for a 'test' question using this 3-card layout. But he just wanted a general reading, so I changed the question to;
"What aspect of this persons life should be addressed?"
Querent:......1#...5 Swords (Assassin)
Quesited:....2#...5 Batons (Fragile Balance)
Interaction:..3#...Ace Cups (Divine Oneness)
(? ! ?). I interpreted this as:
The querent is in the process of surreptitiously attempting to tip-the-scales in a delicate situation.The interaction card suggests that he is doing it in very postive way, most likely to completely reconcile all differences.
Nice judgement. Fits well to how you've phrased it.
Bernice said:
Is this how you would have tackled the request for a 'general' reading?
I probably would have done a different spread
, but let's say that was not an option.
I might view the positions as
Card #1 - The querent's current general state.
Card #2 - The knowable external circumstances in his life.
Card #3 - The unseen 'celestial' influences in his life.
I'm not a big fan of the 'general reading', and I usually ask the querent to phrase their questions as "yes/no questions". Tarot is a
predictive art. Any single card could mean a hundred different things. Making the querent articulate what they
really want to know, makes a huge difference in the results. If we follow the school of thought that says
it is the sincere desire to know that makes divination possible, then the querent who doesn't
really want to know something, the case for most general reading requester, simple isn't generating enough 'psychic energy' to cause the Gods to bother giving them an answer. Most of us will want to reinterpret that last sentence in Jungian terms.
If forced to do a "general reading', I'm obviously put in a position of giving a generalized answer,
"Overall 'the Gods' smile on you (A Cups), but yet you labor to keep it all together (5 Batons). It looks like the problem is you. Being more open, honest, and less aggressive (5 Swords) might work better for you."
Sometimes 'tough love' is the way forward.
If I can, of course, I like to give them a solution.
When
'bad cards' show up, like here. Where do we find
the solution? Any ideas?
I'll throw a couple out, but first, how about some coffee and cake?