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Here is a spread I designed a couple of years ago to be used at the Winter Solstice or on Christmas Eve. It is based on the novella 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.
Background
'A Christmas Carol' was offered as a Victorian novella in 1843 by Charles Dickens. The story is a morality tale about an old and bitter miser called Ebenezer Scrooge, who has contempt for everything in life but money, including friendship, love and the Christmas season itself. Late one Christmas Eve Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption. He is visited by a series of ghosts who offer him glimpses of his past, the present and what is yet to be…
The spread
Shuffle up your favourite deck and deal out five cards. The first is placed centrally above the next three which are laid out horizontally. The final card is placed centrally below Cards 2,3 and 4. The cards, laid out roughly in the shape of a star, should be interpreted as a Christmas reflection. The card positions are labelled after the chapters (Staves) of Dickens' book.
Card 1: Stave I: 'Marley's Ghost': sets the overall theme for the reading.
Card 2: Stave II: 'The First of the Three Spirits': The Ghost of Christmas Past offers a glimpse of the shadows of what has passed.
Card 3: Stave III: 'The Second of the Three Spirits':' The Ghost of Christmas Present' offers insight into what is currently happening in your life.
Card 4: Stave IV: 'The Last of the Three Spirits': 'The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come' offers a view of what might occur if circumstances do not change.
Card 5: Stave V: 'The End of It' offers advice on the best way to progress.
Here is a spread I designed a couple of years ago to be used at the Winter Solstice or on Christmas Eve. It is based on the novella 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.
Background
'A Christmas Carol' was offered as a Victorian novella in 1843 by Charles Dickens. The story is a morality tale about an old and bitter miser called Ebenezer Scrooge, who has contempt for everything in life but money, including friendship, love and the Christmas season itself. Late one Christmas Eve Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption. He is visited by a series of ghosts who offer him glimpses of his past, the present and what is yet to be…
The spread
Shuffle up your favourite deck and deal out five cards. The first is placed centrally above the next three which are laid out horizontally. The final card is placed centrally below Cards 2,3 and 4. The cards, laid out roughly in the shape of a star, should be interpreted as a Christmas reflection. The card positions are labelled after the chapters (Staves) of Dickens' book.
Card 1: Stave I: 'Marley's Ghost': sets the overall theme for the reading.
Card 2: Stave II: 'The First of the Three Spirits': The Ghost of Christmas Past offers a glimpse of the shadows of what has passed.
Card 3: Stave III: 'The Second of the Three Spirits':' The Ghost of Christmas Present' offers insight into what is currently happening in your life.
Card 4: Stave IV: 'The Last of the Three Spirits': 'The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come' offers a view of what might occur if circumstances do not change.
Card 5: Stave V: 'The End of It' offers advice on the best way to progress.
