Quest85
Since I'm a beginner, i do only 3 card readings. they seem to work well for me.. for now.
I used to have an oracle deck with which i used to lay more cards in certain order, and the layout had a meaning [like past-present-future-solution..]
the 3 card layout, i generally try to see if there is a past/present/future possibility. sometimes there is, and at times there isn't. sometimes, most usually, there is a past influence, current situation, and outcome [future], with a general advice from all the cards.. the general message is more of the pragmatic or 'hidden in plain sight' type of thing..
sorry, i can't explain well.. i guess i let my intuition guide me instead?
No I get it , as I am fairly a beginner too, these tactics are all very recognizable to me.
I don't like ppf but I do sometimes notice cards sometimes do refer to the past, would it be the left flanking or obvious facing (into the past)...like you said, a lot of the times I feel something is up and/or not quite right...
I always look for a 'one sentence' message from the spread (at the bottom of my readings I do a brief recab off what the message of the readings are, easy if I'm reviewing previous readings aswell)
I think you're doing the right thing to use your intuition above all, because thats the point of readings them in the first place right?!
So rock on using your intuition