Erm...lemme try and find a link instead as it is pretty detailed
The whole spread has a few "operations" as they're called which are kind of like different spreads all together. I personally only really do the first one which is shown
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The counting method I've modified a little bit for myself.
Aces are sometimes counted as 5 or 11 depending on the reader/system.
The Minors are simple and take their own number so the 3 of Disks are counted as 3. This is true for minors 2-10 of all suits.
Court cards are a bit different; the Princesses/Pages are counted for 7 and the Princes, Queens, and Knights are counted for 4.
The majors are split into 3 different groups: zodiacal, planetary, and elemental.
The zodiacal trumps are counted as 12
The planetary trumps are counted as 9 (I count 7, this is my own personal method)
The elemental are counted as 3 (since Earth is not represented in the majors).
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You may start counting on any card to get greater detail about that card's interactions. Traditionally, the OOTK spread starts out by counting the top card of each pile. When counting, say, starting from the 2 of wands, you would count the 2 of wands as 1 and the card next to it as 2. Say that card was the 4 of disks. You would then count the 4 of disks as one and keep going until you stopped at the "4" card. The whole cycle stops once you get to a card you've stopped at before (including the card that you started with if you happen upon it again).
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