minimonster777
My friend Katie held a party last weekend to celebrate her twentieth birthday. Katie and I have been friends for a long time, and, even though she assured me that a gift was not necessary, I wanted to get her something special. I'm currently pretty short on cash (I quit my job as I grew nearer to graduate college, which means that I have lots of free time to devote to my studies for finals, but no money to burn!) my options were pretty limited.
I eventually settled on a tarot reading for her. Thoughtful, loving, and cheap
Plus she's always after me to read the cards for her, and I'm usually too busy with this or that.
All of the birthday spreads I found in my research were nice, but it didn't feel "right" reading from someone else's spread...so I decided to create my own spread for her.
The cards are laid out in two X shapes...to represent XX, the Roman numeral for twenty...with an eleventh card in the center, between the Xs.
1...2........3....4
..5.....11.....6..
7...8........9...10
1. A card to represent you as you were in your childhood - how your childhood shaped you into the woman you are today
2. A card to represent you as a teenager - more recent influences on how you are today
3. A card to represent you as you enter your twenties
4. A card to represent your potential future
5. Things that you need to outgrow or leave behind you as you grow up
6. Things to come that you must embrace and nurture as you grow up
7. Skills and traits to develop
8. Challenges you must face
9. Rewards you will reap
10. Hopes and fears as you enter adulthood
11. Your birthday gift: An affirmation to remember
Be gentle...this is my first post and my first original spread
Oh, and I never got to read the spread for her..she was so busy playing hostess all evening that I couldn't catch her by herself! She really loved the idea though, and we'll be getting together later this week sometime....
I eventually settled on a tarot reading for her. Thoughtful, loving, and cheap
Plus she's always after me to read the cards for her, and I'm usually too busy with this or that.All of the birthday spreads I found in my research were nice, but it didn't feel "right" reading from someone else's spread...so I decided to create my own spread for her.
The cards are laid out in two X shapes...to represent XX, the Roman numeral for twenty...with an eleventh card in the center, between the Xs.
1...2........3....4
..5.....11.....6..
7...8........9...10
1. A card to represent you as you were in your childhood - how your childhood shaped you into the woman you are today
2. A card to represent you as a teenager - more recent influences on how you are today
3. A card to represent you as you enter your twenties
4. A card to represent your potential future
5. Things that you need to outgrow or leave behind you as you grow up
6. Things to come that you must embrace and nurture as you grow up
7. Skills and traits to develop
8. Challenges you must face
9. Rewards you will reap
10. Hopes and fears as you enter adulthood
11. Your birthday gift: An affirmation to remember
Be gentle...this is my first post and my first original spread
Oh, and I never got to read the spread for her..she was so busy playing hostess all evening that I couldn't catch her by herself! She really loved the idea though, and we'll be getting together later this week sometime....
