21 Card Spread- A Romany Variation

For those who are interested in the spread I used recently, here it is. It is a variation on the Romany spread.

Three rows of seven columns:
1**2**3**4**5**6**7
8**9**10*11*12*13*14
15*16*17*18*19*20*21

Column 1 (cards 1; 8; 15)
Character of the enquirer and recent past

Column 2 (cards 2; 9; 16)
Emotional and love life links

Column 3 (cards 3; 10; 17)
Desires

Column 4 (cards 4; 11; 18)
Expectations

Column 5 (cards 5; 12; 19)
Unexpected

Column 6 and 7 (cards 6; 7; 13; 14; 20; 21)
Future- next six months

Card 11 in the centre sets the tone of the reading.

I found this in one of the first books I ever read on Tarot and it has been one of my staple spreads. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the book, so unfortunately the real author will have to go uncredited until I can find the book again. I find its often a good place to start with a querent if they don't really know what it is they want to know. Its my number one favourite general spread. I hope you all get some good use out of it too.
FGM

Me likey!!

I was going to ask you about this spread, thank you for posting it! This one's going in my book. It's nice to have a few 'meaty' spreads in the repertoire.

it's a great spread.
I have anther spread in the same maner that's help to find the problem
but I think it's more senenral then yours.

I found a 21 Card Spread mentioned in The new Complete Tarot book, but it didn't give particulars of it.


I also found this:

@ http://www.luckymojo.com/altmagickfaq/trtlyref or

http://www.ecauldron.com/tarotlayouts.php

1.37) Romany Spread (#21, C2, L) (Doane/Peach)
Layout:
21 20 19 18 17 16 15 - Future
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 - Present
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 - Past

Deal: Right to Left, Bottom upwards as numbered above. Another
deal proceeds left to right, top down, opposite as above and also
changing the order of past/present/future.

Reading: Each row represents events or influences for the time
period indicated. Adjacent card in the same row modify one
another. Ordering of cards in a row are not necessarily
significant.

Variation: One variation of this reading is that the middle card
of each row (18, 11, and 04) should represent the most significant
event of the time period shown. This makes cards farther out on
the edges of the row (21, 15, 14, etc.) less significant. (Doane)


1.38) Twenty-One Card Spread (21, C6) (Morison)
Layout:
19
18 11 12 20
4
10 3 5 13
1
9 2 6 14
7
17 8 15 21
16

Deal: Numerically as shown
Reading:
Card 1: The Significator
Card 2: The immediate past
Card 3: An important factor in the present. Inobvious.
Card 4: Seeker state of mind
Card 5: Most likely immediate future
Card 6: An important factor in the present. Very obvious
Card 7: Seeker gut feelings.
Card 8 & 9: Influences in the past that affected #2
Card 10 & 11: Current influences affecting #3. Inobvious.
Card 12 & 13: Possible future influences, affecting #5
Card 14 & 15: Obvious current influences, affecting #6
Card 16: Seeker physical situation. Possible health or life status
Card 17: The root of the matter in the past
Card 18: A current matter. It may be hidden or unknown and
overlooked, or it may represent assumptions, possibly
incorrect.
Card 19: Seeker spiritual will. This may conflict with or
illuminate the Seeker's conscious desires.
Card 20: A likely future event.
Card 21: What the Seeker must think about


also

http://www.talisman.net/tarot/tarotla.html#3.24


2.4) Romany Spread (21) (Peach) Three Sevens Spread (Doane)
Layout:
21 20 19 18 17 16 15 - Future
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 - Present
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 - Past

Deal: Right to Left, Bottom upwards as numbered above
Reading: Each row represents events or influences for the time
period indicated. Adjacent card in the same row modify one another.
Ordering of cards in a row are not necessarily significant.
Variation 1: One variation of this reading is that the middle card
of each row (18, 11, and 04) should represent the most significant
event of the time period shown. This makes cards farther out on
the edges of the row (21, 15, 14, etc.) less significant. (Doane)
Variation 2: Peach has reversed the order of the rows and the
order of the deal. This makes card 1 in the upper left and dealing
proceeds to the right and down, card 21 in the lower right, the top
row the past, and the bottom row the future.
Variation 3: One variation, which also applies to the other
rectangle shaped layouts listed below, is that cards in the same
column may influence each other.

Bohemian

FaeryGodmother said:

For those who are interested in the spread I used recently, here it is. It is a variation on the Romany spread.

Three rows of seven columns:
1**2**3**4**5**6**7
8**9**10*11*12*13*14
15*16*17*18*19*20*21

Column 1 (cards 1; 8; 15)
Character of the enquirer and recent past

Column 2 (cards 2; 9; 16)
Emotional and love life links

Column 3 (cards 3; 10; 17)
Desires

Column 4 (cards 4; 11; 18)
Expectations

Column 5 (cards 5; 12; 19)
Unexpected

Column 6 and 7 (cards 6; 7; 13; 14; 20; 21)
Future- next six months

Card 11 in the centre sets the tone of the reading.

I found this in one of the first books I ever read on Tarot and it has been one of my staple spreads. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the book, so unfortunately the real author will have to go uncredited until I can find the book again. I find its often a good place to start with a querent if they don't really know what it is they want to know. Its my number one favourite general spread. I hope you all get some good use out of it too.
FGM

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Hi
This spread is is called Bohemian spread . and yes its very old spread.I do it often and find it very effective.
take care