Bernice
Lots' of people ask for a general reading, or just ask, "what do the cards say for me?". And sometimes I'd like to have an idea of what will be pertinent for them so as to select a suitable spread.
So I came up with this, which I call the Pinpointer.
It's like a pre-reading, except that you don't 'read' it to the querent. It's purely between you and your deck, relative to the querent. And it doesn't take long. It also goes down well with the sitter whether you, or they, draw the cards.
Shuffle the deck. Cut it into 5 stacks and set them out in a row. Mentally decide what life-area they cover and designate a Suit for four of the stacks, and the Courts for the fifth stack.
It really doesn't matter what 'suit' is used to represent the life-area stacks. They're only a point of reference for the card that is going to be drawn from that stack. So for instance, if the life-areas were identified like this; (You can make them what you like)
1) Batons: Personal interests. Projects, hobbies.
2) Coins: Job - Work. Material necessities (cash).
3) Cups: Home - family - domestic life-style.
4) Swords: Wellbeing - health.
5) Courts: Relationship. One-to-one.
NOTE: Trumps turned up in any area = This area of life will be noticably affected by whatever happens in the 'active' area(s). i.e. spill-over, or back-lash, or by-product etc. Unforseen or unconsidered.
...
Now I draw (or ask the querent to draw) one card from each stack and lay it face up by the stack. If the card Suit (or court card) matches the designations I've decided for the stacks, then I'll know it's an 'active' area. It doesn't matter what rank the card is, ignore it.
~~
Example Pinpointer:
..Card drawn..........Does it match the stack?
1) 9 cups ................(not applicable. Stack = batons)
2) Page Batons .......(not applicable. Stack = coins)
3) Knight Cups -----> Reading will pertain to this area. Card is a Cup.
4) 7 Coins...............(not applicable. Stack=swords)
5) Temperance ----> This area will be affected. Card is a Trump.
In this example all one does now, is choose a suitable spread for 'life-style - domestic - home', bearing in mind that it wll have an unforseen effect in a relationship, or a one-to-one personal contact.
~~~~
I also have a Pinpointer for six stacks. It can easily be adapted to suit whatever areas one wants.
Bee
So I came up with this, which I call the Pinpointer.
It's like a pre-reading, except that you don't 'read' it to the querent. It's purely between you and your deck, relative to the querent. And it doesn't take long. It also goes down well with the sitter whether you, or they, draw the cards.
Shuffle the deck. Cut it into 5 stacks and set them out in a row. Mentally decide what life-area they cover and designate a Suit for four of the stacks, and the Courts for the fifth stack.
It really doesn't matter what 'suit' is used to represent the life-area stacks. They're only a point of reference for the card that is going to be drawn from that stack. So for instance, if the life-areas were identified like this; (You can make them what you like)
1) Batons: Personal interests. Projects, hobbies.
2) Coins: Job - Work. Material necessities (cash).
3) Cups: Home - family - domestic life-style.
4) Swords: Wellbeing - health.
5) Courts: Relationship. One-to-one.
NOTE: Trumps turned up in any area = This area of life will be noticably affected by whatever happens in the 'active' area(s). i.e. spill-over, or back-lash, or by-product etc. Unforseen or unconsidered.
...
Now I draw (or ask the querent to draw) one card from each stack and lay it face up by the stack. If the card Suit (or court card) matches the designations I've decided for the stacks, then I'll know it's an 'active' area. It doesn't matter what rank the card is, ignore it.
~~
Example Pinpointer:
..Card drawn..........Does it match the stack?
1) 9 cups ................(not applicable. Stack = batons)
2) Page Batons .......(not applicable. Stack = coins)
3) Knight Cups -----> Reading will pertain to this area. Card is a Cup.
4) 7 Coins...............(not applicable. Stack=swords)
5) Temperance ----> This area will be affected. Card is a Trump.
In this example all one does now, is choose a suitable spread for 'life-style - domestic - home', bearing in mind that it wll have an unforseen effect in a relationship, or a one-to-one personal contact.
~~~~
I also have a Pinpointer for six stacks. It can easily be adapted to suit whatever areas one wants.
Bee