What is the purpose of laying out a spread?

[Nemia]

And if you're interested in the flow between the cards, read Deborah Lipp's book Tarot Interactions. It has many great ideas about understanding the pattnerns and directions of a reading (I noticed that I do many of the things she describes intuitively or half-way - it's a good learning resource IMO for readers of every level).

 

[page of wands]

And if you're interested in the flow between the cards, read Deborah Lipp's book Tarot Interactions. It has many great ideas about understanding the pattnerns and directions of a reading (I noticed that I do many of the things she describes intuitively or half-way - it's a good learning resource IMO for readers of every level).

alright. thank you. i just ordered a book about reversals. so much stuff to learn! this is great.

 

[Quelyth]

I think there are lots of good reasons to use a spread, from helping to focus your mind, to aiding memory with visual stimulation to imbuing extra meanings in patterns.

I like to choose a spread that appeals to me/querent/question and very often make up my own when I want specific details. I did a reading at weekend and created a "what do you want" spread for the querent, it ended with Qu Wands (don't want) wistfully gazing at the back of the 3 wands (want), the querent was struggling with whether or not to leave a relationship to go travelling overseas indefinitely/become nomadic.

At a querent's request I did a celtic cross (cc) though I rarely use it myself, here the middle card was surrounded by the most cheerful of the cups, without even interpreting the individual cards, the picture was striking.

My conclusion is I like some spreads, I don't care for others & when I don't find one I like, I make up my own, thats the beauty of tarot, do what feels right to you!

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[Barleywine]

I think there are lots of good reasons to use a spread, from helping to focus your mind, to aiding memory with visual stimulation to imbuing extra meanings in patterns.

I like to choose a spread that appeals to me/querent/question and very often make up my own when I want specific details. I did a reading at weekend and created a "what do you want" spread for the querent, it ended with Qu Wands (don't want) wistfully gazing at the back of the 3 wands (want), the querent was struggling with whether or not to leave a relationship to go travelling overseas indefinitely/become nomadic.

At a querent's request I did a celtic cross (cc) though I rarely use it myself, here the middle card was surrounded by the most cheerful of the cups, without even interpreting the individual cards, the picture was striking.

My conclusion is I like some spreads, I don't care for others & when I don't find one I like, I make up my own, thats the beauty of tarot, do what feels right to you!

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I often create my own spreads to fit specific circumstances, but because I'm retired and have lots of time to spend on it, I've created a catalogue of ready-made spreads that I can just pull out to suit the area of concern. They fall naturally into a few categories: Decision-making, Problem-solving, Relationships, Work and Business, General Life-reading, Health and Happiness, etc. And I'm always creating new ones. But in public reading, I tend to rely on a handful of tried-and-true spreads that are flexible enough to cover nearly all circumstances while still being brief enough to squeeze into short sessions. That's a much of an art as getting the right components in the spread.