Cartomancy Spread

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This was a common cartomancy spread in France (well, I can speak only to Paris, actually) in the 1850s and 1860s, although it eventually made its way to the English-speaking world. The Seeker would draw seven, or sometimes eight, cards from a deck, without looking at them. He would then touch them to his heart, his brow, and his lip. He would then shuffle them, and the Witch would direct him to lay out the cards in the above pattern. The above example shows seven cards. If an eighth were drawn, it would go under the 4 of Diamonds here.

You will usually only get one solid prediction out of the spread, so it is useful as a daily spread, or when you are reading for several people at a family gathering, or perhaps a charity event. It is rare to get two predictions out of it.

This particular example is very easy to read. I told the Seeker that a party to which she had already been invited would be canceled because the woman of the house hosting the party would contract an illness from her daughter. The party would be rescheduled four weeks from the canceled date.

And so it came to pass.






If there is no event of major or minor importance coming up in the Seeker's life, you will see only common-place or boring events. Occasionally, the Gods may direct the Seeker in some manner, or offer him some advice. This second example of is of that variety.

There is a younger male colleague in the Seeker's work environment. The colleague is working hard and plodding along as best as he can, but he is still experiencing difficulties. The colleague will express some exasperation to the Seeker, but he will not ask the Seeker for help. The cards are telling the Seeker that he must be compassionate and offer help, not wait to be asked.

And so, too, did this come to pass.



Reading cards is easy. I used to think it was difficult to remember everything. And then I figured out that I already knew all of the meanings. I simply had to remember them as part of Nature's Speech. After that, everything flowed. With a good teacher and a motivated student, an adult should be able to come to grips with the whole art in a week. Even a child of 8 or 9 could learn the basics within that time.

*** Blessed be to those who serve the Great Mother and the Horned Father.

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