The Planets Spread

I just invented this spread! You lay out 10 cards, and each card represents a planet.

1
2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
10

1. Sun: This represents you
2. Mercury: news
3. Venus: love
4. Earth: work
5. Mars: Conflicts
6. Jupiter: goals
7. Saturn: creativity
8. Uranus: fears
9. Neptune: desires
10. Pluto: Changes

To see a reading using this spread, please check out UFO Planets Spread.

Tree of Life Tarot Spread

This reading is from my Anubis Oracle book. This spread is to help you with a metamorphosis or understanding your higher self.

The cards are arranged like this:

1 3
2

4

Position one represents where you are coming from.
Position two represents what it will take for you to change.
Position three represents what will motivate you.
Position four represents your highest potential future.

You can read a my reading with this spread here: Finding Your Higher Self

Four Elements Spread

1(North)
4(West) 2 (East)
3 (South)

North symbolizes fire and intuition
East symbolises air and thought
South symbolises earth and sensation
West represents water and feelings

This is a reflective spread, designed to help you with what you need to focus on.

I used this spread today, and you can read it here: Four Direction Spread Reading

Health and Happiness Spread

I've been sick iwth a pretty bad cold, but I've been fighting though it, but all around feeling exhausted. I've been sleeping up to 12 hours a day, and really stuffed up, so forgive my lack of posts on all my blogs.

This is a tarot spread callde Health and Happiness, and I thought I'd show you the spread and a reading with it

Card Layout:
1 5
2 4 8 6
3 7


1. The state of your health in the past
2. Current state of your health
3. Possible future state of your health
4. What/who can help you to improve or maintain your health
5. What made you happy in the past
6. What makes you happy now
7. Possible event that will make you happy in the future
8. What/who helps augment your sense of happiness and well-being

Veiw a reading with this spread at my tarot blog, here: Necronomicon Tarot: Health and Happiness

Lifting The Veil Spread

I just found this Tarot spread on Tarot Dame's blog and I'm going to do this tonight.
This is how the spread goes:

......2........3......
1.....................4
...........9............
5.....................8
......6.........7......

1. Message from the Dead (Human spirit)
2. Message from your Spirit Guide
3. Message from your Guardian Angel
4. Message from an Ascended Master
5. Message from the Nature Spirits
6. Message from the Faeries
7. Message from the Animals
8. Message from the Magical Creatures
9. Message from the Dream World

I'll let you all know what comes up when I do the spread tonight :D

Checking the Direction of the Trend Tarot Spread

Yes, today is Sunday, I know, but I'm still typing and thinking a bit too slowly to have an "anything goes" post. I'm really sorry. You guys have had to deal with my complaining for the last few days. I feel really bad. I'm promising to get back on track tomorrow.

I've been in a big Tarot mood recently. I haven't been working with them, and I haven't sewn my last Tarot bag yet but I'm still thinking about them. This is called the Checking the Direction of the Trend spread. It is a seven-card spread.


1. The power of the past
2. The power of the present
3. The power of the future
4 and 5. Suggestions and tips for your behaviour
6. Obstacles that you must overcome or avoid
7. The answer

Magic Star Tarot Spread

As strange as it sounds, after the last few posts, I feel like my energy is beginning to rebalance. I want to thank Skye again for that award, and I want to thank hexeengel (you know why).

Anyway, shall we get to the actual post?
This is a five-card spread.
The cards are supposed to look like a star.

1. The nature of the problem, situation, or question

2. The cause of the problem, reason for asking, or point of interest

3. Factors to be considered

4. The solution, advice, or comment given

5. End result or outcome

Power Tarot: More Than 100 Spreads That Give Specific Answers to Your Most Important Questions

As someone who reads tarot in a professional sense (not for money mind you, but still professional), this book is a must. Though the book is advertised as a book of tarot spreads, the first and larger half of the book is dedicated to in depth tarot meanings. The authors Trish Macgregor and Phyllis Vega really do into great detail about the cards, dividing each one into “general”, “romance”, “work”, “health”, “spirituality”, “finances” and “empowerment”, so that when you read a card you don’t have to make your best guess for a certain subject. The Fool is a very different card when it comes to health than when it comes to romance.
There are a couple reviews on Amazon that cite this book as being something different than they expected. Though the book is advertised as a book of tarot spreads and to a degree it is a book of tarot spreads, the book is more about the actual cards. In the world of tarot, the spread is secondary to the cards themselves. To get a picture of your upcoming year, you don’t have to actually arrange your cards in a circle, even though every “year” spread is in a circle.

Published in 1998 by Simon & Schuster

Other Books by Trish Macgregor:
Complete Dream Dictionary: A Bedside Guide to Knowing what your Dreams Mean; The Only Wiccan Spell Book You’ll Ever Need: For Love, Happiness, and Prosperity; Mars and Sex: the Secrets of Sexual Astrology; Soul Mate Astrology: How to Find and Keep Your Ideals Mate Through the Wisdom of the Stars; Everything Spells and Charms Book; Your Intuitive Moon; 2006 Sydney Ommars Astrological Guide for You; Animal Totems: The Power and Prophecy of Your Animal Guides; The Hanged Man; 2005 Sydney Omarrs Astrological Guide for You; Everything Astrology Book: Discover Your True Self Among the Stars; Your Story in the Stars: Using Astrology to Uncover the Hidden Narrative of your Life; Your Cosmic Kids: Using Astrology to Understand your Children; Creative Stars: Using Astrology to tap your Muse

Other Books by Phyllis Vega
Erotic Astrology: The Sex Secrets of Your Horoscope Revealed; Numerology for Baby Names: Use the Ancient Art of Numerology to Give Your Baby a Head Start in Life; Celtic Astrology; Lovestrology: Astonishingly Accurate Romantic Profiles and Compatibility Matchups for Every Birthday; What Your Birthday Reveals About You: 265 Days of Astonishingly Accurate Revelations about Your Future, Your Secrets and Your Strengths; Your Magickal Name: Using Astrology, Numerology, Myth and Meaning to Choose the Perfect One; Romancing the Tarot: How to use Tarot to find True Love, Spice Up Your Sex Life, Or Let Go of a Bad Relationship; Sydney Omarrs Sun, Moon, and You

Readability:
Is it easy to read? Yes
Is it easy to follow along with? Yes
Is it interesting? Yes
How long does it take to read? I would say around a week if you just read it; if you try to absorb the knowledge and read it slower to do that, I would say between 10 and 15 days.
Overall: 4/5

Content:
Is the author knowledgeable? Quite
Is the knowledge valuable? Yes
Is the knowledge new knowledge or is it common knowledge? It is a mixture of both. Some of it is common, but a lot of this knowledge is presented in a different way.
Is it cohesive and relevant? Yes
Other notes: There are a lot of personal anecdotes. I haven’t decided if those are good or bad yet.
Overall: 4/5

Design/Layout:
Is the book set up for easy reference: Yes
Is the layout or design obnoxious or annoying? No, it’s very well organized.
Overall: 5/5

Overall:
Do you recommend this book? Yes
Was it worth the money? $12 Canadian, yes
Will You Purchase Other Books from this Author?: Yes, hopefully
Overall: 13/15