Morven Posted February 11 Posted February 11 I have seen many interesting spreads here, thank you:) I am a counsellor IRL, and I am starting to consider to incorporate tarot into my sessions. The cards reflect different aspects of life and ourselves and I think sometimes pictures better connect with our subcounsciousness than words. There are some techniques used during the sessions that might involve cards. One of those is Johari Window, technique created by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, it looks something like the diagram created by me, posted below. The green is an open area, what I know about myself and others know about me, e.g. What are my strenghts that others often recognise in me? The pink is a blind spot, what is unknown to you but others know about yourself, e.g. What do others feel when they are around me? The blue is what you know about yourself but hise from others, e.g. What are my deepest feers I haven't shared with others? The purple is unknown to you and others, could be a shadow aspects, and often is better not to explore throughly if you are not prepared, e.g. What are some aspects of myself I have never explored? or My dreams I have never acknowledged? This could be converted into a spread that allow to self-development and to find true self, and that is how I personally use and see tarot as a tool to become more aware. If anyone finds it useful I can post more things like that:)
Nemia Posted February 11 Posted February 11 This is great, thank you for posting it. I didn't know it's called the Johari window - I know this spread from one of Hajo Banzhaf's books, as Blind Spot spread. What a pity he didn't give the source for this spread. Four-card spreads are always a win for me.
Morven Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 Yes, that looks like Johari Window, not sure though why he numbered them like this, just curious. The other thing is that the windows, or in this case, number of cards pulled for each section does not have to be equal, depends on contex, question etc. I think this spread can be used both to raise a general awerness as well as for a speciffic situation. For example questions about the current relationship or work situation, possibilities are endless. Maybe he didn't know, but the corelation is pretty obvious.
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