beginagain Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 Hi everyone, I've been on Tarotsphere lately, but I was on Aeclectic for a few years before that. I've just posted a new spread that I wrote on Tarotsphere, and I was hoping I could get some feedback from you as well. Please let me know what you think. ** The Metronome and the Pendulum are both spreads that look back, to provide details and clarity to events and time periods already past. These periods might have been confusing at the time, or else there was simply no opportunity for reflection, and all you could do then was react. Now, having moved on, you have the knowledge and hindsight to examine these events. The Metronome and the Pendulum are effectively very similar, but function differently. The Metronome doesn’t seek to analysis the events, only to bring them into sharper focus. There is no passage of time, as it only shows, not tells, like a metronome marking the beat between one note of music and the text. The Pendulum has the same base as the Metronome, but it is a study of movement, the forces that came before and after events are examined. The Metronome is a static picture, the summary of events, whereas the Pendulum is a passage in time. The Metronome 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 6. 7. There are seven cards: 1. The portrait of you, independent of anything else 2. Yourself as you are in your surroundings 3. What you thought was going to happen 4. The state of your journey, were you happy and comfortable, or were you frightened and desperately trying to keep your head above water? 5. What you were discontented over 6. What you were satisfied and happy with 7. Your overall impression of events The spread is laid out in the triangle shape of a metronome, where the portrait of you is the lever marking the beat, and the rest of the cards forming the device. Card One, the portrait of yourself, is deliberately placed contrary to where it usually sits, at the first card, and not at the end of the spread. This spread aims to reveal yourself at a specific point in time, with the background to provide further clarification. This is the self that you had at the time. The Pendulum The Pendulum digs deeper into the past, viewing it as a flowing, moving thing, a passage of events that was preceded and succeeded. 2. 3. 4. 1. 5. 6. 7. It is laid out in the shape of a clock, with the portrait of you in the centre as the hands. 1. The portrait of you 2. What you had in hand and how you thought the week would turn out 3. What, if anything, changed from what you thought you had on Monday, what influenced you to change your perspective 4. Where you were, the circumstances you found yourself in, were you leisurely swimming down the river, or if you found yourself frantically battling the current 5. What events changed your citation for the better 6. What events changed your situation for the worse 7. The summary of your experience, its success or lack thereof, and if its influence has had a lasting effect on the rest of your life
DanielJUK Posted June 10, 2018 Posted June 10, 2018 welcome here beginagain :) I love both these spreads and going to try them for myself in future! I like how they are different spreads with a specific different function, great designs :) I can't think of anything to change on them, if I was being overly critical I would say, what do the days of the week signify? I am not sure how that fits in with the metronome or pendulum, unless a sitter takes a card on that day when doing the reading. I think the positions are maybe enough but I might be missing something (and there is no harm with them being there). Hope you will share more of your spreads here!
Saturn Celeste Posted June 10, 2018 Posted June 10, 2018 beginagain[/member], Welcome to TT&M! You'll find many ATers here also, so I hope you feel comfortable here as well as Tarotsphere. You AND your spreads are always welcome here! ^-^
EmpyreanKnight Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 I can't think of anything to change on them, if I was being overly critical I would say, what do the days of the week signify? I am not sure how that fits in with the metronome or pendulum, unless a sitter takes a card on that day when doing the reading. I think the positions are maybe enough but I might be missing something (and there is no harm with them being there). I really like this spread but I was asking the same thing. Maybe the cards are supposed to be drawn over the course of a week?
beginagain Posted September 23, 2018 Author Posted September 23, 2018 Hey, thank you for commenting. The cards linking to the days of the week gave me a structure to base part of the spread on. Basically me not taking that part out when I posted it was the equivalent of not rubbing out the extra lines in a finished drawing before putting it out on display. I've altered the main post accordingly.
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