Raggydoll Posted November 26, 2018 Posted November 26, 2018 I recently saw this video by Kelly-Ann: and it really spoke to me. I have already been combining lots of different decks both in my readings and in my magic/rituals. But I usually have some sort of spread or pre-determined layout for my cards (even if they're only laid out in a straight line). So her method gave me some new inspiration and I am definitely going to try incorporating some of her techniques in my practice! Here are some of the key factors in her method: - You use multiple decks (tarot and/or oracle decks), and preferably decks in different sizes and shapes to make it more visually appealing. - You lay out your cards face down in an intuitive pattern (no pre-determined spread and no positional meanings). - You can lay out one or more cards from each deck, and you place them wherever you feel they need to go. - Once your pattern/patchwork feels complete, you then start turning your cards over. You can start with whatever card you feel drawn to, and you do not have to do it in any specific order. The reason why she thinks you should wait to turn the card over is that she feels that seeing the cards as you work on your pattern can start messing with your mind and get you out of your intuitive zone. And it could influence the way you shape and perform this reading. - Pause and take a moment to look at all the cards and see which ones attract your attention the most. Kelly-Ann points out that it is normal to feel more drawn to some cards, like if their message is more urgent and that the other cards might be relating to something that is coming up for you in the next week or so (but she also notes that it is important to differentiate between a card that you really don't want to deal with right now because it makes you feel uncomfortable or brings up shadow material, and a card that you simply feel has a less urgent message.) I am going to add a picture of what my first experimentation with this method looked like. This is the stage right before I started turning the cards over. (In a little while I'm gonna share another picture and some thoughts on what the actual reading looked like for me).
Raggydoll Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 And here is what it looked like when I had turned them all. Straight away I noticed how there seemed to be certain zones or areas that had different energies to them. In the center there is the serene, lunar centered part of me that is deeply connected to intuition and prioritizes self care and spiritual wellness. But on the sides there’s the tension of everyday life and it’s quite interesting to see how some cards repeat and how much wands/fire there is. (My ‘Queen Alice’ tarot is new to me and I had probably not shuffled them enough because they came in chronological order, but it still felt meaningful to me). The snake/serpent symbolism and the three horses, as well as the elephant is really interesting too. I won’t do a full interpretation of this reading because that was never the point (plus I feel that it goes really deep and I want to sit with it on my own). The main reason was to share this idea that Kelly-Ann presented and to try it out for myself. Maybe I should also mention that she does not claim to be the one that invented this method, she’s merely showing her specific ways of going about it :)
Raggydoll Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 Oh, and I might as well mention what decks I used in case anyone wonders what they are: Stella’s tarot, Sasuraibito tarot, Queen Alice tarot, Creatures of the Moon Oracle, Earthbound Oracle, Pythia Botanica, Animal Spirit deck.
Saturn Celeste Posted November 26, 2018 Posted November 26, 2018 You know this looks like fun!! I find it kind of similar when I have used 3 possibly 4 decks total and just put them all together on the board. They fill in the "holes" left by the original tarot spread and fill out the reading. Great post! ^-^
Raggydoll Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 You know this looks like fun!! I find it kind of similar when I have used 3 possibly 4 decks total and just put them all together on the board. They fill in the "holes" left by the original tarot spread and fill out the reading. Great post! ^-^ This WAS very fun indeed! I like to jazz things up a bit and experiment with new techniques. But I must say that this method definitely packs a punch. It is not to be taken lightly! I believe it is highly valuable to take a picture to document everything because you will probably want to refer back to it time and time again. If I had done this reading for someone else then I would have scaled it back and used fewer cards. Otherwise it would take forever to go through them and sum everything up (if that even would be possible) but it would probably be really fun for the client to have some things that they can try and figure out themselves and not have everything completely analyzed to pieces.
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