Looking for The Right Spread!

[Aldor44]

Hey All

 

So.. up until recently I used to do an on the spot spreads- which worked nicely.

 

Lately I stumbled on Vincent Pitisci's CC variation -which I loved a lot and started using regularly

 

He claims it can answer EVERY question- but I found it difficult answering specific questions: Like what are my strengths/ potential  in a specific situation matter.

 

I don't want a 3 card spread I am looking for a more in depth / diverse spread to fit multiple situations.

 

Hope I made myself clear 😛 

[Lady Butterfly]

Honestly @Aldor44, just recently I have a hard time finding spreads that 'fit' with what I am hoping to learn from the question. I have resorted to  building my own spreads on a 'per question' bases.

Most recently, the querent wanted to know which of two options was the better, I ended up going with this:

 

Quote

3

1         2

4         5

6

 

       1.       Pros of Option 1

       2.       Cons of Option 1

       3.       Overall outcome of Option 1

       4.       Pros of Option 2

       5.       Cons of Option 2

       6.       Overall outcome of Option 2

 

This isn't the first time I have felt it best to make my own spread and assign meaningful positions according to the question.

 

I'm not sure if this helps you much, but there ya go

[katrinka]

17 hours ago, Aldor44 said:

He claims it can answer EVERY question- but I found it difficult answering specific questions: Like what are my strengths/ potential  in a specific situation matter.

 

I don't want a 3 card spread I am looking for a more in depth / diverse spread to fit multiple situations.

A line of 3 cards will give a short, clear answer and is good for simple yes/no and "Where are my keys?" type questions. More cards give more depth and detail and can cover longer time frames. It sounds like you just need to lay more cards - maybe a line of 5 or 7?

(I'm not a believer in dedicated spreads for different questions. There are whole books of such things and TBH, I find it all kind of absurd. Do we really need to remember a whole spread with named positions just for issues that only come up every few years, at most? You can answer anything with all-purpose spreads like lines, boxes, and tableaus.)

I'm not sure how much depth and detail you're looking for, but if you don't want to simply do a line of 5 or 7, you could try a pyramid spread.
It's a very old, very flexible spread that uses any any number of cards from 3 up, anything from "quick and dirty" to "all nighter", and can be adapted about a million ways. Mary Greer did an interesting version here using just the Majors: https://marykgreer.com/2018/08/27/the-cadillac-of-readings-the-pyramid-spread/

 

[gregory]

2 hours ago, katrinka said:

A line of 3 cards will give a short, clear answer and is good for simple yes/no and "Where are my keys?" type questions. More cards give more depth and detail and can cover longer time frames. It sounds like you just need to lay more cards - maybe a line of 5 or 7?

(I'm not a believer in dedicated spreads for different questions. There are whole books of such things and TBH, I find it all kind of absurd. Do we really need to remember a whole spread with named positions just for issues that only come up every few years, at most? You can answer anything with all-purpose spreads like lines, boxes, and tableaus.)

I'm not sure how much depth and detail you're looking for, but if you don't want to simply do a line of 5 or 7, you could try a pyramid spread.
It's a very old, very flexible spread that uses any any number of cards from 3 up, anything from "quick and dirty" to "all nighter", and can be adapted about a million ways. Mary Greer did an interesting version here using just the Majors: https://marykgreer.com/2018/08/27/the-cadillac-of-readings-the-pyramid-spread/

I so agree with this. If you decide before you lay the cards down which card represents what (future/obstacles/assists and the like) as  a general rule, it makes no difference exactly where each card sits on the table. Except in terms of which court is looking at which other card and such things.

[Aldor44]

7 hours ago, katrinka said:

A line of 3 cards will give a short, clear answer and is good for simple yes/no and "Where are my keys?" type questions. More cards give more depth and detail and can cover longer time frames. It sounds like you just need to lay more cards - maybe a line of 5 or 7?

(I'm not a believer in dedicated spreads for different questions. There are whole books of such things and TBH, I find it all kind of absurd. Do we really need to remember a whole spread with named positions just for issues that only come up every few years, at most? You can answer anything with all-purpose spreads like lines, boxes, and tableaus.)

I'm not sure how much depth and detail you're looking for, but if you don't want to simply do a line of 5 or 7, you could try a pyramid spread.
It's a very old, very flexible spread that uses any any number of cards from 3 up, anything from "quick and dirty" to "all nighter", and can be adapted about a million ways. Mary Greer did an interesting version here using just the Majors: https://marykgreer.com/2018/08/27/the-cadillac-of-readings-the-pyramid-spread/

 

Very interesting pyramid spread

 

Thanks!