My "Druidcraft" Spread

[Morsoth]

Hi guys! I created a spread last year, and for now, I'm the only one having used it. It would be nice if some of you could use it and tell me if it worked well!

 

I called it the "Druidcraft Spread", because my spiritual practice is Druidcraft, a concept elaborated by Philip Carr-Gomm, the one that wrote the book Druidcraft in 2002, and also the Druidcraft Tarot in 2004. Simplicicly, Druidcraft is the practice of modern Druidry and Witchcraft/Wicca.

 

I created the spread for deepening my spirituality by focusing on the three Celtic Realms (Druidry) and the five Directions/Elements (Witchcraft). This spread can be very simple, and majorly complex depending on how we look at it. You can simply sort seven cards based on the layouts, and read the meanings based on the location of the cards. You don’t even have to think about a question, the cards will explain your spiritual growth by themselves. However, you can get truly deep if you analyze the layout, connected with the Cardinal Directions, the Elemental Energies, the Celtic Realms, and our Timeline. This spread can certainly be used for Shadow Work. The cards shows us our current situation, they delves into our past to shows us what we should fix, and they suggests what we should improve in our lives.

 

 

When you position the cards on the table –  following the order of the layout – think at it as a spiral turning Deosil around the cardinal directions (Center, South, West, North, East), linked with their elements (Spirit, Fire, Water, Earth, Air) while entering the Celtic Realms of Land, Sea and Sky. You can also picture the ongoing time of the present, the past and the future as you go either upward or downward. Here are the card positions and their meanings:

 

• Card 1: My current situation
  
• Card 2: My current Passion
  
• Card 3: My current wounds from the Past
  
• Card 4: My current responsibility
  
• Card 5: My current inspiration for the future
  
• Card 6: Wisdom Advice – What should I fix?
  
• Card 7: Spiritual Advice – What should I do?

 

On the picture, the three Celtic Realms are represented by shades of grey – light grey for the Land, dark grey for the Sea, and white for the Sky. The Celtic Land is divided in five regions or sections. The middle is a neutral zone, the center of our world. The card in that position (card 1) represents our current situation. It can be about anything going on in our life right now. The four other cards surrounding the first card are connected with the four cardinal directions and influenced by their elemental energies. Card 2 located at the South represents Fire and Mental Energy (what passionate us), card 3 located at the West represents Water and Emotional Energy (what wounded us), card 4 located at the North represents Earth and Physical Energy (what obligates us), card 5 located at the East represents Air and Spiritual Energy (what inspires us).

 

The Sea is inhabited by the Ancestors, the ones that once lived but are now things from the past. For this reason, any card (cards 3 and 6) touching this realm is also connected with the past. The card 3 is located between the present and the past, so it represent a current emotion affected by our past. The card 6 is a message from the Ancestors, a wisdom advice for something from our past that we should fix. The Sky is inhabited by the Deities, the ones that offers us omens for our possible future. For this reason, any card (cards 5 and 7) touching this realm is also connected with the future. The card 5 is located between the present and the future, so it represent a current emotion influenced by our future. The card 7 is a message from the Deities, a spiritual advice for something we that we should do for our future.

 

If you use it, please tell me your experience with it. Do you think something should be different?

 

Thanks in advance!  :)

[EmpyreanKnight]

Thanks Morsoth! Once I try this spread out on November 1st, I'll definitely post my reading here. :)