Sooner or later there is a time when the good old Celtic Heinz 57 Cross won't be
enough anymore, and you'll start looking around for something else, trying to find
out spreads that come closest to your needs and questions.
Now here are some of my favorite spreads, and since the biggest part of my reading
covers self-reflection and counseling, most of the spreads are made for this. I
mostly use them with the Thoth Crowley Tarot but they do work fine with some of my
other decks, for example the Hermetic Tarot or even the Minchiate Etruria.
The spreads on this site are all 'ready to use', you can do a Tarot Reading for
yourself right here on your pc. The layout pages will enable you to 'lay out the
cards' on your screen, there is the Shuffle Window that will shuffle your cards,
almost as in real. This is the closest that a machine like a computer can come to a
reading.
To do a spread, just pick one out from the list below, then open the 'shuffle cards'
window with the star-shaped link on the left. The instructions how to use it are
there. Once you have displayed your cards you can click them for each card's
meaning.
Oh - and be patient when you display your cards on the spread's pages! They're up to
10 KB each and there are a lot of them, so they might load a moment when the
connection is slow.
This is my favorite spread, my first choice when looking into myself and asking for
my potentials and powers.
I did this after Newton's Laws of Motion, but you don't need to be a physicist to
get the best out of it. Those of you who use Tarot for self-experience should have a
look at it.
The 'Four Knights Defense' is a relationship spread. It follows the first three
moves of a common chess opening: my move - the other one's move. It's also very
helpful when you have to meet a certain situation.
A little four-card spread that tells a bit about yourself and the way you appear to
others. It's pretty small and quite easy
There also is a 'short
version' of the 'Blind Spot' online that is laid with the Major Arcana only.
One thing that is for sure is that this is the spread page that loads fastest... ;)
The critical eye - this spread compares what you are with what you should be. Can be
quite useful in certain situations..
The Dark Star is another favorite of mine, although it requires some time and
concentration. It's one of those spreads that at first sight throw up more questions
but anything else and really forces you to examine your inner self. Not quite a
'beginner's spread'..
The alltime-client-favorite - I just don't know why everyone asks for it again and
again, even when I consider another spread as more appropriate. Maybe because it
covers what most people expect from Tarot..
The name says it all - a 3-card-quickie that breaks the law that one shouldn't ask
'yes' or 'no' questions...
This spread uses four cards to explain a single one - I sometimes use this when I
get fixated on a subject that reminds me very much of one special card, or vice
versa.
Another reflection spread, a quite easy one.
All spreads on this site were created by me, except the 'Blind Spot'. So be nice
and don't forget about this when you use them for your own sites or writings. Gimmie
some credz, and please don't change their names - they are 'Raven-spreads'.
(Yep, also the 'Newton Spread' - I've noticed that most of my friends don't like the
name. One of my students actually used it as 'Raven's Laws of Motion' - that was
most funny, but not fair against old Isaac.. ;)
As for the 'Blind Spot', it's here because it is a sweet little beginner's spread. I
don't know who made it, one of my friends came up with it one day and as far as I
know, he had it from some Tarot book.
