Tarot Soul Card
It is very easy to identify your Soul Card in the Tarot.
The 22 Major Arcana Tarot cards have a direct relationship with Numerology.
Based upon your birth date, Numerology identifies the path that you are travelling upon.
This number relates to a Tarot Major Arcana card.
When we are talking Tarot Soul Cards and Numerology there are 18 possible paths.
I have developed a method that allows you to determine the Soul Path using all 18 paths.
To be fair and equitable there are no Master numbers.
This system allows for an even distribution of the 18 paths to the entire population.
No one is any greater than any other in this life.
Souls are developing at different stages.
They all will be equally tested according to the level that they are able to manage.
To determine which Life Path that you are currently travelling upon.
Add together the day, month and year numbers of your birth date.
The following example uses the birth date 4 November 2015.
4
11
2015 +
2020
The number 2020, the sum of your dates, is what I call the Calibration number.
It combines the numbers of the day, month and year and calibrates them.
This is a synthesis into the rhythm of the universal patterns.
Now, divide the Calibration number (e.g. 2020) by 9.
Why 9?
This is the number of different vibratory patterns in each of the two sets of paths.
outward and inward.
2020/9 = 224 remainder 4.
The result of this division gives a quotient and a remainder.
e.g. Quotient 224 Remainder 4.
In this example, the quotient, 224, tells you
in the number 2020 there are 224 complete cycles of 9.
The remainder 4 tells you
you are part way through the next cycle.
(A remainder of 0 tells you that you are at the end of a cycle.)
To get the idea in your head, consider that the first 9 paths
(Tarot Major Arcana cards 1 to 9)
travel outward from the source.
The second 9 paths
(Tarot Major Arcana cards 11 to 19)
Return inward back to the source.
Continually working – outward – inward and so on…
These 224 cycles of 9 are continuous cycles of out and in, out and in.
When the quotient, as in this example, is an even number then you have balanced cycles.
When the quotient is an odd number then you have unbalanced cycles – out and in, out…
So, the quotient tells you whether the remainder is on an outward or an inward cycle.
In the example given, the Quotient is even.
This means the remainder of 4 is on a new outward cycle.
This means the path is that of the Emperor.
The Tarot Major Arcana card labeled IV or 4.
If the quotient is an odd number.
Any remainder, other than 0, will equate to the second series of 9.
As an example try the birth date 26 October 2015:
26
10
2015 +
2051
2051/9 = 227 remainder 8.
The quotient 227 is odd so the remainder 8 is on an inward cycle.
(the 2nd series of Tarot Major Arcana cards between 11 and 19).
In this instance the Tarot card is the Moon labeled XVIII (18).
In the situation that the remainder is 0.
The path is either a 9 (the Hermit) or a 19 (the Sun).
If the quotient is an even number then the path number is 9 (the Hermit).
If the quotient is an odd number then the path is 19 (the Sun).
As an example try the birth date 29 October 2015:
27
10
2015 +
2052
2052/9 = 228 remainder 0.
The quotient 228 is even so the remainder 0 represents the completion of a series on an outward cycle.
In this instance the Tarot card is the Hermit labeled IX (9).
Another example is 19 October 2015:
18
10
2015 +
2043
2043/9 = 227 remainder 0.
The quotient 227 is odd so the remainder 0 represents the completion of a series on a return inward cycle.
In this instance the Tarot card is the Sun labeled XIX (9).
This method of calculating Life Path numbers gives an even distribution of path numbers.
It is objective. There is no subjective choosing whether to reduce a number or not.
The 22 paths are provided as follows:
0 The Fool
1 The Magician
2 The High Priestess
3 The Empress
4 The Emperor
5 The Hierophant
6 The Lovers
7 The Chariot
8 Justice
9 The Hermit
10 The Wheel of Fortune
11 Strength
12 The Hanged Man
13 Death
14 Temperance
15 The Devil
16 The Lightning Struck Tower
17 The Star
18 The Moon
19 The Sun
20 Judgment
21 The World
There are no Master Numbers (e.g. 11 or 22).
If someone is a master then they will be a Master incarnated on one of the specific paths.
It is very easy to identify your Soul Card in the Tarot.
The 22 Major Arcana Tarot cards have a direct relationship with Numerology.
Based upon your birth date, Numerology identifies the path that you are travelling upon.
This number relates to a Tarot Major Arcana card.
When we are talking Tarot Soul Cards and Numerology there are 18 possible paths.
I have developed a method that allows you to determine the Soul Path using all 18 paths.
To be fair and equitable there are no Master numbers.
This system allows for an even distribution of the 18 paths to the entire population.
No one is any greater than any other in this life.
Souls are developing at different stages.
They all will be equally tested according to the level that they are able to manage.
To determine which Life Path that you are currently travelling upon.
Add together the day, month and year numbers of your birth date.
The following example uses the birth date 4 November 2015.
4
11
2015 +
2020
The number 2020, the sum of your dates, is what I call the Calibration number.
It combines the numbers of the day, month and year and calibrates them.
This is a synthesis into the rhythm of the universal patterns.
Now, divide the Calibration number (e.g. 2020) by 9.
Why 9?
This is the number of different vibratory patterns in each of the two sets of paths.
outward and inward.
2020/9 = 224 remainder 4.
The result of this division gives a quotient and a remainder.
e.g. Quotient 224 Remainder 4.
In this example, the quotient, 224, tells you
in the number 2020 there are 224 complete cycles of 9.
The remainder 4 tells you
you are part way through the next cycle.
(A remainder of 0 tells you that you are at the end of a cycle.)
To get the idea in your head, consider that the first 9 paths
(Tarot Major Arcana cards 1 to 9)
travel outward from the source.
The second 9 paths
(Tarot Major Arcana cards 11 to 19)
Return inward back to the source.
Continually working – outward – inward and so on…
These 224 cycles of 9 are continuous cycles of out and in, out and in.
When the quotient, as in this example, is an even number then you have balanced cycles.
When the quotient is an odd number then you have unbalanced cycles – out and in, out…
So, the quotient tells you whether the remainder is on an outward or an inward cycle.
In the example given, the Quotient is even.
This means the remainder of 4 is on a new outward cycle.
This means the path is that of the Emperor.
The Tarot Major Arcana card labeled IV or 4.
If the quotient is an odd number.
Any remainder, other than 0, will equate to the second series of 9.
As an example try the birth date 26 October 2015:
26
10
2015 +
2051
2051/9 = 227 remainder 8.
The quotient 227 is odd so the remainder 8 is on an inward cycle.
(the 2nd series of Tarot Major Arcana cards between 11 and 19).
In this instance the Tarot card is the Moon labeled XVIII (18).
In the situation that the remainder is 0.
The path is either a 9 (the Hermit) or a 19 (the Sun).
If the quotient is an even number then the path number is 9 (the Hermit).
If the quotient is an odd number then the path is 19 (the Sun).
As an example try the birth date 29 October 2015:
27
10
2015 +
2052
2052/9 = 228 remainder 0.
The quotient 228 is even so the remainder 0 represents the completion of a series on an outward cycle.
In this instance the Tarot card is the Hermit labeled IX (9).
Another example is 19 October 2015:
18
10
2015 +
2043
2043/9 = 227 remainder 0.
The quotient 227 is odd so the remainder 0 represents the completion of a series on a return inward cycle.
In this instance the Tarot card is the Sun labeled XIX (9).
This method of calculating Life Path numbers gives an even distribution of path numbers.
It is objective. There is no subjective choosing whether to reduce a number or not.
The 22 paths are provided as follows:
0 The Fool
1 The Magician
2 The High Priestess
3 The Empress
4 The Emperor
5 The Hierophant
6 The Lovers
7 The Chariot
8 Justice
9 The Hermit
10 The Wheel of Fortune
11 Strength
12 The Hanged Man
13 Death
14 Temperance
15 The Devil
16 The Lightning Struck Tower
17 The Star
18 The Moon
19 The Sun
20 Judgment
21 The World
There are no Master Numbers (e.g. 11 or 22).
If someone is a master then they will be a Master incarnated on one of the specific paths.
What your Tarot Soul card tells you.
In a nutshell the lessons of the Tarot card are the lessons of your soul in this incarnation.
Some aspect of the Tarot card will resonate with you,.
Perhaps stand out as being a common influence that you experience in your life.
Stand out as being the nature of a hurdle or lesson that keeps coming back at you and back at you relentlessly.
In your life you will experience all of the influences of all of the Tarot cards at some time or other.
Everything moves and develops in the pattern of the cards.
There are influences happening at many different levels.
They will be more or less dominant at various times.
The Tarot Soul Card is a significant, overarching force in your life.
It will stand out as the one that you keep butting up against.
You cannot avoid it.
There may be only one keyword or phrase that sums it up for you.
For example I was recently working with a friend who happened to have the Tarot Soul Card of the Emperor IV (4).
The 4 is a very practical, physical number related to structure, rules and rigour.
You may expect a builder to have a dominant 4 in their makeup.
This man was not a builder and not particularly practical in any obvious way.
He had spent his life as an academic, immersed in the world of classical music and the arts.
His dominant focus in his career was "composition".
For me everything fell into place.
This was clearly the Emperor being significantly influential in this life.
Learning the rules of composition meant understanding musical structure and rules. He was able to explain explicitly when timing, rhythm, patterns were not in keeping with the expected and accepted practices of music. Music and composition dominated his life.
Such a revelation and awareness of this significant influence is enough to make you realise the direction of your life and why it happened this way.
Why so many things happened the way they did to bring you along the path that you have followed.
It can help you understand why your life has been so helplessly hollow.
Why you have seemed to always fight against some things.
Once you realise the connection it can completely turn your life around.
Put you on the track to happiness and success.
Learning and understanding the basic meanings of the cards of the Tarot is not difficult.
When you start applying them to human beings that is when the analysis deepens and at times it is not so simple.
In this process you are not going to get a couple of pages of stuff that builds up your ego telling you how great you are.
Sometimes you may just get one or two keywords.
Follow this up with research and study.
Learn to understand what these keywords mean and how it applies to you.
Learn what the other Tarot Major Arcana cards mean and how they don't apply to you.
This delimits you and helps to show your boundaries.
This is not a psychic process.
Without some personal knowledge of you, it can be difficult to understand how a particular Soul card has a meaningful application.
Either some self-analysis or intimate discussion is required to make a correlation.
Using your Tarot Soul Card in a Tarot reading.
When you do a Tarot reading the cards have the ability to tell you where you are now and what is happening in your life.
If you have a good understanding of your path in life then you can analyse the cards in the layout with a view to how this impacts upon your soul purpose.
This may be very different to how the scenario impacts upon you.
Where you are in life and where you should be in life may be poles apart.
Now that you know your Tarot Soul Card then it is beneficial to do a Tarot reading.
With your Tarot Soul Card you have an idea where you should be in life.
Now let the Tarot tell you where you currently are in comparison to this base position.
I have designed the Tarot Soul Card spread around the structure of Celtic Cross spread.
In a nutshell the lessons of the Tarot card are the lessons of your soul in this incarnation.
Some aspect of the Tarot card will resonate with you,.
Perhaps stand out as being a common influence that you experience in your life.
Stand out as being the nature of a hurdle or lesson that keeps coming back at you and back at you relentlessly.
In your life you will experience all of the influences of all of the Tarot cards at some time or other.
Everything moves and develops in the pattern of the cards.
There are influences happening at many different levels.
They will be more or less dominant at various times.
The Tarot Soul Card is a significant, overarching force in your life.
It will stand out as the one that you keep butting up against.
You cannot avoid it.
There may be only one keyword or phrase that sums it up for you.
For example I was recently working with a friend who happened to have the Tarot Soul Card of the Emperor IV (4).
The 4 is a very practical, physical number related to structure, rules and rigour.
You may expect a builder to have a dominant 4 in their makeup.
This man was not a builder and not particularly practical in any obvious way.
He had spent his life as an academic, immersed in the world of classical music and the arts.
His dominant focus in his career was "composition".
For me everything fell into place.
This was clearly the Emperor being significantly influential in this life.
Learning the rules of composition meant understanding musical structure and rules. He was able to explain explicitly when timing, rhythm, patterns were not in keeping with the expected and accepted practices of music. Music and composition dominated his life.
Such a revelation and awareness of this significant influence is enough to make you realise the direction of your life and why it happened this way.
Why so many things happened the way they did to bring you along the path that you have followed.
It can help you understand why your life has been so helplessly hollow.
Why you have seemed to always fight against some things.
Once you realise the connection it can completely turn your life around.
Put you on the track to happiness and success.
Learning and understanding the basic meanings of the cards of the Tarot is not difficult.
When you start applying them to human beings that is when the analysis deepens and at times it is not so simple.
In this process you are not going to get a couple of pages of stuff that builds up your ego telling you how great you are.
Sometimes you may just get one or two keywords.
Follow this up with research and study.
Learn to understand what these keywords mean and how it applies to you.
Learn what the other Tarot Major Arcana cards mean and how they don't apply to you.
This delimits you and helps to show your boundaries.
This is not a psychic process.
Without some personal knowledge of you, it can be difficult to understand how a particular Soul card has a meaningful application.
Either some self-analysis or intimate discussion is required to make a correlation.
Using your Tarot Soul Card in a Tarot reading.
When you do a Tarot reading the cards have the ability to tell you where you are now and what is happening in your life.
If you have a good understanding of your path in life then you can analyse the cards in the layout with a view to how this impacts upon your soul purpose.
This may be very different to how the scenario impacts upon you.
Where you are in life and where you should be in life may be poles apart.
Now that you know your Tarot Soul Card then it is beneficial to do a Tarot reading.
With your Tarot Soul Card you have an idea where you should be in life.
Now let the Tarot tell you where you currently are in comparison to this base position.
I have designed the Tarot Soul Card spread around the structure of Celtic Cross spread.
The first thing to do.
Formulate in your mind that you are going to do the Tarot Soul Card spread,.
Knowing the positions that the cards will be laid in and the meaning of the positions.
Then focus your mind around the key question.
I call it the “Key” question because if formulated correctly this question is the key that unlocks the mystery of your soul path.
The question to ask is “Tell me about my soul path based upon my personal Tarot Soul Card".
of the …… (E.g. the Hanged Man or whichever is your Tarot Soul Card).
Now, focusing upon this subject matter in your mind.
Shuffle the cards and when ready cut them into three piles using your non-dominant hand.
Then regroup them as one deck in any order you desire.
The cards are now prepared for the reading.
Before laying any cards quickly take note of the card on the very bottom of the deck.
I refer to the card as “the Overview”.
Often I find that this card gives me a high level clue that helps to discern the true essence of the reading.
Commence the laying of the cards.
Take the card from the top of the deck and lay it in the 1st position (the left arm of the Cross).
This card signifies where you are in life.
Lay the next card in the 2nd position (the right arm of the Cross).
This card signifies where you should be.
Compare these two cards – are there similarities or conflicts?
How wide is the gulf between?
Distinct conflicts in the nature of these two cards suggests that you may be reasonably off-track.
Lay the next card in the 3rd position in the middle between the first two cards.
This position signifies what helps you in bringing the two paths together.
I like to think of this card as “the stepping stone” that helps you get from here to there.
The 4th card is laid horizontally across the previous card.
This card suggests what may be blocking you from synchronizing with your true path.
The 5th card is laid above the other cards in what is forming as the middle column of the Cross.
As in the original Celtic Cross this is the position of the Crown Chakra and suggests your mind-set in relation to this matter.
This is where you think you are as compared to where the cards think you are.
Compare these two cards – Card 1 and Card 5.
Are you thinking accurately in your analysis of the situation or are you off the mark in how you see things? Often your own mind-set can be your greatest stumbling block to progress.
Lay the 6th card in the Foundation position, beneath all of the other cards at the base of the middle column of the cross.
This card, like the original Celtic Cross, suggests something from your past.
This is something that is already in existence.
It makes for a strong foundation stone to build upon in maintaining your journey in sync with your true life path.
This completes the Cross – the heart of the layout.
The next four cards are laid in a vertical column from the bottom upwards to the right of the Cross.
Card 7 indicates the Soul energy that is currently being applied in your life.
What is your soul crying out for?
Card 8 signifies the energy from the environment that is currently being applied to your life.
Is your environment helping or hindering?
There are many environments that you participate in such as love, work, play etc.
Does this card relate to any one in particular?
Card 9 signifies the energy of your personality that is currently being applied to your life.
Is your personality in sync with the needs of your soul?
Are they working together in harmony or are they driving in different directions?
Card 10 signifies the energy currently needed to be applied to your life to keep you on track.
To bring you closer to a synchronization with your soul path.
This is something you can actively do to engage in fulfilling your soul path.
As with any other spread it is important to look for patterns, consistencies and inconsistencies, within the cards that have been drawn.
Formulate in your mind that you are going to do the Tarot Soul Card spread,.
Knowing the positions that the cards will be laid in and the meaning of the positions.
Then focus your mind around the key question.
I call it the “Key” question because if formulated correctly this question is the key that unlocks the mystery of your soul path.
The question to ask is “Tell me about my soul path based upon my personal Tarot Soul Card".
of the …… (E.g. the Hanged Man or whichever is your Tarot Soul Card).
Now, focusing upon this subject matter in your mind.
Shuffle the cards and when ready cut them into three piles using your non-dominant hand.
Then regroup them as one deck in any order you desire.
The cards are now prepared for the reading.
Before laying any cards quickly take note of the card on the very bottom of the deck.
I refer to the card as “the Overview”.
Often I find that this card gives me a high level clue that helps to discern the true essence of the reading.
Commence the laying of the cards.
Take the card from the top of the deck and lay it in the 1st position (the left arm of the Cross).
This card signifies where you are in life.
Lay the next card in the 2nd position (the right arm of the Cross).
This card signifies where you should be.
Compare these two cards – are there similarities or conflicts?
How wide is the gulf between?
Distinct conflicts in the nature of these two cards suggests that you may be reasonably off-track.
Lay the next card in the 3rd position in the middle between the first two cards.
This position signifies what helps you in bringing the two paths together.
I like to think of this card as “the stepping stone” that helps you get from here to there.
The 4th card is laid horizontally across the previous card.
This card suggests what may be blocking you from synchronizing with your true path.
The 5th card is laid above the other cards in what is forming as the middle column of the Cross.
As in the original Celtic Cross this is the position of the Crown Chakra and suggests your mind-set in relation to this matter.
This is where you think you are as compared to where the cards think you are.
Compare these two cards – Card 1 and Card 5.
Are you thinking accurately in your analysis of the situation or are you off the mark in how you see things? Often your own mind-set can be your greatest stumbling block to progress.
Lay the 6th card in the Foundation position, beneath all of the other cards at the base of the middle column of the cross.
This card, like the original Celtic Cross, suggests something from your past.
This is something that is already in existence.
It makes for a strong foundation stone to build upon in maintaining your journey in sync with your true life path.
This completes the Cross – the heart of the layout.
The next four cards are laid in a vertical column from the bottom upwards to the right of the Cross.
Card 7 indicates the Soul energy that is currently being applied in your life.
What is your soul crying out for?
Card 8 signifies the energy from the environment that is currently being applied to your life.
Is your environment helping or hindering?
There are many environments that you participate in such as love, work, play etc.
Does this card relate to any one in particular?
Card 9 signifies the energy of your personality that is currently being applied to your life.
Is your personality in sync with the needs of your soul?
Are they working together in harmony or are they driving in different directions?
Card 10 signifies the energy currently needed to be applied to your life to keep you on track.
To bring you closer to a synchronization with your soul path.
This is something you can actively do to engage in fulfilling your soul path.
As with any other spread it is important to look for patterns, consistencies and inconsistencies, within the cards that have been drawn.
Are there an overwhelming number of Major Arcana cards?
Four or five or more Major Arcana cards suggest a significant life event or events are at issue here.
Big changes are likely happening or are necessary to happen.
More Minor Arcana cards suggests more of a fine-tuning, a tinkering around the edges.
Did you get your own Tarot Soul Card in any of the positions?
Prick up your ears and pay attention.
The position this card appears in is significant.
How are the suits represented?
Is there any dominant suit?
Is there any suit missing?
Which of the four human functions:
intuition/spiritual processes
mental processes
emotional processes
active/practical processes
are you engaging or not engaging?
Are there any sets or series of cards e.g. 2, 3 or 4 of a kind or Knight, Queen, King?
Are there any progressions indicating a development along a particular path?
Can we discern growth or regression?
Four or five or more Major Arcana cards suggest a significant life event or events are at issue here.
Big changes are likely happening or are necessary to happen.
More Minor Arcana cards suggests more of a fine-tuning, a tinkering around the edges.
Did you get your own Tarot Soul Card in any of the positions?
Prick up your ears and pay attention.
The position this card appears in is significant.
How are the suits represented?
Is there any dominant suit?
Is there any suit missing?
Which of the four human functions:
intuition/spiritual processes
mental processes
emotional processes
active/practical processes
are you engaging or not engaging?
Are there any sets or series of cards e.g. 2, 3 or 4 of a kind or Knight, Queen, King?
Are there any progressions indicating a development along a particular path?
Can we discern growth or regression?
My usual practice following the laying of the first spread of ten cards is to then draw a Rune from my set of Runes and a Fairy Card from my Fairy Card deck.
The single Rune and Fairy Card are usually extremely accurate and helpful to confirm the major theme of the reading.
Similar to the Overview card, they provide a supporting clue.
Following the first analysis of the Soul’s journey it is reasonable now to consider the cards in the layout and choose one of them.
Perhaps it jumps out at you – or there is a card that needs further clarification.
Move that card to the top of the table above the spread.
Now phrase a question around this card, to be the focus of a further ten card reading.
You are essentially asking: “Tell me more about the meaning of this card with respect to my soul path?”
You are now about to raise the use of the Tarot reading to the next level.
The first layout of ten cards reflected back at you the situation as it is now – as you perhaps know it to be – there may have been no surprises.
By taking a card from the first layout and applying it to a new reading it is almost like jumping from one dimension to a new dimension.
As we drill into the scenario, and then maybe do it again, there is potential for becoming more and more predictive.
The outcome becomes more and more focused into the future based on the supposition that if life follows this particular path as laid down by the cards then this is likely to happen.
The answer to this 2nd question is best formalized in the following spread
The single Rune and Fairy Card are usually extremely accurate and helpful to confirm the major theme of the reading.
Similar to the Overview card, they provide a supporting clue.
Following the first analysis of the Soul’s journey it is reasonable now to consider the cards in the layout and choose one of them.
Perhaps it jumps out at you – or there is a card that needs further clarification.
Move that card to the top of the table above the spread.
Now phrase a question around this card, to be the focus of a further ten card reading.
You are essentially asking: “Tell me more about the meaning of this card with respect to my soul path?”
You are now about to raise the use of the Tarot reading to the next level.
The first layout of ten cards reflected back at you the situation as it is now – as you perhaps know it to be – there may have been no surprises.
By taking a card from the first layout and applying it to a new reading it is almost like jumping from one dimension to a new dimension.
As we drill into the scenario, and then maybe do it again, there is potential for becoming more and more predictive.
The outcome becomes more and more focused into the future based on the supposition that if life follows this particular path as laid down by the cards then this is likely to happen.
The answer to this 2nd question is best formalized in the following spread
Reading 1
To test my Soul Tarot Card spread I did a reading with someone I know very well (or at least I thought I did). Their Tarot Soul card is the 8 of Justice.
(Note I do not follow Arthur Edward Waite's change in the Rider Waite deck, switching the Justice and Strength cards from their traditional positions. Traditionally Justice is 8 and Strength is 11 and that's the way it should be.)
To test my Soul Tarot Card spread I did a reading with someone I know very well (or at least I thought I did). Their Tarot Soul card is the 8 of Justice.
(Note I do not follow Arthur Edward Waite's change in the Rider Waite deck, switching the Justice and Strength cards from their traditional positions. Traditionally Justice is 8 and Strength is 11 and that's the way it should be.)
In the first position - "Where you are now!"
The Devil 15 appeared.
In the second position - "Where you should be!"
We received the 7 of Wands.
These two cards immediately threw me into a spin.
Knowing this person this was not what I expected.
I would have been more expecting something like the 7 of Wands in the first position.
This suggested that my client was not in control of the situation as much as I expected.
Applying my mind to what I knew of this person, this was shaking the beliefs quite considerably.
As usual everything is not always what it seems.
These two cards told me that we have this well balanced Justice-type person who is tethered to the everyday world of work and addiction etc.
The 7 of Wands told me that they should be on top of things, defending what they believed in.
Instead they are working at the Devil's business and not their own.
The third card - the stepping stone - was the Emperor.
Rules, structure, discipline.
This is a key to explain the current situation.
The fourth card was the 8 of Wands.
This position represents hurdles and blocks to achieving your path.
The idea of progress, ambition, achieving outcomes, all happening too quickly perhaps, climbing the ladder of success did not fit the person that I was looking at.
Perhaps their self esteem and beliefs are tied too much to achieving outcomes.
They need to show some discipline within their own self to override the ruling patterns in their life.
The foundation card beneath - something from the past that this was built upon or connected to - was the King of Swords.
As a person I would immediately associate this card with my client's father.
A strong minded man who taught the children that if you weren't working then you're not worthwhile.
There wasn't much credence given to the creative arts - that was time wasting.
The 5 of Pentacles appeared in the Soul energy position.
This is the "out in the cold, cold snow" card of missed opportunities.
This is a card not at all like my client as I understood things.
But then I thought, "We're not talking about my client as I see them - we're talking about my client's soul!"
There be the difference.
This is very interesting.
Maybe the soul is missing opportunities because of this particular mind set.
The next card representing the Environmental energy affected by this is the 9 of swords.
Someone with a mind full of fears.
The Personality energy affected by this is demonstrated by the 5 of Swords.
Confrontation, dispute, challenging.
The final card was the Lightning Struck Tower representing the outcome that could help in this situation.
Things changing suddenly and dramatically.
There is an interesting array of 5’s in this layout.
15 (Devil); 5 Pentacles; 5 Swords
Tthere is a struggle going on here between discipline and freedom.
The principles of the Devil/the World of Men & Women are at play.
The starkness of the 5 of Pentacles (fear of losing everything or having nothing).
The drama of the 5 of Swords (conflict – you’ll be in trouble if you are disobedient).
The card placed at the bottom of the deck was the Hermit.
Representing someone going inside seeking to know themselves better.
Sometimes the best form of attack is retreat.
The Rune drawn was Berkana meaning growth and renewal.
I can understand the relevance of this Rune.
Harking back to the card beneath the deck, the Hermit, I see the need to go inside yourself, to reflect and get in touch with the real you.
This is instead of responding to the stimuli of the King of Swords.
Break the hold held by the parent.
The Fairy card of "New Location" is challenging.
New place of living, new work etc.
It's about making some physical shift maybe that will bring about the change necessary to overcome the controlling patterns of childhood.
We then took the Tower card and asked:
"Tell me about this card and how it is influencing my life path journey?"
The Devil 15 appeared.
In the second position - "Where you should be!"
We received the 7 of Wands.
These two cards immediately threw me into a spin.
Knowing this person this was not what I expected.
I would have been more expecting something like the 7 of Wands in the first position.
This suggested that my client was not in control of the situation as much as I expected.
Applying my mind to what I knew of this person, this was shaking the beliefs quite considerably.
As usual everything is not always what it seems.
These two cards told me that we have this well balanced Justice-type person who is tethered to the everyday world of work and addiction etc.
The 7 of Wands told me that they should be on top of things, defending what they believed in.
Instead they are working at the Devil's business and not their own.
The third card - the stepping stone - was the Emperor.
Rules, structure, discipline.
This is a key to explain the current situation.
The fourth card was the 8 of Wands.
This position represents hurdles and blocks to achieving your path.
The idea of progress, ambition, achieving outcomes, all happening too quickly perhaps, climbing the ladder of success did not fit the person that I was looking at.
Perhaps their self esteem and beliefs are tied too much to achieving outcomes.
They need to show some discipline within their own self to override the ruling patterns in their life.
The foundation card beneath - something from the past that this was built upon or connected to - was the King of Swords.
As a person I would immediately associate this card with my client's father.
A strong minded man who taught the children that if you weren't working then you're not worthwhile.
There wasn't much credence given to the creative arts - that was time wasting.
The 5 of Pentacles appeared in the Soul energy position.
This is the "out in the cold, cold snow" card of missed opportunities.
This is a card not at all like my client as I understood things.
But then I thought, "We're not talking about my client as I see them - we're talking about my client's soul!"
There be the difference.
This is very interesting.
Maybe the soul is missing opportunities because of this particular mind set.
The next card representing the Environmental energy affected by this is the 9 of swords.
Someone with a mind full of fears.
The Personality energy affected by this is demonstrated by the 5 of Swords.
Confrontation, dispute, challenging.
The final card was the Lightning Struck Tower representing the outcome that could help in this situation.
Things changing suddenly and dramatically.
There is an interesting array of 5’s in this layout.
15 (Devil); 5 Pentacles; 5 Swords
Tthere is a struggle going on here between discipline and freedom.
The principles of the Devil/the World of Men & Women are at play.
The starkness of the 5 of Pentacles (fear of losing everything or having nothing).
The drama of the 5 of Swords (conflict – you’ll be in trouble if you are disobedient).
The card placed at the bottom of the deck was the Hermit.
Representing someone going inside seeking to know themselves better.
Sometimes the best form of attack is retreat.
The Rune drawn was Berkana meaning growth and renewal.
I can understand the relevance of this Rune.
Harking back to the card beneath the deck, the Hermit, I see the need to go inside yourself, to reflect and get in touch with the real you.
This is instead of responding to the stimuli of the King of Swords.
Break the hold held by the parent.
The Fairy card of "New Location" is challenging.
New place of living, new work etc.
It's about making some physical shift maybe that will bring about the change necessary to overcome the controlling patterns of childhood.
We then took the Tower card and asked:
"Tell me about this card and how it is influencing my life path journey?"
The first card, suggesting the situation that this reading relates to, is the 8 of Pentacles - the worker and the work situation.
Crossing this card, the second card indicates hurdles or blocks in your way, is the card of Judgment - rebirth, growth, complete review and being open to review.
The third card represents an influence that is passing and in this position is the 6 of Cups - connection to childhood memories and beliefs.
The fourth card represents the new influences coming into play.
Here we have the 3 of wands.
New developments coming to us, creative expression, creativity.
Ready to step on board your ship as it comes in.
Arriving in the harbour loaded with gold and the prospects and hopes of the future.
The mindset above these cards is the Hierophant (5) - teachings, beliefs, principles, values.
The foundation below is the 7 of Cups - hopes and dreams, making emotional choices.
The Soul energy is represented by Temperance (14) - peace, balance, equanimity, an easy blend.
The Environmental energy is the King of Cups - this could be my influence (the man of love).
The Personality energy is held in the Death card (13) - change in the personality in such a way that things will not be the same again - release, liberation.
The Outcome card is the 9 of Wands - passions and dreams, protecting and defending what you believe in.
That card that was on the bottom of the deck for this reading was the 10 of the Major Arcana, the Wheel of Fortune - the coming of a change in the wind.
If acted upon this reading suggests there will be a shift in the way that my client applies herself to her soul purpose, freeing herself from the bonds of parental controls and patterning from childhood, being free to be the way that you want to be.
Reading 2
My next reading to test out this spread was for myself.
Focusing upon the XII (12) of the Hanged Man, I laid the following cards:
Crossing this card, the second card indicates hurdles or blocks in your way, is the card of Judgment - rebirth, growth, complete review and being open to review.
The third card represents an influence that is passing and in this position is the 6 of Cups - connection to childhood memories and beliefs.
The fourth card represents the new influences coming into play.
Here we have the 3 of wands.
New developments coming to us, creative expression, creativity.
Ready to step on board your ship as it comes in.
Arriving in the harbour loaded with gold and the prospects and hopes of the future.
The mindset above these cards is the Hierophant (5) - teachings, beliefs, principles, values.
The foundation below is the 7 of Cups - hopes and dreams, making emotional choices.
The Soul energy is represented by Temperance (14) - peace, balance, equanimity, an easy blend.
The Environmental energy is the King of Cups - this could be my influence (the man of love).
The Personality energy is held in the Death card (13) - change in the personality in such a way that things will not be the same again - release, liberation.
The Outcome card is the 9 of Wands - passions and dreams, protecting and defending what you believe in.
That card that was on the bottom of the deck for this reading was the 10 of the Major Arcana, the Wheel of Fortune - the coming of a change in the wind.
If acted upon this reading suggests there will be a shift in the way that my client applies herself to her soul purpose, freeing herself from the bonds of parental controls and patterning from childhood, being free to be the way that you want to be.
Reading 2
My next reading to test out this spread was for myself.
Focusing upon the XII (12) of the Hanged Man, I laid the following cards:
The 1st card - where I am now! - is the 8 of Cups.
This is the person who is emotionally searching for another way.
The 2nd card - where I should be! - is the 9 of Swords.
This shows someone plagued by worries and fears.
Maybe it is someone who has found themselves at the completion of a particular mindset or way of thinking?
The 9 means completion and the Swords represent the mental/thinking processes.
There is a certain compatibility between the two cards.
One is at the end of a certain way of thinking and the other is searching for a new emotional way.
The stepping stone between the two cards is Temperance 14.
Temperance counsels "between two extremes find the middle path".
The block that crosses over is the 9 of Pentacles.
This is the woman of independent means.
Perhaps this card is telling me that what is blocking my path is independent means.
This would free me up from the work-a-day world.
The mindset (card above) is the 8 of Wands.
Success and progress happening quite rapidly.
Perhaps this indicates hopeful thinking.
Beneath these cards the foundation is the Queen of Cups.
I see my wife in this card and the support that she provides.
The Soul energy is the Ace of Wands.
This represents new passions, a new way of communicating spiritually and intuitively.
The Environmental energy is the 4 of Cups.
Sitting under a tree choosing from the opportunities that are provided.
Which cup do I choose for practical, emotional application?
The Personality energy is the Fool.
This indicates the potential I have available to me through my personality.
I see this card as an affirming card that my personality is in tune with the Universe.
It could also be suggesting that the personality associated with my soul in this life is reasonably immature and needs to grow but the potential is there.
The Outcome is the Knight of Pentacles.
The act of doing something practical to make things happen.
The card on the bottom of the deck for this reading was the Ace of Pentacles.
This represents a new way of doing things and sensing the world.
The Rune I chose was Hagalaz.
This means change, freedom, invention, liberation.
A need to break free from restriction, to stop identifying with material reality and instead experience "archetypal mind".
Other keywords are "radical discontinuity".
The Fairy card I drew was "Positive Expectation".
This card said to go out and commune with nature at my earliest opportunity.
Go out and tell nature what I was thinking and wanting.
I immediately stopped what I was doing and walked out down to the creek.
I need to do the follow up reading to see what is likely to happen if I act upon the Outcome card of the Knight of Pentacles.
For me when I do Tarot readings I do not personally get the idea that I am overly psychic or clairvoyant etc.
I do not receive visions, images or hear voices giving me messages.
I acknowledge that everyone is psychic in some way.
Ideas that jump into our heads may be intuitively derived without any awareness of the messages encoded into the process.
Hopefully from my description of the readings that I have provided it gives you an insight into how my mind operates with the cards.
For other people your interaction with the cards can be vastly different.
There will always be a need for an interpretive process to determine clear meanings.
Some people receive stronger clues than others.
Tarot is a personal experience.
Each of us must develop our own relationship with the cards and the Universe.
This is the person who is emotionally searching for another way.
The 2nd card - where I should be! - is the 9 of Swords.
This shows someone plagued by worries and fears.
Maybe it is someone who has found themselves at the completion of a particular mindset or way of thinking?
The 9 means completion and the Swords represent the mental/thinking processes.
There is a certain compatibility between the two cards.
One is at the end of a certain way of thinking and the other is searching for a new emotional way.
The stepping stone between the two cards is Temperance 14.
Temperance counsels "between two extremes find the middle path".
The block that crosses over is the 9 of Pentacles.
This is the woman of independent means.
Perhaps this card is telling me that what is blocking my path is independent means.
This would free me up from the work-a-day world.
The mindset (card above) is the 8 of Wands.
Success and progress happening quite rapidly.
Perhaps this indicates hopeful thinking.
Beneath these cards the foundation is the Queen of Cups.
I see my wife in this card and the support that she provides.
The Soul energy is the Ace of Wands.
This represents new passions, a new way of communicating spiritually and intuitively.
The Environmental energy is the 4 of Cups.
Sitting under a tree choosing from the opportunities that are provided.
Which cup do I choose for practical, emotional application?
The Personality energy is the Fool.
This indicates the potential I have available to me through my personality.
I see this card as an affirming card that my personality is in tune with the Universe.
It could also be suggesting that the personality associated with my soul in this life is reasonably immature and needs to grow but the potential is there.
The Outcome is the Knight of Pentacles.
The act of doing something practical to make things happen.
The card on the bottom of the deck for this reading was the Ace of Pentacles.
This represents a new way of doing things and sensing the world.
The Rune I chose was Hagalaz.
This means change, freedom, invention, liberation.
A need to break free from restriction, to stop identifying with material reality and instead experience "archetypal mind".
Other keywords are "radical discontinuity".
The Fairy card I drew was "Positive Expectation".
This card said to go out and commune with nature at my earliest opportunity.
Go out and tell nature what I was thinking and wanting.
I immediately stopped what I was doing and walked out down to the creek.
I need to do the follow up reading to see what is likely to happen if I act upon the Outcome card of the Knight of Pentacles.
For me when I do Tarot readings I do not personally get the idea that I am overly psychic or clairvoyant etc.
I do not receive visions, images or hear voices giving me messages.
I acknowledge that everyone is psychic in some way.
Ideas that jump into our heads may be intuitively derived without any awareness of the messages encoded into the process.
Hopefully from my description of the readings that I have provided it gives you an insight into how my mind operates with the cards.
For other people your interaction with the cards can be vastly different.
There will always be a need for an interpretive process to determine clear meanings.
Some people receive stronger clues than others.
Tarot is a personal experience.
Each of us must develop our own relationship with the cards and the Universe.