Powerful One-Card Tarot Spreads

Part 8

Who, What, Where and Which questions are answered the same way as How and Why questions using the Dynamic Elemental Tarot Spreads. The rules for responding to Who, What, Where and Which questions are repeated here for your convenience:

Rule Number One: Decide which element is expressed by the question.

Rule Number Two: Prepare the deck and draw cards from the deck using the method of your choice. Keep drawing cards and placing them in piles according to their element until you draw a card of the element expressed by the question.

Rule Number Three: The last card drawn is the answer to the question and any cards drawn prior to the final card may be used to further clarify this answer.

To do a one card reading, use only the last card drawn, the one of the element chosen for this reading. Any other cards drawn for this reading may be used for clarification purposes or ignored. Interpret the card drawn according to the system you choose to use and give the reading accordingly. You may expect the card to explain exactly how or why the event mentioned in the question is occurring. It's up to you to use this explanation to answer the question.

Alternatively, the top card for each element may be used to do a more complete reading. Again, any cards beneath the top card can be used for clarification purposes. This technique will result in a reading of one to five elements depending upon how many cards were drawn for each element before the element being sought to answer the question. You may not have drawn a card for one or more of the elements.

The basic Dynamic Elemental Tarot Spread, where cards are drawn until each of the five elements has at least one card representing it, can be used to give a five card reading over all of the elements. You may also choose to use any number of elements for your reading. My only suggestion is to choose the elements before you draw any cards to answer the question. That way you keep the lines of communication open with your own subconscious mind.

Q - Who's going to get the job I applied for?

A - Inverted Two of Swords = Attitude of Determination

This person knows what they want and project that attitude for all to see. That's the person who'll get the job you applied for. {P.S. it turned out to be the client who was the Attitude of Determination person.}

The essence of all Who answers is the card describes an important, easy-to-recognize characteristic about the person in question.

Q - What's the best way for me to learn tarot?

A - Inverted Devil = Become free of all preconceptions

This card tells it all. Forget everything you know and think you know. Let the cards teach you how to read them. All What questions receive a direct and succinct answer.

Q - Where will I find my soul mate? (same client)

A - Inverted Strength = Weakness

The place where you find yourself most vulnerable is the place of your weakness and that's where you'll find your soul mate.

Q - Which place? A, B or C? (same client, yet again)

A - Inverted High Priestess = Lack of Direction

Q - At this point I checked my deck to see if the whole thing was upside down Major Arcana. The deck was fine.

The place where you feel a complete lack of direction. She said that was option C because she couldn't find her way around that area at all but she knew the other two areas quite well. Then she said something professional tarot readers hear a lot: I thought so, but I just needed confirmation.

Your assignment this week, should you choose to try it, is to do several What, Who, Where and Which tarot spreads to answer questions for yourself and your friends. Next time we'll take a look at some ways of answering Is, Are? and Yes-No questions. In the meantime, have a great week.

Powerful One Card Tarot Spreads - Part 9

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