The Fool's Spread: WorkSheet
Creator: Thirteen
(used with permission)
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Thirteen> Here's one that I use that I made up.
The Fool's Spread (I use it as a general, "what's new"? spread in
readings):
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| #1: |
He's looking up at the sun or star or sky--he's daydreaming about for his future, his grand schemes, plans, his ultimate goals.
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| #2: |
However, there's a little dog tugging or barking at him to warn him to look down instead of up because.....
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| #3: | There's a cliff he might just walk over if he doesn't!
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| #4: | There's what he's bringing with him though he might not know what's in that
sack.
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| #5: | There's the old self he's leaving behind--the one that's ended and done
with.
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| #6: | There's his next stop along his journey--the place he'll get to in the next
card if he doesn't fall off the cliff.
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| #7: | There is where he is right now, in the present.
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So, reading this
(and I do quite well with this spread) I tell the reader their ultimate hope and
daydream for their future--be it in career, love, intellect or job. Thus, in
this spread, the "Star"--#1--guides the rest of the reading--if it's
cups, then they're dreaming about Love. This gives me an idea of what the other
cards might be about--what cliff they might fall over, what the warning might be
from the little dog, etc.
I point out that
they should listen to that little dog (if it's a court card, it's a person, if
it's not it might be past experience, their conscience, or knowledge), because
if they don't they'll end up stuck at the bottom of the cliff doing or being
something else, not moving forward toward their ultimate goal. Then I discuss
what they're taking with them that will help them when they get to their next
stop. I usually assume that whatever is in the "sack" is useful, not
negative, but sometimes we do bring baggage.... <
