====== Tirage En Croix ====== ===== Spread Notes ===== This is an old spread that dates back to the 1870s, according to [[http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=95259|this thread]]. It's a simple spread that can be quite flexible. The layout and card associations lend themselves nicely to an alchemical framing, with the four arms representing the four classical elements or the four cardinal directions. You could even take this a step further, associating each minor suit with one of the arms, and the major arcana with the central card. This spread is //much// simpler and easier to learn than the more commonly-cited [[tarot:spreads:celticross]] spread, and it's older to boot. As we now know, Arthur E. Waite fabricated the majority of his first tarot book out of thin air, and his claims to any ancient tradition are outright lies. [[tarot:satin:start]] has some additional notes on this spread that I think are useful for adapting it to specific concerns or needs. Various equilateral cross layouts change the order of the cards. For the sake of simplicity, the card order is static in this spread. ==== Card descriptions ==== The five cards may correspond to a variety of traits: === Basic Spreads === - Thesis (what favors the question) - Anithesis (what opposes the question) - Synthesis (where things stand) - Outcome (explained by 1-3) - //Quintessence// - Subject - Object - Divine (unseen) - Outcome - //Quintessence// === Relationships === - Querent - Other person - Hidden influences - Long-term outcome - //Quintessence// === Introspection === - What you see - What you do - What you feel (and are sensitive to) - What you think - What (who) you are * //What have I always wanted to know about myself that nobody can tell me?// - Where I stand - My tasks - My fears - Which attitude will help me - Potential outcome ==== The Quintessential Card ==== This card is not drawn directly from the deck. Instead, it is calculated by adding the values of the other four cards, then further reducing that value by adding the digits, if the value is greater than 21. Sometimes, the Quintessential card will be one of the other four cards. This can't be laid out with real cards, but it can easily be included when adding new readings to the wicci. Depending on the reading, you can choose to pull a card normally for this position. ===== Spread =====

@onet@

@one@

@onen@

@twot@

@two@

@twon@

@threet@

@three@

@threen@

@fourt@

@four@

@fourn@

@fivet@

@five@

@fiven@

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