tarot spreads
Because of the wide variety of tarot spreads it's very difficult to decide which to learn and which to use but most easy to use and effective.
The Celtic Cross and 12 cards spreads The 12 Card layout is suitable for reading people, situations, financial issues, businesses, relationships and other situations including multiple people and the 12 Card is a moving picture that shows past, present and future.
The 12 Card layout is so flexible that you can use some card signifiers to capture complex situations, expand certain amounts of the reading to get more detail or move the reading back and forth in time which allows you to track cause and effect chains much more effectively. Many people considered the Celtic Cross is the most powerful, accurate and often used spread in Tarot, and its frequent use generates some sort of collective energy around it.
The Celtic Cross is a type of Tarot reading that gives you a character sketch or personality profile of the person you are reading and it's like a photograph or stop action picture of a person, a cross section or slice of their life. This type of reading is useful for people but not for situations and does not answer specific questions on situations but is a quick and easy way to get a personality profile on someone. In other words the Celtic Cross is a still picture snapshot of a person and offer a personality profile. The Celtic Cross has a few different variations, most centered around how the cards are dealt around the first card here is shown one of this variations with detailed picture:
The Significator - This is the card chosen in the tarot spreads to represent the seeker. It is almost always a face card, and should be chosen with the seeker's personality and attributes in mind.
1. The Crossing Card - an integral part of the situation that the seeker may not be seeing, or something that may be an obstacle ,likely if the card is reversed. This is something the seeker needs the be aware of to resolve the situation.
2. The Foundation - What the question is based on; this is a little hard to define, but you will get a feeling for what this card signifies.
3. The Near Future - Coming events that the seeker will want to watch for; this isn't necessarily the outcome of the situation, the rest of the cards will determine if it is.
4. The Crown - This card gives you a sense of what is permeating the question; this may be something that the seeker aspires to, or what the seeker hopes the situation will become.
5. Recent Events - Recent events that will have a bearing on the current situation.
6. The Seeker - While the Significator already represents the seeker, this will tell how the seeker feels about the question and other details; it is a picture of the seeker as relates to the situation.
7. The Seeker's Surroundings - This is the people around the seeker who have an influence on the situation; he/she will want to note whether the cards say they are supportive or not, and how they are related to the question. Sometimes the card will point directly to a specific person that is influencing the outcome heavily.
8. Hopes and Fears - What the seeker hopes for this question, or what they fear most will happen and helps the seeker to realize how they feel about this question.
9. The Final Outcome - What will ultimately happen only if the seeker does nothing to change the situation, or if they cannot do anything to change it.