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. The Crown. This card is placed immediately above the three middle cards and represents the
influences that may come into being. The sentence reads, This crowns him.'
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. The Card Before. This card is laid immediately to the right of the middle cards and represents
approaching influences. The sentence is, This lies before.'
The last four cards are laid out in a column to the right of the cross shape already formed around the
significator.
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. The Querent. This card is laid to the right of the pattern and represents the person asking the
question - it may be regarded as a minor significator again and the sentence is, 'He comes to rest.'
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[3] Positions 3-6 are often set out in a different order. As long as you consistently stick to one
particular order, so your answers will be consistent.
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. The House. This establishes the ambience of the Querent in relation to the question. It is concerned
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with the Querent's environment, family and friends. The sentence reads 'In the House of ... (the name
of the card).' It lies immediately above the seventh card.
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. Hopes and Fears. This card lies immediately above the 'House' and represents the hopes and/or fears
of the Querent in relation to the question. The sentence reads, 'He hopes or fears ... (the name of the
card).'
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0. The Outcome. This is the final card of the spread laid above the 'Hopes and Fears' and contains, in
essence, the answer to the question. The sentence reads, 'It thus will be.'
In the above spread, some people deal the cards in order one at a time, whereas others deal down seven
cards between each card laid in the spread. Either way is effective and will work so long as the
operator is consistent throughout.
Having completed the layout, allow your intuition to guide your vision to the most important cards, or
to make up stories concerning the cards. Don't hold these back but say what comes to mind. Then
either look up or recall the exact divinatory meanings of each card and go through the spread again one
card at a time. Don't be afraid to look up the meanings: this you will need to do for some time anyway
and it should not embarrass you any more than a chemist would be embarrassed at having to check
something in his reference library. After all the more times you look it up the sooner you are going to
know it.
The key words of the Minor Arcana have already been given, the divinatory meanings of the Major
Arcana follow:
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