This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Ten . Ten represents the full manifestation, or display, of the world .  The Tree of Life is the architecture of the Qabalistic Tarot - so this spread can be viewed as a fundamental register of how our energy is integrated with this system of working with Tarot. In other words, it is about the health of our “nodes and channels” as they are developed by meditation and practice within the model. This spread pattern is “

This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Nine . Nine represents foundations - deep, integral structures that support and enable our growth - when they are properly constructed. A destiny is a type of foundation. We will be using a nine-card spread to lay a foundation for a major project - and give ourselves several options on how to approach it. This can even be a general “life-journey” spread. Any large, long range arc of development that has a beginning, a

This week we will be focusing our attention on the number Eight . Eight represents circulation within closed systems, circuitry, waterworks, intelligence, cleverness, language, the bridling of the passions, and the arts of magic and alchemy. Accordingly, this spread pattern is alchemical in nature. Throwing it will instigate a movement towards integration of 8 key life energies: Illumination , Communication , Individuation , Wealth , Grit , Adventure , Family , and Lear

This week we will be focusing our attention on the number seven . Seven represents Passion, intensity, and abundance. This spread pattern is similar in appearance to the six card cross pattern (which I wrote about last week) although it differs in concept. The method is ideal for reading environments where the clients don’t really know what their question is. Its refined form was developed while I was reading in a bar - Employees Only - where it was necessary to determine wha

Every week in the Forest of Life, focus on a different Tarot theme. Using that theme, we explore a different spread pattern. This week we are focusing our attention on the number Six. Six represents harmony and resonance. This spread pattern  appears in the center of the very popular “celtic-cross spread”. It explores a situation or person and that situation or person’s past-present-future, as well as the conscious and unconscious influences that are in play. This is the idea

This week we are focusing our attention on the number five . Five represents a breaking of stasis and the engagement of evolutionary stresses. Fives are “hormetic”, meaning that they are the kind of good hardship that if you apply yourself to them carefully, will make you much stronger. Without the fives in the deck, we would languish and become corrupt. Fives are the key to breaking out of static cycles, and achieving something new. The Key Question, then, is “how do I achie

This week we are focusing our attention on the number four . Four represents a stabilization - as in four directions, or four legs of a table. While there are an enormous amount of 4-card spreads possible, here is one that I find instructive. I call it “State of the Aces.”

This week we are focusing our attention on the number three . Three represents a formal state of affairs- It triangulates three meanings to pinpoint the nature of situation. Three-card spreads are incredibly versatile. Here we will look at two applications:  “past, present & future” spreads, and “pros, cons, & compromises” spreads.

Two represents motion - it puts two meanings into tension and results in a new energy - a “becoming” that results from the combination. The spread for the number two is the two-card crossroads .

This week we are focusing our attention on the number one . One represents a dimensionless point of purity - and reminds us of the Aces. The spread for the number one is that most basic - yet most essential of all Tarot spreads, the single-card draw .

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