Choose Your Reading

When you have decided which of the following sounds best for you, head over to my Etsy shop and select:

• the reading you want
• how many times (1-10) I should shuffle the deck
• at which number card in the deck (1-68) I should start drawing the cards for your reading and
• which deck you’d like me to use.

The Lover’s Stair

The Lovers card in the Tarot is as much about making choices as it is about romantic love, so don’t be put off by the title! This will work equally well in relation to a colleague, friend or prospective partner, as with your significant other. We can’t change others, but we can usually choose how to show up in our relationships and whether or not we allow our buttons to be pressed.

This is a five card spread describing:

1. You as you are now in relationship to another person
2. What baggage/fears you are bringing to the relationship.
3. What strengths you bring to the relationship.
4. How to react more constructively to the challenges in the relationship.
5. How to take the relationship to the next level.

The Fool’s Ladder

The Fool is number zero in the Tarot deck. They are the cosmic traveller journeying through time and space to attain the whole World – and then start all over again on a brand new adventure. This is a helpful spread for career or study in particular, but should help in any scenario where you are on uncharted or unfamiliar territory.

This five card spread illuminates:

1. Your position on the ladder right at this moment.
2. Outside influences which may be an obstacle to your climb.
3. What you can do to overcome the obstacle.
4. Lessons you need to learn in order to continue.
5. What awaits you on the next rung of the ladder.

Down the Banisters

Sometimes, we go up too high and need to come back down to Earth. We work to the point of burnout. We brood on a problem too long and lose perspective. We store up our feelings until they build up resentment. We have caring duties which make us feel claustrophobic and isolated at the same time. Or maybe we’re just stressed. Whatever the reason, when you feel as though you’re about to fly off the handle, or blast off into space, this reading is your permission slip to just let it all slide (spiritually speaking: don’t forget to pick the kids up from school or anything).

This five card spread asks:

1. How did you get all the way up here?
2. What patterns from your past are keeping you here?
3. What outside influences are keeping you here?
4. What can you now let slide?
5. When you’re ready, what next steps should you take?

Any deck is good for this spread, but the Motherpeace is particularly supportive.

Traditional Celtic Cross

This is a 10 card spread which serves as a snapshot of your life right now. I do this one for myself once a month. It examines:

1. The Present, or Self, right now.
2. The Problem.
3. The Past.
4. The Future.
5. Conscious influences.
6. Unconscious influences.
7. How you see yourself right now.
8. External influence.
9. Hopes and Fears.
10. Outcome.