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Tarot Celtic Cross
The Most Popular Divination Card Spread
There are many different spreads used for divination with
the Tarot cards, but the most popular one is the Celtic Cross, with ten
cards from the Tarot deck in the positions shown on the image above.
Irecommend it, too. The Celtic Cross sheds plenty of light to any
question.
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How to Make the Celtic Cross Spread
When you use the Tarot Celtic Cross for divination, make sure that
you're quite aware of the meaning of each card position in the spread
before you start. Otherwise, the result will be rather confusing.
You can make the Celtic Cross Tarot divination all on your own, or
you can do it for somebody else. In any case, consider carefully who or
what the Celtic Cross is for. If it’ snot just the person in front of you, or
yourself in general, you may want to write down what it is, exactly, that
you intend to divine with the Celtic Cross.
After the Tarot deck has been shuffled and cut a few times, lay
down the cards in the Celtic Cross assigned order (see the image above),
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which is also the order in which to turn and read the Tarot cards.
Celtic Cross Card Meanings
Here's what each card in the Celtic Cross represents (for the positions of
the cards in the spread, see the image above):
1. Your condition at present.
If you had a specific question, this card shows your condition in
relation to it, otherwise your general condition — more precisely
what stands out in it and affects you the most.
2. Your obstacle and trouble at present.
Obstacles in relation to your specific question, if you had one,
otherwise what's most troublesome for you at the moment.
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. The best possible outcome for you.
Either in relation to your specific question, or generally concerning
your present condition and obstacles.
4. The cause to your present situation.
If you had a question this says what the root of that situation is,
otherwise what has caused your present condition and obstacles.
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. Your immediate past.
This depends on the time span the question suggests, or the time
you've had your present condition and obstacles. The card gives a
clue to what led to your present situation.
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. Your immediate future.
This is what to expect, no matter what you do. How far into the
future depends on your question or the type of your present
condition as well as the severity of its obstacle.
7. You at present.
Who you are in general and how you relate to the theme of the
question, if you had a specific one.
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8. Your surroundings at present.
Family, friends, and the environment you're in, especially that
which relates to your question.
9. Your hopes and fears.
Regarding the question, if you had a specific one, or generally in
your life at this time. Notice that what you fear and what you wish
is somehow the same.
10. The outcome.
The conclusion in regard to the question, if there was one, otherwise
how this phase of your life ends up.
Things to Think About with the Celtic
Cross
When you try the Celtic Cross or any other Tarot card spread, it's
important that you have a question in mind beforehand. Write it down
before starting the Tarot spread, so that you have no doubts as to what
you really asked. It will help you tremendously in understanding the
answer the Tarot gives.
If you don't have a question, the Celtic Cross spread will tell you
about your present situation in general and the significant things in its
past and future. The Tarot cards of the Celtic Cross will sort of choose
what's important for you to consider at this point in your life.
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That's a good way of discovering the question you should have
asked, if you had been consciously aware of it. We don't always know
ourselves that well, but we snap it when we get a glimpse of it.
As for the meaning of each card position in the Celtic Cross above,
you do well to ponder them before trying it the first time — and again
for each Celtic Cross card position before turning the card and watching
its image. If you do this properly, the card's image will give an
immediate response that you grasp intuitively, which is always the best
way.
My explanations above of the meanings of the ten card positions of
the Celtic Cross are not exactly the same as what you find in other
books and websites about the Tarot Celtic Cross. They all differ slightly.
I've tried to make it as clear as possible, so that you have no doubt
about the meaning of a card when you turn it.
You may prefer other definitions of the ten Celtic Cross positions,
and that's fine. The important thing is that you're clear about it before
you start a Celtic Cross spread. Then you can invent your completely
own system, and it will work fine for you — the better the more you are
aware of the meaning you ascribe to each card position of the Celtic
Cross.
That's how it works. You decide, and then you do. If you're
undecided, you'll have trouble understanding the result properly.
When you have decided, it doesn't matter if that's far away from any
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common Tarot Celtic Cross application. You'll make it work and it will
have something valuable to say to you.
Therefore, when making the Celtic Cross, don't worry much about
tules on how to shuffle and how many times to cut the deck. That's just
ritual. The important thing is that you are aware of what you're doing
and how you intend to interpret the result. The Tarot Celtic Cross will
adapt.
Reversed Cards
The Tarot card of the Magician, regular and reversed.
It's common with the Celtic Cross to interpret a card differently if it's
reversed — i.e. upside-down. I'm ambiguous about that, for several
reasons.
It's common with practitioners of a system of divination, such as the
Tarot Celtic Cross, to make it overly complicated in an effort to make it
say more. Usually, what it says to begin with is quite enough, if
pondered properly. Having additional meanings to the Celtic Cross
depending on what way a card is facing doubles the information, but
doesn't necessarily clarify it.
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Regular playing cards are usually designed so that there's no
upside-down. They look the same both ways. So, people who use such.
cards for divination make no difference depending on the angle of the
card — since it's just not possible. With many Tarot cards it is, at least if
they have elaborate pictures covering their surface. But that's far from
all Tarot cards.
The Marseille Tarot card deck from the 15th century, which is
significantly older than the Rider-Waite one, has got many cards that
look pretty much or completely the same reversed.
The Marseille Tarot cards Pentacles 10 to 5, which are the same reversed
(except for 7, but that’s not very evident at a glance). So are many other cards
of the Marseille deck.
Some of the Rider-Waite Tarot cards become odd when reversed.
The most obvious case is that of the Hanged man, who hangs upside-
down on the card. Reversed he doesn't hang at all.
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The Rider-Waite Hanged man card, regular and reversed.
There are more complications with a special meaning for a reversed
Tarot card in the Celtic Cross or other spreads.
Usually, divination by the Tarot is done by someone for another,
who sits at the opposite side of the table. So, what's reversed for one is
regular for the other. Confusion ensues.
My main objection, though, is that the opposite meanings of a card
are already in the image itself and included in the assigned meaning to
it. Simply put, any situation has a positive and negative side to it, so
there's always the possibility of both.
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Even the dreaded card Death of the Major Arcana
can mean putting an end to something and thereby
breaking completely free of it. Death is the Reaper, but
also in many cases a liberator. The Tower card
indicates some kind of catastrophe, but as horrible as
it sounds, that too can be cleansing, opening up for a
new solution on which everyone involved gains. And
so on.
A. E. Waite, the author of the Rider-Waite Tarot card deck,
instructed in different Celtic Cross readings for cards in regular or
reversed positions. It makes some sense on his deck, but I would still
say that it should be considered carefully before being applied to the
Celtic Cross reading, or that of any other Tarot spread.
If you're comfortable with it when making the Celtic Spread, then
by all means go right ahead. But otherwise, watch the images on the
cards of the Celtic Cross spread, let your intuition guide you to the
meaning regarding the specific question and situation, and don't worry
about its angle when you turn it.
That also spares you the trouble of figuring out how to flip the cards
— from one of its sides or from the top or bottom.
A. E. Waite's Text on the Celtic Cross
An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination
This mode of divination is the most suitable for
obtaining an answer to a definite question. The
Diviner first selects a card to represent the person or,
matter about which inquiry is made. This card is
called the Significator. Should he wish to ascertain
something in connexion with himself he takes the one
which corresponds to his personal description. A
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Knight should be chosen as the Significator if the subject of inquiry is a
man of forty years old and upward; a King should be chosen for any
male who is under that age a Queen for a woman who is over forty
years and a Page for any female of less age.
The four Court Cards in Wands represent very fair people, with
yellow or auburn hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. The Court Cards
in Cups signify people with light brown or dull fair hair and grey or
blue eyes. Those in Swords stand for people having hazel or grey eyes,
dark brown hair and dull complexion. Lastly, the Court Cards in
Pentacles are referred to persons with very dark brown or black hair,
dark eyes and sallow or swarthy complexions. These allocations are
subject, however, to the following reserve, which will prevent them
being taken too conventionally. You can be guided on occasion by the
known temperament of a person; one who is exceedingly dark may be
very energetic, and would be better represented by a Sword card than a
Pentacle. On the other hand, a very fair subject who is indolent and
lethargic should be referred to Cups rather than to Wands.
If it is more convenient for the purpose of a divination to take as the
Significator the matter about which inquiry is to be made, that Trump
or small card should be selected which has a meaning corresponding to
the matter. Let it be supposed that the question is: Will a lawsuit be
necessary? In this case, take the Trump No. 11, or justice, as the
Significator. This has reference to legal affairs. But if the question is:
Shall I be successful in my lawsuit? one of the Court Cards must be
chosen as the Significator. Subsequently, consecutive divinations may
be performed to ascertain the course of the process itself and its result to
each of the parties concerned.
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Having selected the Significator, place it on the table, face upwards.
Then shuffle and cut the rest of the pack three times, keeping the faces
of the cards downwards.
Turn up the top or FIRST CARD of the pack; cover the Significator
with it, and say: This covers him. This card gives the influence which is
affecting the person or matter of inquiry generally, the atmosphere of it
in which the other currents work.
Turn up the SECOND CARD and lay it across the FIRST, saying:
This crosses him. It shews the nature of the obstacles in the matter. If it
is a favourable card, the opposing forces will not be serious, or it may
indicate that something good in itself will not be productive of good in
the particular connexion.
Turn up the THIRD CARD; place it above the Significator, and say:
This crowns him. It represents (a) the Querent's aim or ideal in the
matter; (b) the best that can be achieved under the circumstances, but
that which has not yet been made actual.
Turn up the FOURTH CARD; place it below the Significator, and
say: This is beneath him. It shews the foundation or basis of the matter,
that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator
has made his own.
Turn up the FIFTH CARD; place it on the side of the Significator
from which he is looking, and say: This is behind him. It gives the
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influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.
N.B. — If the Significator is a Trump or any small card that cannot
be said to face either way, the Diviner must decide before beginning the
operation which side he will take it as facing.
Turn up the SIXTH CARD; place it on the side that the Significator
is facing, and say: This is before him. It shews the influence that is
coming into action and will operate in the near future.
The cards are now disposed in the form of a cross, the Significator
— covered by the First Card — being in the centre.
The next four cards are turned up in succession and placed one
above the other in a line, on the right hand side of the cross.
The first of these, or the SEVENTH CARD of the operation, signifies
himself — that is, the Significator — whether person or thing-and shews
its position or attitude in the circumstances.
The EIGHTH CARD signifies his house, that is, his environment
and the tendencies at work therein which have an effect on the matter
— for instance, his position in life, the influence of immediate friends,
and so forth.
The NINTH CARD gives his hopes or fears in the matter.
The TENTH is what will come, the final result, the culmination
which is brought about by the influences shewn by the other cards that
have been turned up in the divination.
It is on this card that the Diviner should especially concentrate his
intuitive faculties and his memory in respect of the official divinatory
meanings attached thereto. It should embody whatsoever you may have
divined from the other cards on the table, including the Significator
itself and concerning him or it, not excepting such lights upon higher
significance as might fall like sparks from heaven if the card which
serves for the oracle, the card for reading, should happen to be a Trump
Major.
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The operation is now completed; but should it happen that the last
card is of a dubious nature, from which no final decision can be drawn,
or which does not appear to indicate the ultimate conclusion of the
affair, it may be well to repeat the operation, taking in this case the
Tenth Card as the Significator, instead of the one previously used. The
pack must be again shuffled and cut three times and the first ten cards
laid out as before. By this a more detailed account of "What will come"
may be obtained.
If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews
that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a
person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him. In
this event also it is useful to take the Court Card in question as the
Significator in a fresh operation, and discover what is the nature of his
influence in the matter and to what issue he will bring it.
Great facility may be obtained by this method in a comparatively
short time, allowance being always made for the gifts of the operator-
that is to say, his faculty of insight, latent or developed-and it has the
special advantage of being free from all complications.
There append a diagram of the cards as laid out in this mode of
divination. The Significator is here facing to the left.
The Significator
1. That covers him
2. What crosses him.
3. What crowns him.
4. What is beneath him.
5. What is behind him.
6. What is before him.
7. Himself.
8. His house.
9. His hopes or fears.
10. What will come.
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