Interpretation of the layout:
What's in the past.
9 diamonds Your past life cannot be called successful. Hard work was not rewarded. The reason for this is your generosity and naivety. You trusted people too much, and they deceived and betrayed you at the first opportunity. Your kindness was simply used by unscrupulous people. Therefore, your efforts have benefited others, but not you. I advise you to more soberly evaluate your friends and business partners. Your recent noble deed saved several people from serious trouble. They are grateful to you, and I advise you not to forget that these people may be useful to you in the very near future. Don’t be shy to ask for help, remind others that you too have problems that they can solve. Recent news about a person you know is false. Don't let this bother you.
What's in the present.
10 hearts Your matters of the heart are as good as ever. Love is mutual, and nothing overshadows your relationship with your loved one. It is not surprising that you are cheerful and happy, you can even say: “You are happy.”
Jack of diamonds You're angry at yourself for missing out on an opportunity. One event prevented you. Even though it’s not your fault, frustration overwhelms you. There was only one step left to get what you wanted, and that’s what they stopped you from taking.
Future Events
8 clubs You will get what you wanted. But you will have to make an effort to keep happiness in your hands. This will be a serious test for your character. In the near future you will feel unwell, but you should not attach much importance to it.
One of the most common fortune-telling layouts for the future is the “Celtic Cross”. You can get a lot of useful information from this fortune telling. The “Celtic Cross” helps to understand the current situation and describes a specific situation or answers a question with which you came to it, helps to consider issues that interest you from different angles.
The Celtic Cross layout can be used for fortune telling in any area of life - this is one of the universal methods of prediction that describes what is happening, helps to find a solution and makes it possible to analyze one’s condition and the information received.
Such fortune telling predicts the very near future, regarding the situation about which the question was asked. This alignment does not involve fortune-telling for the distant future or the general state of affairs, so it is worthwhile to clearly formulate your question and consider one situation. The classic version of the “Celtic Cross” layout involves 10 cards, which are laid out as follows:
There is one scheme of the classic version, but there can be several interpretations of the positions.
Option 1
1 – description of the current situation, state of affairs at the moment.
2 – how the given situation develops.
3 – hint, help. This help is provided to you directly by the layout and tarot cards.
4 – sources of the situation. Where it all started.
5 – description of the fortuneteller’s past, previous moments for the current situation.
6 – expected future. If everything is left as is.
7 – your characteristics, attitude towards the current situation.
8 – what surrounds you, this can be both people and situations.
9 – your hopes and dreams regarding the question asked. The map can show the likelihood of your goal being achieved, and paths for implementation can also be suggested.
10 – the final map, how to resolve the situation, how everything will turn out.
Option 2
1 – topic of your question, characteristics of the question.
2 – influences and influences on the situation, where these influences can come from.
3 is your awareness of the situation, what you understand and acknowledge.
4 – subconscious – your feelings, emotions, guesses. Something that is not visible or accessible to you during normal examination.
5 - recent past, points worth paying attention to.
6 – the near future, how the situation will develop if nothing is done.
7 – what you are like, a description of your personality and readiness to resolve the situation.
8 – environment: people, objects, situations.
9 – what you hope for and what you fear. Your concerns, fears, doubts. The map can help you cope with your fears, examine them and face them head on.
10 – summing up. The answer to the question asked.
Option 3
1 – your given situation. The direction in which everything is moving.
2 – something that should happen soon.
3 – at the moment in this situation it is better to do as this card describes.
4 – what has already happened. Recent past.
5 – something that happened recently, something that was not worked through.
6 – what can happen in the next six months from the moment of fortune telling.
7 – important points, this card also shows what you value most.
8 – what surrounds you, your loved ones, colleagues, friends. If a card with the face of a man or woman appears in this position, then this indicates a specific person. Based on the descriptions of the card, all you have to do is determine who it might be.
9 – your dreams, your fears. Your attitude towards dreams and fears.
10 – prospects for the development of the situation, summing up.
Option 4
1 – characteristics of the situation.
2 – something that directly or indirectly affects the situation.
3 – advice. Whether you take this advice or not is your decision.
4 – why you found yourself in this position, what brought you to this point.
5 – the past, which influenced the present and the situation as a whole.
6 – options for the future, how the situation may develop.
7 – how you reacted to the situation, your attitude towards the current situation.
8 – people who have direct or indirect influence on the situation. Who is involved in what happened, who is ready to help. Who can turn away.
9 – your internal state, how you feel, what you are afraid of, what you are thinking about. Possible solutions to the situation.
10 is the result. What everything can lead to. Results of the situation.
If you don’t like the result, then you can use the advice of the cards and do so, but if you don’t like the advice, then you will have to look for a solution to the situation in other ways.
Option 5
1 – something that has already happened and continues to happen. Description of the current state of affairs.
2 – how the situation is developing. What might you encounter along the way? Who might you meet?
3 – what is not taken into account. Circumstances that are beyond your control and you cannot influence them. It can also show your capabilities or the benefits you can receive.
4 – your motivations, motives, what motivates you. Your base, the reference point for solving the problem.
5- what is left behind, what has already been passed - your past. Shown are moments from your past that are reflected in the present.
6 – obtaining additional information, what awaits you.
7 is your personality.
8 – everything that surrounds you and everything that is directly related to a specific situation.
9 – what you expect from the situation, what result you want.
10 – distant future, how you will cope with the situation.
Option 6
Using a saying, plus an explanation
1 – what’s the matter? The meaning of the current situation.
2 is the answer key. Circumstances and sources of the situation.
3 – what’s in your heart? Thoughts of consciousness and what can be obtained from the subconscious.
4 – what’s under your heart? Feelings and emotional state.
5 – what happened? Where did the situation come from, the sources of the problems.
6 – what will happen? How the situation is developing, what it may lead to.
7 – what for yourself? Your characteristics, a description of your personality. What do you mean to yourself? How you see and feel about yourself.
8 – what about others? How other people see you, what you mean to them.
9 – your hopes, your fears. What do you expect from the situation, what are you afraid of?
10 – and how will it all end? Result, perspective of the situation.
Option 7
1 – starting position, description of the situation. Point of departure.
2 – various influences, external and internal factors. Braking or development of the situation. What intervenes and what leads the situation and along what path.
3 – your goals. What you know about the problem and situation. Perhaps this is exactly the solution you are striving for.
4 – circumstances. Your subconscious, the foundation of the current situation. Where do the roots for this situation come from?
5 – what caused this situation or question. Help so as not to delve into the deep past.
6 – future, approximately 3 months.
7 – your point of view. Your beliefs. Willingness to accept information, readiness to change your opinion or point of view. Willingness to learn and accept new aspects.
8 – what surrounds.
9 – expectations, fears.
10 is the result.
When interpreting the “Celtic Cross” layout, for a better understanding of the situation, you can interpret the layout a little differently, and start not, as is customary, from the first card, but from position 5. Thus, you immediately go down to the past and begin to look for the answer to the question there. Why did the situation happen, what did you not work through earlier, was there anything similar in the past.
Afterwards, you can turn to card 9 and see what you want, what you are waiting for, and most importantly, what you are afraid of. Your fears may hinder the favorable development of the situation. Here it is worth stopping and analyzing your condition, what causes you unpleasant sensations, where they come from.
Afterwards, you can turn to positions 1 and 2 - this is the basis of the layout, driving forces and impulses. Position 1 is the starting position, your original state. Position 2 is an accompanying component; it complements position 1 and provides additional information. Position 2 either pauses you, thus giving you the opportunity to gain strength, analyze the state, prepare for further receipt of information, or speeds up the process, and you find yourself in the final position.
Next, we gradually move on to positions 3 and 4. 3 – characterizes consciousness, what a person understands, he recognizes it and sees it clearly. It can also be a card of advice that is based on consciousness and understanding. 4 – subconscious, most often this information is hidden, and a person does not access it until a certain moment. If there are negative cards in positions 3 and 4 or the cards are reversed, then this may promise problems in resolving the situation.
Since a person may not understand the seriousness and may not be aware of what the cards are trying to convey to him, a person may also not perceive the information received from others. Next, a smooth transition to card 7, it will reveal the person’s personality and characterize his attitude and position in this situation.
Cards 8 will tell you about the environment and the influence of this environment. Here you can see people you have known for a long time in a new light. In conclusion, it is worth turning to card 6 - the expected future and then to card 10 - the result, the decision on the situation, which is also the distant future. Analyze whether the forecast of maps 6 and 10 coincides, what direction is given and what to expect.
Basically, in the “Celtic Cross” layout, the answer to the question is given by two cards: 6 and 10, and the main forecast and answer to the question are read from them. The remaining cards are a background display and detailing of the situation, how events are developing in connection with the question asked.
Which interpretation of positions to choose is up to you. The choice should be made taking into account the question asked, plus what information a person wants to receive from the layout is taken into account.
Non-standard scheme
For the Celtic Cross layout, there is another layout of the cards. It also involves 10 cards, plus the S card - a significator that helps to evaluate and characterize the fortuneteller.
S - the significator gives a description of the person himself, the characteristics of the fortuneteller, an overview of his personality, strengths and weaknesses, his emotional state, readiness to learn and accept information.
1 – why this situation happened, why it happened this way and not otherwise, why now.
2 – what is hidden behind the current position, what was hidden or inaccessible.
3 – assessment of the situation, what is the current state of affairs.
4 – emotional component of the layout. How the fortuneteller reacted to what was happening.
5 – what happened recently before the fortune telling, what prompted the person to find out additional information and turn to the alignment.
6 – what should happen after fortune telling, how the situation will develop further, its development.
7 – consequences for the fortuneteller from the current situation. What to expect and what path development will take.
8 – who is involved in what is happening, who will have to be involved.
9 – is there a catch in the situation, the presence of uncontrollable events or sudden changes. What was not taken into account.
10 – how it will all end.
When interpreting any variant of the layout, you should pay attention to the cards that fell in an inverted position. An inverted card can indicate where you did something wrong or made a mistake. These are also the places that you haven't worked on. Perhaps you lacked strength or understanding.
Tarot is quite an interesting activity. It is unique and has a number of its own features. But we will not talk about this, but about one layout, which is probably the most popular among practitioners of this system, the “Celtic Cross” Tarot layout.
General scheme
This layout was proposed by the author of one of the most popular decks in the world - Arthur Waite. He claimed that this was an ancient method, the authorship of which belongs to the sages of the past. But this is most likely a legend, invented by him, like the scheme itself. Nevertheless, the “Celtic Cross” Tarot layout is quite convenient, practical and really allows you to make a high-quality analysis of almost any situation.
In this case, he uses only ten cards and, accordingly, has ten semantic positions. It must be said right away that there are countless options for this layout, since each master, in the end, comes to his own, individual understanding of cards, positions and their relationships. Therefore, the following explanations serve only as examples of how it can be, and not as strict, unchangeable rules.
With experience, tarot readers begin to build their own logical connections between cards and change their original positions accordingly. This means that the interpretation of the Celtic Cross Tarot is a fairly flexible practice, based more on intuition than on formally given meanings. The general layout of the layout can be seen in the picture below.
Position No. 1
This card is called the significator. Its task is to represent the questioner in the layout, that is, the one who orders the layout and for whom it is made. The significator is usually chosen from the minor arcana among the court cards. For young people and children it becomes a page, for women - a queen, for middle-aged men - a knight, and for older men - a king. The last card can also represent the father of the family, boss, teacher or any other person of authority, regardless of his age.
The topic within which the “Celtic Cross” Tarot layout is being done will tell you which suit to choose from. If the question concerns love, feelings and relationships, then it will certainly be the question of cups. If the question is about career and achievements, then the suit of staves is used (some tarot readers, changing the correspondence of elements with suits, use cards of the suit of swords here, and where swords are used, they use staves).
When it comes to science, education, communication and some non-romantic, but also non-business relationships, the significator is the suit of staves. Finally, the suit of pentacles is chosen when the issue concerns money, material security or physical health. Some masters, when making the “Celtic Cross” Tarot layout, choose the significator differently, correlating certain cards with certain appearance features. For example, cups mean black eyes are hidden behind swords. But there is no longer a single criterion - each fortuneteller has his own system of correspondences. And therefore, nothing can be stated unambiguously here.
When the significator is chosen, it is placed face down in the center of the table. Then the deck is shuffled, shifted with the left hand, and cards from No. 2 to No. 10 are laid out one by one in the above order.
Position No. 2
This card is called the root of the layout. On the one hand, it summarizes the entire situation. Some masters believe that in her face there is a complete answer to the question posed, while all other cards are comments to her. It can, however, be perceived as a factor characterizing the essence of the stated issue. In this sense, she can play the role of a key issue or figure of a certain person. Whatever card appears in this position must be understood in the context of the entire layout, and especially the arcana in positions No. 5 and No. 10. Why exactly them will become clear later.
Position No. 3
The past behind this card tells us where the problem started in the first place. This is not the past at all and you should always remember this when doing fortune telling with Tarot cards. The Celtic Cross is no exception in this regard, especially since it contains another card that reveals the past.
Position No. 4
This card speaks about the immediate past - about what happened in the life of the questioner immediately before he sought advice. Here the Celtic Cross Tarot spread can provide useful information, some information that is worth taking into account when interpreting subsequent cards. Since it is the events of the past that often help to more accurately determine what will happen in the future, since they are its direct or indirect cause.
Position No. 5
The lasso in this position in the Celtic Cross Tarot reading shows how the matter will end. This is a logical result, as distant in time as expected in the wording of the question. Of course, this is not a verdict, but only the most likely development of the situation. When interpreting a card in this position, it is especially important to pay attention to the lasso at No. 10, since No. 5 shows only the actual result, and only the card at position No. 10 can make a full assessment of it. But more on that below. It is also important to consider how #5 fits with #2. Most often they represent one whole and are interpreted in the context of each other.
Position No. 6
In this case, it shows what will precede the fulfillment of the prediction expressed by the card in position No. 5. In other words, this lasso speaks about the near future, that is, about events that will occur between the time when the session is held and the time when the outcome in the card comes true. It should be noted that sometimes a good outcome is preceded by serious problems, and, on the contrary, an unfavorable end can be preceded by very positive events. Therefore, you need to be more careful. It should also be noted whether the lasso in position No. 6 is the cause of the final result or not. How the questioner behaves further and reacts to upcoming events depends on this.
Position No. 7
This is a very simple position, which, however, helps make Tarot fortune telling significantly more accurate. The “Celtic Cross,” the interpretation of which is largely based not only on the prediction of events, but also on the emotional description of a person, provides very important information here. This card shows how the questioner sees himself from the outside. It reveals his true view of himself, and, accordingly, the true nature of his intentions.
Position No. 8
Unlike the previous card, this position shows how other people see the questioner. First of all, these are, of course, his loved ones and those who are directly related to the essence of the question asked. For example, it can talk about the attitude of his enemies or passion towards the questioner. Sometimes it reflects the view of the person hiding behind card No. 2, if it represents a person and not a situation. This is possible, but not necessary.
Position No. 9
Tarot reading "Celtic Cross" at this stage can talk about two things - about the most tormenting fears of the questioner or about his hopes. What exactly the lasso shows in each layout usually becomes clear from the meaning of the card itself. Of course, negative cards will reflect fears, and positive cards will reflect hopes. There are, however, nuances, but they cannot be described in a manual and made part of the fortune-telling technique - such things come with time and experience.
Position No. 10
This is one of the most important positions in the entire layout. In accordance with our version, it means how the questioner will internally experience the fulfillment of the prediction in position No. 5. More often than not, the cards surprisingly correlate with each other. In other words, positive events correspond to a positive assessment, and, on the contrary, negative events are experienced tragically. But it also happens the other way around. For example, when asked whether or not a person will be fired from his current job, a card may appear that means that he will definitely be fired. This would seem to be bad. But at the same time, the situation that will accompany the dismissal will be such that by the time this happens, the questioner himself will be happy with this outcome of the matter. And therefore, in position No. 10 there will be a card of joy and good luck. It is also necessary to remember the connection of this lasso with position No. 2.
Warning
In conclusion, we need to give a small warning to those who read Tarot online. The “Celtic Cross” gives answers to the future, and indeed to all questions, based on the interpretation algorithm programmed in it. It may not coincide with the system outlined above, and therefore it is not recommended to interpret the layouts in online services using our methodology.
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After studying the meanings of the cards, it is advisable to move on to acquiring practical experience - reading Tarot cards for yourself and clients, collecting feedback, and making amendments to your working meanings. We looked at how to read Tarot cards correctly in my last article. Today I want to tell readers about one of the most popular layouts - the Celtic Cross layout and how to tell fortunes on Tarot cards using this layout.
What is the Celtic Cross
For the first time in literature, this layout is mentioned in Waite’s work “The Illustrated Key to the Tarot.” According to the author, this arrangement is very ancient and has existed for quite a long time. This may be so, but in earlier literature, at least to me personally, he was not encountered. But from book to book, from forum to forum, from article to article, I came across various variants of the Celtic Cross layout, ranging from the sequence of positions, the number of positions, the geometry of the layout and, most importantly, the meaning of the cards in the layout.
Over the course of several years of practice, trial and error, consultations and feedback from clients, I have chosen for myself the optimal scheme and position values for a given layout, which allows me to quickly and accurately answer most questions.
The most convenient for me was the diagram presented in the figure above; it unfolds “automatically” and the order of positions makes sense and is internally easy to use for me personally.
If everything is more or less clear with the choice of layout geometry and the number of positions in the layout, then with the names of the positions themselves - it’s just terrible!
For example, I will cite the text from Waite’s “Pictorial Key to the Tarot”: “1 - What is on it; 2 - What is in his way; 3 - What a crown for him; 4 - What's underneath; 5 - What's behind him; 6 - What is in front of him; 7 - Himself; 8 - His house; 9 - His hopes and fears; 10 - What will happen? How simple, practical and comprehensive are these positions?
Further in Waite's original text there are transcripts, but they do not add much clarity. How can we be here? Various authors of books, articles, and forums offer their interpretations, sometimes clarifying the original text, and sometimes completely departing from the “canon.” Over several years of fortune-telling practice, I tried most of the proposed interpretations, but something did not coalesce, there was a lack of clarity and inner comfort from the alignment.
Around 2015, having begun my acquaintance with the RCT and the materials of Sergei Valentinovich, I finally supplemented my vision of the Celtic Cross with its meanings, and everything came together into a coherent picture.
Here are the meanings of the positions that I use in my practice: “1.2 - internal component of the question/situation; 3.4 - external component of the issue/situation; 5 - past or root cause of the situation; 6 - near future (dates should be discussed in advance before fortune telling); 7,8 - assessment/synthesis of internal (1,2), external (3,4) positions, respectively, 9 - fears, hopes, apprehensions (in a word, a hint of what to hope for and what is better to avoid) and 10 - distant future or the final outcome of the situation."
These interpretations of positions may seem, at first glance, no less confusing, however, in practical work, these position designations cover almost 90% of possible customer questions.
Which decks are best to use for the Celtic Cross layout?
The answer to this question is extremely simple - for any. In this situation, all restrictions on choosing a deck for a reading are only in the head of a practitioner and can only be solved through individual selection of a deck, internal comfort during fortune telling. However, for those who are in the first stages of learning, getting their hands on the practice of fortune-telling, I would recommend using the classic Waite deck or his clones. Why?
Yes, because the simplicity of interpretations and everyday drawings contribute to easier learning and more effective fortune-telling on the cards of the Celtic Cross layout for the near future, as well as for distant events, which in the future makes it easy to track feedback and make appropriate adjustments to the meanings of the cards, if necessary. .
What are the possibilities of the Celtic Cross layout?
The Celtic Cross layout can answer absolutely any question and reveal absolutely any situation! You can read Tarot readings using the Celtic Cross spread for love, health, money and even past lives! It all depends on the formulation of the question and the correct distribution of the players in the alignment into positions. Don't believe me? Let's look at a couple of examples of this alignment in matters of the heart.
Celtic Cross spread for Love
Let's consider the first version of the layout on this topic. A young man contacted me, whose relationship with his girlfriend had reached a bad point. He is interested in what are the future prospects for the relationship? We indicate in advance that the near future is up to 6 months, the distant future is up to a year. Let's make a schedule:
In this case, the questioning young man corresponds to positions 1,2,7, his other half corresponds to positions 3,4,8, respectively, at position 5 there will be a card describing the beginning of a black streak in the relationship. Reading the layout, we understand that the root of the problem is in the behavior patterns of our participants - they reflect each other’s behavior patterns (Queen of Cups, Water component of Water), thereby aggravating the current situation. The 9th position of the layout in this case gives us recommendations for those involved - Page of Swords (Earth of Air) - we need to eliminate old patterns of behavior, erase them into dust, build new ones in order to allow existing relationships to develop harmoniously (a small digression - in my practice I use card interpretations differing from those generally accepted in the Russian Sht, especially when it comes to reading the Figured Arcana).
A deeper study of the alignment cards is beyond the scope of this work; I will only note that the discovery of the behavior patterns of both persons involved and subsequent recommendations allowed them to harmonize their relationships.
What should a girl do, for example, who doesn’t have a partner and is looking for a partner? The Celtic Cross alignment for love will also help to clarify the situation here. With this option, positions 1 and 2 will characterize the girl herself, 3 and 4 her potential partners or relationship models that she needs, position 7 will tell you what she needs to work on in herself, position 8 will indicate what exactly to pay attention to when choosing a partner, but position 9 will give general recommendations on the issue being sought. It's simple!
The main thing is to be able to correctly formulate a question and see the keys to finding information in the proposed positions of the layout.
Tarot reading for the future with the Celtic Cross reading
It would seem unreasonable to use such a voluminous layout as the Celtic Cross for fortune telling for the near future. But no, with this scenario you can predict a situation that will happen either tomorrow or in a few hours. To do this, it is enough just to designate position 6 as “the state of affairs here and now”, and position 10 as “the result” or the state of affairs for the specified period.
The remaining positions of the layout will only reveal all the nuances of the matter of interest in order to better prepare for it. That's it, nothing extra. Fortune telling with the Celtic Cross for the distant future using this scheme is even easier.
Can the alignment show damage?
Can the Celtic cross show damage... The Celtic Cross layout, in addition to typical themes, also brilliantly reveals all sorts of signs of damage or atypical situations. For example, if a person has negative magical influences (damage, evil eye, programs, etc.). To do this, the positions outlined earlier will help us.
1,2 - internal state, the energy of a person as a whole, 7 - whether there is a self-evil eye, self-programming, but positions 3,4 will show whether there is an externally induced magical effect on a person, and position 8 will tell you the type of influence. The 9th position of the layout, in this case, can give a hint on how to get rid of the identified negativity.
Conclusion
In this work, I have touched only the tip of the iceberg on this issue; it is simply impossible to review the Celtic Cross Tarot layout in one article! The possibilities of this arrangement are extremely great. I have given you some outlines, guiding signs that will help you move along your chosen path more confidently. Subtleties come with practice.
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Tarot card spreads are very popular. Using symbols, you can find the answer to a problem situation and learn about upcoming events. Fortune telling Celtic cross has come to us since ancient times, there are several versions of the layout. In the article we will consider a layout option with which you can find out both about the future for yourself and learn about the attitude of a friend to the situation of interest.
In its ancient form, the layout consisted of six lassos, which were laid out in the shape of a cross. In later times, 4 more lasso were added to the Celtic cross, which ultimately provides more complete and accurate information on the essence of the issue.
For the reading, you need to shuffle the major arcana of the tarot, tuning in to the question of interest. For example, what will the work situation be like? Having abandoned all other problems, you need to draw 10 arcana from the deck and lay them out on the fortune-telling cloth as follows:
The layout positions answer the following questions:
- the reason for the current situation;
- the forces that stand behind and set events in motion;
- assessment of the situation by the questioner;
- the emotional state of the questioner regarding this situation;
- events that occurred before the situation;
- events that will happen in the near future;
- the consequences of the developing situation for the questioner;
- description of the situation and persons involved in the event;
- surprise that may occur in connection with this event;
- the result of the development of the situation - how the matter will end.
The first two arcana are considered together. One of them symbolizes the consciousness of the questioner, and the second - the subconscious.
The third and fourth lasso characterize the powers of the soul of the questioner.
The fifth and sixth are the past and the near future, respectively.
The seventh lasso is the questioner’s attitude towards himself, the eighth is the attitude towards the environment and situation.
The ninth position represents mysterious forces that can influence the development of the situation. This is the surprise that people don’t think about. However, it can radically change the current situation or prevent its development in favor of the questioner.
When interpreting the tenth arcana, you need to summarize all positions of the alignment, put together the meaning of all arcana and logically justify the final answer.
Example of interpretation
Let's say you need to find out how a mysterious person relates to a situation that interests you. Or you want to know how his affairs will turn out in a certain area of life. After shuffling you have the following arcana:
- Sun;
- Priestess;
- Hermit;
- Justice;
- Death;
- Lovers;
- Force.
The sun speaks of a person’s positive attitude in connection with the current situation. The magician confirms the first position of the alignment - the person is disposed to take decisive action, his willpower will lead to victory.
Third and fourth positions. Here a woman can help a person (inspire, support). Subconsciously, he perceives the situation as a game (Jester). Perhaps such an attitude to circumstances will allow him to emerge victorious.
Fifth position - in the past a person resolved his issues independently (hermit), in the future (sixth position) circumstances will develop quite successfully - fair reward for the efforts expended (Justice).
In the seventh position is the lasso of Death. However, the symbol of this lasso should not be taken literally - death speaks of change and rebirth. A person will reconsider his attitude towards himself, change something in his behavior or self-esteem.
The eighth position is the lasso Judgment. This lasso shows the questioner’s attitude towards the environment and people. As we see, a person does not like what surrounds him in this situation. Conflicts and breakdowns in relationships are possible.
Ninth position - lasso Lovers. The meaning of the lasso symbolizes the problem of choice. Perhaps the situation will develop depending on what choice the questioner makes. To clarify, you can select an additional card from the deck (minor arcana) to clarify the situation.
The tenth position is the lasso of Strength in the end. This lasso says that a person will overcome any adversity and obstacles. Everything is in his own hands.
Order of interpretation
To get a comprehensive answer to the question asked, there is no need to consider the meaning of each lasso “in a column” in order. We begin the interpretation from the fifth position, which shows the prerequisites for the development of the situation. Then consider the ninth position - the questioner’s attitude to the situation. In this way we will get a first idea of events.
Next, you need to consider the first two positions, which will show the emotional and mental attitude of the questioner to the situation - what worries and hurts him in it. After that, we look at what he thinks on this issue (position 3) and what his intuition tells him (position 4).
Then we consider the person’s attitude towards himself in connection with this situation, how he perceives his role in it (position 7). After this, we look at how he relates to his environment (position 8).
In conclusion, we consider the positions of the future - the 6th and 10th arcana. After this we summarize.
The result of the situation
If we combine all the meanings of the arcana together, we can draw the following conclusion. The questioner has every chance of emerging victorious from the current situation (lasso strength). He is able to independently overcome all the problems along the way, despite the resistance of the environment (Arkan Judgment).
In achieving his plans, he will be helped by a certain female person (Arcanum Empress), who will provide friendly support. To achieve success, a person must reconsider his own attitude towards everything and change something in himself (Arcanum Death).
conclusions
The Celtic Cross layout is focused on the future, but in connection with a specific situation. That is, you can only know your future in relation to the development of a specific event. In order to find out the future in all areas of life, you need to make a large layout with several positions on the entire tarot deck.
Tell your fortune for today using the “Card of the Day” Tarot layout!For correct fortune telling: focus on the subconscious and don’t think about anything for at least 1-2 minutes.
When you are ready, draw a card:
