MoonRaven Tarot

This page will be a work in progress.  As I develop spreads and find ones I like I will be adding them.  I will try to put in as many reading samples as possible.

One card draw - This is used to answer a question or to give you a daily overview in most cases.  I have listed below how this can work using the 7 of swords.

What it looks like using the Large Illuminated Tarot:

Question: How will my interview go today?

Answer: It looks like the person you interview with may leave you feeling unsettled and full of questions.  You may have a hard time catching on to what they are thinking and this could make you quite nervous in the situation.  Avoid telling this person things just to impress them because you feel that the interview may not be going well.  Also be aware that this person may not be entirely honest with you and be sure to look between the lines.  Pay special attention to what they have to say about the work environment and especially why this position is vacant and why the other person left.  If possible try to chat with other people in the company and get a good feel for "what is really going on". Don't take everything at face value and keep your eyes open to everything about you.

Daily Draw: When you draw the 7 of Swords as your daily advice this tells you to to watch your behaviour today.  You may be having a day of not feeling like carrying through what you are supposed to carry through.  These are those types of days when we call in sick just because we don't really feel like going to work.  This card can be about being dishonest as well with yourself and others.  Watch how you interact with others and try to not stay in the shadows.  Others may see you today as being a little bit "off" and therefore have a hard time trusting you.  They may also wonder what you are up too and why you are acting this way and this may turn into unwanted mettling by others. This can also be a day where you just don't feel like being around others.  You may have projects you are working on that you don't want to share and are being secretive about.

3 Card Draws - *1*2*3* - These pulls can be used to answer pretty much any question.  I prefer to read the group of three as a whole and let them compliment themselves and unfold as a mini story. 

What it looks like using Morgan Greer Tarot

However you can also read them in many other ways such as:

• Issue/Cause/Advice
• Yes/No
• Past/Present/Future

As well as many other ways to read them.  Here is a sample with The Moon Reversed, 3 of Swords Reversed, 4 of Wands:

Question: Should I consider reconciling with a past lover?

Answer: If I read these as a snapshot I would say that you still have many fears that the same issues and betrayals would come up that were in the relationship previously.  You feel you could be happy and perhaps have a happy relationship with this person but that these lingering fears will put a damper on the trust issues.  I also feel that this person is not being entirely honest with you and that there are other things that are not being revealed as we see in the moon.  I see that the person at one point caused a lot of heart ache for you and eventually you were able to move past it and be happy again so why go back?

If I read this yes/no I would see two reversed and one up.  So that tells me No, the reason for this is that you still feel that there is something missing in this person/relationship. This person caused you considerable pain and you still haven't left it completely behind.  You would be happier to find someone else or even on your own.

4 Door Spread - This is probably my favorite spread, I use this for almost all my Romance readings since it is so versatile.  Though it was made popular by the infamous Miss Cleo it is still a great spread.  This uses 8 cards and the cards are then read as if reading a book.  No set position is assigned so you are not limited or confined with your interpretations.  This can be used to answer any questions and often up to two to three questions.

What it looks like using the Buckland Romani Tarot

To layout this spread you shuffle your deck and then you cut the deck into 4 piles.  You then take a card off the top of each pile and lay it above which will make your first row 1-4.  Then you turn over the card one top of each pile and the piles form your second row (5-8).  If you feel you need more insight then all you need to do is move the second row up and turn over another row of cards.  Almost like tarot solitaire. Set up is like this:

1    2  3  4

(5)(6)(7)(8)

Psychic Eye - This spread I developed to help people understand what psychic gifts they may possess and how to develop them.

What it looks like using the Medium Illuminate Tarot:

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2                   456                    3

                        7

1.  What does having a psychic gift mean to me?

2.  Which psychic ability do I currently possess?

3.  What ability would I most like to develop?

4.5. 6. The Psychic Eye – What do I need to do to develop this ability or How do I work on making this ability stronger?

7. What I need to beware of when using this ability.

The Pesky In-law Spread - It amazes me how many in-law questions I get, especially for in-laws developing a sudden distaste for their sons/daughters spouses so I developed this for insight on this tricky situation:

What it looks like using the Russian Tarot of St. Petersburg:

1  2  3

4  5  6

7  8  9

10    11

12    13

 How the relationship started building, initial impressions:

1. What did my in-law think of me prior to our marriage?

2. How did my in-law think of my spouse prior to the marriage?

3. How did my in-law perceive my spouses life prior to our marriage?

After the marriage some in-laws finally accept you, other seem to suddenly despise you.  This is how the relationship/perceptions of you progressed:

4. How does my In-law think of me after the marriage?

5. How does my In-law perceive my spouses life now that we are married?

6. Does my in-law feel that I am a positive or negative attribute to this marriage?

What is really causing these feelings and how your actions are impacting these feelings.  These actions can be completely innocent and yet taken on an offensive or even feed the hostility of the person, especially if they are already negative towards you.  Keep in mind this isn’t a FAULT issue it is just to see how your actions are taken.

7. 8. 9.  What is the core issue of these feelings?

10. How do my actions impact the relationship with my in-law?

11. How do my spouse’s actions impact this relationship?

 This is just a quick snapshot on what the future relationship will be and your advice on how to handle it. 

12. Future relations with my in-law

13. Final advice, what I need to know about this situation (I like to take this card from the bottom of the deck)

Exploring What Holds Us Back Spread- All of us have a shadow side and I have developed a couple spreads to try to help with this shadow side.  I feel like embracing and working with this side of ourselves will help us overcome them.

What it looks like using the Gothic Tarot

First shuffle deck and then cut the deck in 3 piles and set the 3 piles in a row face down:

(1)
(2)
(3)

Then lay out 3 cards next to each pile like so, each row will be read as a set:

(1) 1**2**3
(2) 1**2**3
(3) 1**2**3

Finally now pick up each pile and face them upside down at the end of each row so the bottom card is now facing up and readable. The cards that were from the bottom of the pile will be read as the underlying issue that you aren't really aware of..a final advice or a clarification. You use your intuition to decide which. Final spread will look like this:

1**2**3 (1)
1**2**3 (2)
1**2**3 (3)

Row 1 - Your darker self that holds you back
Row 2 - The fears you have that can interfere with your success that you need to overcome
Row 3 - Final advice on how to confront these issues and move past them

The Raven - This was a fun little spread I made up for Halloween.  This is off my favorite piece of writing, The Raven by Edward Allen Poe.  I think it is an interesting study that something in your head can drive you totally off the deep end.  This is about what gets in our heads that turns into a fear that can derail us from obtaining our goals, supposed to be shaped liked a beak:

What it looks like using the Halloween Tarot

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1. Beloved Lenore – How the Past is affecting you now

2. Rapping Tapping on the chamber door – What you need to pay attention to

3. The Stately Raven – Your deepest fear(s)

4. Bust of Pallas – The foundation of your fears
5. Home by Horror Haunted – Why you hold onto your fears

6. Ominous Bird of Yore – What do you choose to see

7. The Shadows on the Floor – What you refuse to see

8. Quoth the Raven, Nevermore – How the fears will affect your life if you don’t confront them.

New Deck Spread - This is a spread I made up to "interview" new decks I get to get a feel of how we will work together.  I also notice certain decks work well for certain kinds of readings so I use this to find out what types of readings the deck will work in. 

What it looks like using the Fantastical Menagerie

This is laid out with 1-5 being the points of a star and 6 lies in the middle.

1. What will you teach me?

2. What do you like/Feel?

3. What is your strength?

4. How best will we work together?

5. What is our path?

6. What message do you have for me?

Dia de los Muertos Spread - A spread for the time of year in which we honor the dead. Particularly our passed on Ancestors.  This is a time of remembering and celebration.

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***45***1***67

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*******10*****

1. What Ancestor is contacting me now?

2. How is the Ancestor doing on the other side?

3. Who is this Ancestor with on the other side?

4. What favorite memory would this Ancestor like to share with me?

5. Is there a message the Ancestor would like to give me?

6. How does this Ancestor guide me in my everyday life?

7. How long will this Ancestor be my guide?

8. Is there anything the Ancestor wants from me?

9. What does this particular Ancestor want me to do to honor them on the day of the dead (give food offerings, blanket offerings, deliver messages to loved ones?)

10. How would this Ancestor like me to honor them throughout the year?