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Karmic Tarot
Even when you lay out the cards with a contained time frame in mind, there will always be an
aspect of the full-life working behind the scenes as well. It is as though the reading is in layers.
It is important for reader and readee to note that the Tarot is not a decision-maker; it
does not provide direct answers per se and does not, therefore, foretell a pre-ordained
future. Reread the section, Divination—What It Is, What It Isn’t at the end of Chapter
Three. But here is the summation of that section: “When the present moment pulses
between its extremes of infinitely small and infinitely large, the reading glimpses the future.
But here again is the magic of paradox, for the future the reader sees is not a predestined
fait accompli without free will. The future it sees is itself dependent on the present
moment, on your free will and your sincere desire to maximize your life potential.”
What the Tarot does, and does exceedingly well, is tell you what your questions are, and
what the options and potential consequences are for various possible conditions. It presents
the relevant facts about the past, the conditions in the present, and the potential futures
likely, given those past and present factors. The future is yours for the making, and with good
information you increase your chances for the best of all possibilities to materialize.
What is even more amazing is the fact that the past is never over. You can, in fact,
change the past by discovering new lessons never before realized. You can see the same old
characters and events in new ways. Therefore the past is no more fixed than the future.
Man is at the exact mid-point of what he sees as the past and the future, and he has the
ability to determine it all.
The Use of a Significator
Many spreads use what is known as a Significator. This is a card selected from the deck prior
to laying out the cards and meant to represent the readee. This card is then laid down as the first
card of the layout in the first position. Other cards are then laid upon it. The Karmic Spread
does not use a Significator. I prefer to have the additional significance of the card or cards most
exemplary of the readee free within the deck to fall on any of the positions.
It is relatively easy to select a Court card to represent the readee. Use the physical and
personality characters of the Courts outlined in Chapter Eight for this process. Selection
of a Major Arcana card is more difficult, but with repeated layouts for the readee, or if you
know the person well enough, a Major Arcana card may also be apparent. Certainly, when
reading for yourself, one of the Major Arcana will assert itself as representing you in this
lifetime. Additionally, you may come to recognize another of the Major Arcana as symbolizing
your main work in this incarnation.
If, in the preliminary discussion with the readee, it has become obvious that information
about one or more other people is expected to be included in the reading, you may
also assign Minor Arcana Court cards to these people prior to the layout, much in the same
manner as the selection of an appropriate card for the readee. This can be invaluable in
determining the effect of existing versus new people in the readee’s life.
Identifying Guides
Just as cards may be selected to represent people living on the earth plane with the
readee now in order to identify them (should they appear in a reading), it is also possible to
select cards to represent people, or guides, who are on the other side of the veil. God is