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5. Positions 19, 20, 21, and 22:
Karmic Tarot
These cards represent the anticipated fulfillment of the four Planes. In one sense they
can be interpreted as “report cards” on the progress that has been made (physically,
emotionally, mentally and spiritually), given the readee’s present course. The last card in
position 22 is the most significant. It is the culmination of the soul’s purpose in this lifetime.
It should be read as the soul’s “report card, on itself.” In other words, this is how well
the readee will be seen, at the time of biological death, to have satisfied the Karmic Contract
chosen at the time of birth. It is the summation of the effects of all the life experiences
past, present, and future shown in all the preceding cards.
6. Positions 5 and 9:
These cards show the readee’s basic belief systems and personal philosophy. Five reveals
the belief systems the readee was born into and therefore the early constraints and
conditioning of the environment. Nine reveals the philosophical stance the readee has
developed as their own, and is their viewpoint and frame of reference coming into the
present moment, up to the time of the present reading.
7. Position 6:
This card shows the earliest emotional impact on the readee and will frequently reveal
unresolved emotional imprints during early childhood. You can call this your emotional
“tapes.” While the imprint we see here will be by definition emotional, that which leaves
the imprint may be from one of the other Planes—it may be physical, mental, or spiritual.
8. Positions 6 and 15:
These positions are governed respectively by The Lovers and The Devil. Here is the Birth
of Duality (6) and the Death of Duality (15) within the lifetime. (Birth and Death themselves
are the true birth and death of duality.) Here in position 6, the Birth of Duality, you see what
has drawn the readee out of himself to value the world, to see what is important outside of,
yet invaluable to, him. In position 15, Death of Duality, you see what is drawing the readee
into the One, and paradoxically into his inner self, as a means of identifying and joining with
the One. The sacrifice is one of transformation, not obliteration, of the ego.
9. Positions 14 and 15:
These positions are governed by Temperance and The Devil. The card in position 14
suggests the temperance needed at the emotional level to enable the readee to hold back,
whereas the card in position 15 shows the needed temptation at the mental level to push the
readee forward. By balancing the two effects the readee can progress sensibly.
10. Positions 11 and 12:
These positions are governed by Justice and The Hanged Man. I mention them, not in
the sense of other positions, but because the center of the spread lies between them. The
center of the layout, of the reading, lies in a void, a space between the centered mind that
is Justice and the centered heart that is The Hanged Man. To determine the readee’s true
center at the time of the reading, you must interpolate a meaning that is a blend of the two
cards here. As God is in the void, so, too, are we.