text by Stephanie Clement
Oracles CD

 

CELTIC CROSS

This is one of the most popular Tarot card spreads. This arrangement dates back several centuries. Its popularity comes from the fact that it approaches questions in a logical manner.
1. Your Present Position (What Covers You)
MAGICIAN THE MAGICIAN

You see the possibilities in everything and turn them into action easily. You evaluate conditions, consider emotional factors, and predict results. But you are successful because you act decisively.

Obstacles dissolve as you allow your creativity to flow. By skillful blending of factors you serve both the timeless and the changing spirit in whatever you do.


2. Immediate Influences Surrounding You (What Crosses You)
HANGED MAN THE HANGED MAN

You are able to see the other side of every argument, every situation. Of course, to accomplish this you have had to turn your own life upside down. Immerse yourself in the spirit of the contrary, the individual who walks backward into life, speaks in riddles, and presents his or her face only to the past. While engaging in self-reflection, you discover the power of prophecy, just as the contrary, facing backward, is often speaking about future events as though they have already occurred. To achieve serenity in such a process you must set aside ego considerations and simply be.


3. Goal / Destiny (What is Above You)
JUDGEMENT JUDGEMENT

You have gone deep within yourself to search for answers. You have found a new spiritual awareness or rebirth to consciousness. Your ego is capable of helping you now, instead of you being its slave. What felt like the end of your life is now seen as a creative connection with the archetypal world. You are rejuvenated by an eternal flame.


4. Basis of the Question (What is Below You)
MOON THE MOON

You have reached an enchanted moment in which you can see the past, present and future as one continuous process of unfolding. You have reached the dark moment where fear threatens to paralyze you. Yet you move forward into the unknown psychic landscape with a certain curiosity. You recognize a kinship with the unconscious world. Your dreams inform you instead of terrorizing your sleep. Confidence comes from the instinctual world.


5. The Recent Past (What is Behind You)
LOVERS THE LOVERS

The urge for independence has presented intense conflict. Your ego is challenged to connect your spiritual life with your everyday activities, thereby achieving harmony within yourself and a new relationship with others.

Past decisions, no matter how difficult, were for the best. If you doubt this, try to imagine yourself intentionally making a wrong choice. Remember, only you have to agree with yourself. Only you can identify your intent.


6. The Immediate Future (What is Before You)
CHARIOT THE CHARIOT

You have self-assurance and a place in the world. You might think you are above error, but that is where you are wrong. Enjoy the recognition that comes your way while avoiding smug self-satisfaction. As a gate is necessary to the function of a wall, so is discrimination necessary for mastering your will. Although the exercise of higher values is not necessary to every success, lasting attainment is hinged upon it.

Avoid becoming Superman or Superwoman. Instead take action that is based upon sound judgment and reasonable expectations of the outcome. Gain recognition in this way.


7. You and Your Role (This is YOU at the present moment)
EMPRESS THE EMPRESS

If there is a door separating desire from reality, the empress can open it for you. Try not to rush things - allow them their own space and time and beneficial results will follow naturally.

You project yourself and your ideas into your environment. Stick to the facts. Each action has results which will guide the next step.


8. Your Environment (This is your house and home)
HIGH PRIESTESS THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Presently, your relationships with friends involve energy going both ways. Through a rare connection they see your essential truth and you see theirs. Speak directly to your friends; listen closely to them as well.

Other people trigger memories. Don't repeat past mistakes. This may look like the same party, but it's a different group of people.


9. What You Respect about the Situation (Your hopes)
STAR THE STAR

You look to yourself for answers and you find them. From this inner source you manifest creativity in the form of fantasies and dreams which then take on reality in the phenomenal world.

As you look inward, you find creative sources waiting for your attention. The foundation of success is there in your inner world and you recognize the proper materials for today's creative purpose.

The universe speaks through you in a palpable rhythm vibrations that match the natural cycles of your body, the planet, and the larger spheres.


10. The Final Outcome (The culmination)
SUN THE SUN

Your life is opening to the richness of possibility, mostly because you have faced your worst fears and gotten through them. Now you face the task of enjoying life to its fullest.

You get out of jail, metaphorically speaking, and things start moving your way. Take your place in the catbird's seat and enjoy the contrast.



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