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My Version of the Celtic Cross Spread

As the inaugural post for this blog I figured I’d start with the version of the classic Celtic Cross tarot spread I’ve been using, along with my current thoughts about each of the cards in it.  I’m still the the process of refining this spread, so this will probably not be the last time I post it.  A lot of this is still pretty much the same as other versions of the Celtic Cross spread you’ve seen elsewhere.

“What covers” This card represents the issue in a very direct way.  Extremely broad and how to interpret it usually depends on the specific question

“What crosses” Represents the primary issue causing the problem, though lately I’ve been seeing it also represent an end goal (for example, this morning I drew the Page of Cups as what “covers” and the King of Cups as what “crosses”, which I interpreted together as saying that the issue was acting like the Page when I needed to act like the King)

“What is beneath” I use this card to represent something that can be relied upon for aid with the issue when other sources dry up.

“What crowns” or “What guides” Represents either a part of the querent’s personality or situation that will be vital to solving the problem or a next step forward.  I waffle between these two and have yet to pick which version I find more useful.  Depends on the querent’s objectives.

“What is behind” Represents what immediately led to the querent’s situation.

“What lies ahead” The immediate future, something which awaits the querent before the current situation passes.

“Prevailing energy” Similar to card 1, but focused more on sussing out what’s going on with the situation (e.g. how severe it actually is etc.)  This and card 10 are the two I’m most iffy on whether or not serve much of a function.

“Outside influences” Depends heavily on the reason for the reading, can be anything from how others perceive the querent, to how/whether the querent should ask for help, to whether or not the situation is the result of other people’s actions.

Along with 10 represents the querent’s hopes and fears.  I am alternating between using one card for this and two, as sometimes the second yields additional insight, and sometimes feels redundant.

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Apollo and Hyacinthus

A spread for advice on the most likely times ahead. Specify the time to be anything you want(week, day, year).

(Belief, skip if you don’t care, not needed for the spread). Fortune telling with tarot is very sketchy, so the smaller the time frame the better reading. The future is changing so much that what is true today is far from true tomorrow. If it’s a long project, you may want to do this spread periodically throughout.

1: A starting point. You now, a circumstance, trouble, a problem, this one really represents what you want it to.

2: Bold. The best scenario that’s reasonable! 

3: Mundain. The most likely scenario, this could be good or bad.

4: Caution. The worst scenario that’s reasonable!

5: Outcome. The most likely outcome for you.

6 and 7 are special cards. If you need more advice after the reading, draw these two cards. They are optional.

6: Advice for Bold. How to make the most of this scenario.

What white people hear: never use sage ever, don’t ever buy it, don’t own it, don’t even look at it.

Look, y’all. There’s a couple of facets to my talk today.

1) Yes! You can buy sage! You really, truly can! Buy it from either native sellers (go to a powwow! Eat our food, buy our stuff, watch some dancing!) Or buy it from a seller who sources the sage from native people. Pick one. And no, buying it from 5 Below doesn’t count.

2) you CANNOT smudge. This isn’t just you “shouldn’t”— this is a YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF SMUDGING. Waving a sage stick around your doorways IS NOT SMUDGING. It is smoke clensing. Smudging, depending on the tradition and tribe, could easily have dancing and drums involved. You, as a white person, do not have the cultural BACKGROUND to even know how it works. At all. Period.

3) please, for FUCKS SAKE, stop making posts here on tumblr where you tell other white people about cultural appropriation and what they can and cannot do. Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right. We native people are FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. Consider instead: a) reblogging our posts where we talk about it! We’re here! We have made posts!! b) Making a post that states what we said and then LINKS BACK TO US. Screenshot with a link if you must. Stop centering your own voices in these conversations. You are already centered in everything, stop centering yourselves in a native space.

I’m tired of this nonsense, y’all.

Male/Masculine Witch Aesthetic

Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.