Preparing for a Reading

Question 1

What is attuning?

Answer 1

The process of connection with your cards

Question 2

What are ways to attune a new deck?

Answer 2

• Sleep with them under your pillow for exactly seven (7) days
• Touch the cards daily to imprint your energy on them
• Visualization

Question 3

What is one way to cleanse a deck before a reading?

Answer 3

1. Hold the cards in one hand and fan them out
2. Gently blow on the card edges (one breath is enough)
3. Put the cards back in a neat pile, still holding them in one hand, knock once firmly on the top of the deck

Question 4

How can you store your cards?

Answer 4

• Keep them wrapped in a dark cloth or box
• Store them with a favorite crystal (clear quartz, known as the master crystal, keeps energies clear; amethyst for healing, insight, and protection)

Question 5

Your right hand

Answer 5

• The giving hand

- Used to hold the cards when attuning the deck

Question 6

Your left hand

Answer 6

• The hand of fate

- Used to cut the deck and choose cards for the reading

Question 7

What is cutting the deck?

Answer 7

• Cutting the deck twice with your left hand so there are three piles face-down
• Re-assemble the three piles any way you’d like when reading for yourself
• When reading for someone else, have them choose one pile and re-assemble the deck with their chosen pile on top

Question 8

Which direction should you turn over the cards?

Answer 8

Sideways, from left to right (not from top to bottom)

Question 9

After a card is turned over, what is the very first step?

Answer 9

Consider the cards themselves - their imagery, symbols, and possible meanings in the context of other cards that may have already been turned over

Question 10

What do you do if you begin a reading and can’t make sense of what the cards are telling you?

Answer 10

• Shuffle and lay out the cards again, and if the same or similar cards come up, go with the reading
• If the Ten of Wands comes up, it often means there’s too much going on at present and it’s not the right time for the reading
• This may relate to the recipient’s state of mind, as they may feel blank, blocked, or confused

Question 11

What are your intuition hooks?

Answer 11

These are features (one or two) in the card imagery and symbolism itself which stand out to you immediately.

• Use your intuition
• Consider the feelings they evoke
• Say whatever comes to mind right away

Question 12

Celtic Cross Spread: Center Card (1)

Answer 12

You / the situation in question

Question 13

Celtic Cross Spread: Center Cross Card (2)

Answer 13

What crosses or complements you

Question 14

Celtic Cross Spread: North Card (3)

Answer 14

The best that can be achieved in the circumstances

Question 15

Celtic Cross Spread: South Card (4)

Answer 15

The foundation / reason for the reading

Question 16

Celtic Cross Spread: West Card (5)

Answer 16

The past

Question 17

Celtic Cross Spread: East Card (6)

Answer 17

The near future

Question 18

Celtic Cross Spread: Card 7 (Optional)

Answer 18

You

Question 19

Celtic Cross Spread: Card 8 (Optional)

Answer 19

Your environment or external influences affecting you

Question 20

Celtic Cross Spread: Card 9 (Optional)

Answer 20

Hopes and fears

Question 21

Celtic Cross Spread: Card 10 (Optional)

Answer 21

The outcome

Question 22

The optional cards 7 through 10 in The Celtic Cross are laid down in which direction?

Answer 22

Bottom to top

Question 23

What is a significator?

Answer 23

A card that first sums up the theme of a spread that you then lay down. Example: The Lovers can be placed down as the significator in a past/present/future spread when the recipient would like to know about their love life and relationships.