The Cadillac of Readings: The Pyramid Spread — Mary K. Greer’s Tarot Blog

Jean-Claude Flornoy’s book Seeing the World: Tarot Signposts on the Path to Perception (translated from the French by David Vine), features what Flornoy describes as “the cadillac of readings,” and I’m inclined to agree with him. Flornoy was a French artist and tarotist who died in 2011. He was the foremost recreator of the earliest … Continue reading The Cadillac of Readings: The Pyramid Spread — Mary K. Greer’s Tarot Blog

Creating Tarot Spreads: Breaking the Sound Barrier — Mary K. Greer’s Tarot Blog

There are tons of ways to create new spreads. Before the mid-1970s it was almost unheard of; today you find thousands of spreads—in books, from teachers and on the internet. I first encountered a do-it-yourself-spread explanation in Gail Fairfield’s 1981 classic, Choice-Centered Tarot. This ground-breaking concept had the reader and querent co-creating unique spreads based … Continue reading Creating Tarot Spreads: Breaking the Sound Barrier — Mary K. Greer’s Tarot Blog

New Year’s Resolution Spread

Tarot is a great way to help you discover fresh, new resolutions and perspectives on them. A New Year’s Resolution is an attempt to better oneself. The word comes from the Latin resolutionem, which is “the process of reducing things into simpler forms,” from a core, solvo, meaning “to loosen, untie, or free up.” You’ll … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution Spread