Tarot Divination "Celtic Cross"

Fortune telling on Tarot cards is quite an interesting activity. It is unique and has a number of its features. But it's not about this, it's about one scenario, which, probably among the practitioners of this system, is most popular, about the Tarot's "Celtic Cross".

General scheme

This book was proposed by the author of one of the most popular decks in the world - Arthur Waite. He argued that this is an ancient way, the authorship of which belongs to the sages of the past. But this is most likely a legend, invented by him, like the scheme itself. Nevertheless, the Tarot "Celtic Cross" is quite convenient, practical and really allows you to make a qualitative analysis for almost any situation.

It has only ten cards at its disposal and has, respectively, ten semantic positions. We must immediately say that there are countless variants of this scenario, since each master eventually comes to some one of his own, the individual understands the cards, positions and their relationships. Therefore, the explanations given below serve as examples only, as it may be, and not rigid unchangeable rules.

With experience, the tarologists begin to build their own logical connections between the cards and, accordingly, change the initial positions. This means that the interpretation of the Tarot "Celtic Cross" - a fairly flexible practice, based more on intuition than on the formally defined values. The general scheme of the layout can be seen in the picture below.

Position number 1

This card is called the significator. Its task is to represent the questioner, that is, the one who orders the layout, and to whom it is being made. For the significator is usually chosen from the minor arcana among the court cards. For young people and children, they become a page, for women - the queen, for middle-aged men - a knight, and for older men - a king. The last card can also represent the father of the family, the boss, the teacher or any other authoritative person, regardless of his age.

From which suit to choose a significator, the theme within which the Tarot "Celtic Cross" layout is made will tell. If the question concerns love, feelings and relationships, then this will certainly be a card suit of cups. If the question is about the career and achievements, then the suit of the staff is used (some of the tarologists, changing the elements' correspondences with suits, use sword cards here, and where the swords are used, they use the staffs).

When it comes to science, education, communication and some not romantic, but not business relations, the significator is the suit of the staff. Finally, the suit of pentacles is chosen when the question concerns money, material provision or physical health. Some masters, when making the Tarot "Celtic Cross", choose the significator otherwise, correlating those or other cards with certain features of appearance. For example, goblets mean blond hair, and behind the swords hide black eyes. But here there is no single criterion - each fortuneteller has its own system of correspondences. Therefore, it is impossible to state anything unequivocally.

When the significator is selected, it is placed downward in the center of the table. Then the deck is shuffled, shifted with the left hand and in turn in the above order are placed the cards from №2 to №10.

Position number 2

This map is called the root of the layout. On the one hand, it generalizes the whole alignment. Some masters believe that the full answer to the question is sounded in her face, while all other maps are comments to her. However, it can also be perceived as a factor that characterizes the essence of the stated question. In this sense, it can play the role of a key problem or figure of a certain person. Whichever map is dropped on this position, it should be understood in the context of the entire layout, and especially the arcanes on positions # 5 and # 10. Why them, it becomes clear afterwards.

Position # 3

The past, hiding behind this map, shows how the problem started. This is not the past at all, and it must always be remembered when doing fortune-telling on Tarot cards. "Celtic Cross" in this respect is not an exception, especially since there is one more card in it that reveals the past.

Position # 4

This card speaks about the immediate past - that in the life of the inquirer occurred just before he asked for advice. Here, the Tarot layout of the Celtic Cross can provide useful information, some information that should be taken into account when interpreting subsequent maps. Since it is the events of the past that often help to more accurately determine what will happen in the future, since they are its direct or indirect cause.

Position # 5

Arkan in this position in the Tarot scenario "Celtic Cross" shows how the matter will end. This is a logical result, remote in time as much as was supposed in the formulation of the question. Of course, this is not a verdict, but only the most likely development of the situation. It is especially important when interpreting the card at this position to pay attention to the lasso under No. 10, since the # 5 shows only the actual result, and only the card at position # 10 can make its full evaluation. But about this below. It is also important to take into account how to combine №5 with №2. Most often they represent a single whole and are interpreted in the context of each other.

Position # 6

In this case, it shows what will precede the fulfillment of the prediction expressed by the card at position # 5. In other words, this lasso talks about the near future, that is, about the events that will take place between the time when the session is being conducted and the time when the final result will be realized. It should be noted that sometimes a good outcome is preceded by serious problems, and, conversely, an unfavorable end may be preceded by very positive developments. Therefore, you need to be more careful. Also, it should be noted whether the lasso at position number 6 causes the final result or not. On this depends how the questioner behaves further and reacts to the upcoming events.

Position # 7

This is a very simple position, which, however, helps to make a much more accurate guessing of the Tarot. "Celtic Cross", the interpretation of which is largely based not only on the prediction of events, but also on the emotional description of the person, here gives very important information. This map shows how the questioner sees himself from the outside. She reveals his true view of himself, and accordingly, the true nature of his intentions.

Position # 8

Unlike the previous map, this position shows how other people see the questioner. First of all, this, of course, is his close and those who are directly related to the essence of the question. For example, she can talk about the attitude to the enemy who asks him or her passion. Sometimes it reflects the view of the person hiding behind the card number 2, if it represents the person, and not the situation. This is possible, but not necessary.

Position # 9

Divination of the Tarot "Celtic Cross" at this stage can talk about two things - the most tormenting fears of the questioner or his hopes. What exactly from this in each scenario shows a lasso, usually it becomes clear from the meaning of the card itself. Of course, negative maps will reflect fears, and positive ones - hopes. There are, however, nuances, but they can not be described in the manual and make part of the technique of fortune telling - these things come with time and experience.

Position number 10

This is one of the most important positions in the whole scenario. In accordance with our option, it means how internally will experience the questioning fulfillment of the prediction in position # 5. Most often the cards are surprisingly correlated with each other. In other words, a positive evaluation corresponds to positive events, and, on the contrary, negative events are experienced tragically. But it happens the other way around. For example, if the question of whether or not a person is fired from the current job, a card may drop out, meaning that they will be fired unequivocally. This, it would seem, is bad. But in this situation, which will accompany the dismissal, there will be such that by the time it happens, the questioner himself will be happy with this outcome of the case. That's why there will be a card of joy and luck on the position # 10. It is also necessary to remember the connection of this lasso with the position number 2.

A warning

In conclusion, you need to make a small warning to those who are guessing Tarot online. "Celtic Cross" for the future, and indeed for all questions gives answers based on the algorithm of interpretation programmed in it. It may not coincide with the system described above, and therefore interpret the layouts in online services by our method is not recommended.