Ankh Spread

 

 

Difficulty: Kind of tough

The Ankh Spread is for deeper questions about the causes behind trends. It is similar to the Celtic Cross and Secret of the High Priestess spreads, but it covers the reasons behind the circumstances in question differently, perhaps giving a better explanation of why things are the way they are.

The loop of the upper section of the ankh shows the deeper spiritual background and causes of the situation, while the stem of the base shows your prospects for the outcome.

The first 2 cards represent the 2 parent causes of the situation. They will either compliment each other or show 2 opposing sides of a conflict, depending on how they relate. These are the significator cards of the Ankh spread.

3. This card shows the early causes of the trend in question.

4. Shows the causes that triggered the current situation.

5. Reveals the spiritual perspective of the subject at hand.

6. This card informs the querent of the reasons why the spirit demanded this course of action to unfold, in that it was a means to this end. This can not be avoided.

At this point, you want to pause to soak in the meaning of the first 6 cards before moving forward to the last 3 cards. The last 3 will show your prospects for the future.

7. The Next Step gives clues about the immediate future.

8. Surprising Experiences encountered en route to the end result.

9. This represents the end result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Ankh Reading

Early Causes	Higher Perceptions Seven of Hearts	Triggering Causes
Four of Spades	Necessary Conclusions	Six of Spades
Significator #1	Ten of Clubs	Significator #2
Queen of Hearts	Next Step	Queen of Spades
	Eight of Hearts
	Surprising Experiences King of Spades
	Outcome Jack of Hearts

 

 

 

 

Significator #1

Queen of Hearts

Cancer

A dreamy, imaginative, tranquil, poetic, and extremely receptive woman. Generous, yet not overly hospitable. She is very dependent on the neighbor cards in determining dignification.

 

 

 

 

 

Significator #2

Queen of Spades

Libra

A confident, gracious, just, perceptive, graceful, elegant woman.

 

 

 

 

 

Early Causes

Four of Spades

"Truce"

Jupiter in Libra

Recovery from a period of trouble. An oasis. Authority in the realm of intellect. Establishment of dogma.

 

 

 

 

 

Triggering Causes

Six of Spades

"Science"

Mercury in Aquarius

A goal realized. All intellectual faculties agree on the matter at heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Perceptions

Seven of Hearts

"Debauch"

Venus in Scorpio

Loss or lack of moral values. Deception, shameless indulgence, lust, fornication, intoxication, delusion, promises unfulfilled.

 

 

 

 

 

Necessary Conclusions

Ten of Clubs

"Oppression"

Saturn in Saggitarius

Brute force with no apparent spiritual source. Lies, repression, cruelty, malice. The element of fire in its most destructive form.

 

 

 

 

 

The Next Step

Eight of Hearts

"Indolence"

Saturn in Pisces

Success abandoned, apathy, misery, transience, instability, a small victory. Sometimes means abandonment of materialistic pursuits in favor of the spiritual.

 

 

 

 

 

Surprises

King of Spades

Gemini

An active, skillful, witty, clever, fierce man.

 

 

 

 

 

The Outcome

Jack of Hearts

Scorpio

A man who moves in shadows, who ambitiously lusts for great wisdom and power. His calm appearance masks an ocean of passion.
Ill-dignified: a merciless man of insatiable ambition.