Relationship Spread #1
Difficulty: Easy
This tarot spread is easy to read, like a convenient chart. In this spread, court cards generally indicate actual people with the same characteristics. Knights (or corresponding princes, but not kings) and queens are meant to represent actual men and women in this tarot spread. Look for patterns in the cards as always.
Card #1 is the overall significator of the relationship. The two columns on either side of the significator characterise each individual's role in the relationship. The relationship does not have to be romantic. In fact, it could be a relationship between a person and a group, or even how two groups relate.
The top row, cards #7 & #2, is about the conscious thoughts of each person, or what they think about the relationship and likewise how they view their partner.
The middle row, cards #6 & #3, reveals the way each individual feels about the other. Emotional awareness corresponds to a person's unconscious thoughts that run deep, affecting a person in ways he or she is not fully aware of.
The bottom row, cards #5 & #4, represents the way each person behaves, in other words the stance taken regarding the relationship. The way a person acts may be genuine, but sometimes people are phony and manipulative, so it is best to weigh this card against the other person's cards to determine how they match up.
Your Relationship #1 Reading
You |
Other Person |
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Thought |
 The Emperor |
 3 of Pentacles |
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Emotion |
 4 of Swords |
The Significator  The Empress |
 The Theocrat |
External Stance |
 3 of Wands |
 10 of Swords |
The Significator
The Empress
Regime change in action, it happens more in the sewers than the senates. One goes out, another comes in.
The Querent's Thoughts
The Emperor
In this case King Sargon of Akkad. A great ruler in his own time rarely even makes the history books in ours.
The Other Person's Thoughts
3 of Pentacles
Nature grows in the most desolate, diseased places. Study how nature does it to survive your own climate.
The Querent's Emotions
4 of Swords
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!
(Today is a good day to die!)
The Other Person's Emotions
The Theocrat
1:00 – Card 8
AKA The Hierophant in traditional Tarot. Male, Fire, Taurus.
The master, the controller, the employer. To force one's will upon others and make them work for your own benefits. Not always a cruel thing if it's done right. But it's so rarely done right.
The Querent's External Stance
3 of Wands
Two wands to keep them rowing in circles past death, one wand to put an end to it.
The Other Person's External Stance
10 of Swords
Classic iconography. Classic significance: Absolute destruction.
