Welcome back. This week I have another tarot spread that you can use to help you create your stories. This tarot spread works like a game. First, we will go over the steps you take for the came and then what each card represents.
- Come up with a question. This isn’t to figure out the overall storyline. It is to find out a solution to a specific problem. Be as clear as possible with your questions.
- Shuffle your cards and deal them out according to the spread below.
- Follow the thread that the cards create to come to a solution to your answer. The cards will provide you with a possible solution, but you have to ultimately decide if it’s the right thing for you to do. Whether you use the offered solutions or not, it is typically enough to break through any barriers you may have.
- Keep a note of what your reading provided you. I keep a writing journal with all of my tarot readings. This can help to serve as future inspiration.
Alright, here is the spread you will be using:
One thing I need to tell you, as you can see each section of cards is color coded. When you lay out your cards, you need to start on the side with three cards, the conflict, world, and motive, and move over to the two outcome cards.
As for what the cards mean:
Conflict: This is what the outer conflict is surrounding your questions. This could be about a character, it all depends on what your question was, to begin with.
World: This what the ordinary world around the problem is and how it plays into your problem.
Motive: This is what your characters inner motive. This is what makes everything move towards an outcome
The next four cards move into what the obstacles are that your character will have to face moving forward.
Guide: This is their guide or mentor of sorts.
Home: This refers to the pull from their home. How their home life is affecting their decisions.
Controller: This refers to what controls them the most. This could be a person, place or thing. Whatever has the most control over the character.
Key: This is the main reason why they are having problems.
Next, we are moving into actions that will help them reach their outcomes.
Decisions: This card is an optional card. You don’t have to pull one. These are the decisions that your character has to make. These will likely be tough for your character.
Steps: These are the actions steps that your character has to take in order to reach their outcome.
Lastly, we have two outcomes.
External outcomes: This the top card. These are the changes that happen in the outside world of the character the physical things that were affected by their decisions.
Internatl outcomes: This is the bottom card. These are the changes that take place inside of your character. This is how he or she was affected internally by their own actions.
Alright, that’s it for this tarot reading. Try this a few times and I bet this will be what you turn to every time you feel stuck in your writing. Tell me what you think in the comments below.
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