Today we have that famous question people ask psychics: Why isn’t he calling me? And people ask ‘Is he or she cheating on me?’ Well, a client on a telephone reading asked the first question, and the answer, which I diagrammed for its usefulness, is ‘He is cheating, feels bad about it, and is making a resolution not to do it again.

Question: Why isn’t he calling me?

 

 

 

 

 

First Sentence(s), the part of the spread called the cross.
Page of Pentacles is the first Self card.
Page of Wands is the Cover/Situation card.
Emperor is the Cross/Problem card.
Two of Swords is the Past or ‘just Behind’ card. It is paired with
Hierophant as the Future/Just Ahead card (F.Y.I., I call the Behind and Ahead cards ‘Expanded Present.’ )
Three of Wands is the Foundation card. It is paired with
Three of Pentacles as the Future card.

Second Sentence, called the tower, and it’s 3 cards straight up.
Two of Cups is the second Self card.
Devil is the Others or Situation card (also called ‘environment.’)
Ten of Swords is the Hopes & Fears or Turning Point card

Third Sentence, called Outcome.
And the rest are Outcome, three cards straight across with the middle one aligned with the tower, and sometimes a ‘crown card’ is part of it, as today, which is Strength.

 

 

 

First Sentence(s)

The first three cards (first Self, Cover and Cross or, as I call it, Situation and Problem.

Then what I call the expanded present is behind and ahead of the cover and cross cards, so they are labeled Behind and Ahead by me, or Past and Future.

These are paired cards – read that way.

The Foundation and Future cards at the bottom and top of the first sentence’s spread are read paired, usually using future tense because of the future position.

“The arms of the cross” is the two pairs we just spoke of (Behind-Ahead, plus Foundation-Future. Sometimes there’s a special meaning to the combination of these four

Second Sentence

You start anew now (at least in Tarot Verbatim). There are three cards going up. They are often not read in sequence, but keeping the name of the position in mind – especially the second Self card, because the two Self cards often indicate something meaningful. I find the top, third, card sticks less to the function of its position, in my practice.

Today Ten of Swords fits hopes and fears though. I call this the Turning Point or the Crux card, and that seems to fit a little better. The second card 

(Devil, this time) is Others/Environment, and I think of it as a situation card like the second card of the first sentence, usually called Cover.

Third Sentence

All these cards, whether you use 3 or 4, are read in any order with no particular individual position name. (You may find, when you first start using three instead of the traditional one card here, that it’s less accurate until you wear a groove in it. Celtic Cross is entrenched in mass consciousness and this is a modification of that.

 

 

 

 

First Sentence

 

 

“I’m a Good Guy, a mature man, and I present myself that way.”

Page of Pentacles, Page of Wands crossed by Emperor – Self, Situation crossed by Problem:

 

I’m a Good Guy – Page of Pentacles  (Card 1. Self He is thinking of himself … “I’m a Good Guy.” )

 

 

 

I’m a Good Guy and I present myself that way, – Page of Wands  (Card 2. Situation)

 

 

 

a mature man, a Grownup. – Emperor  (Card 3. Crux/Situation)

 

 

“I have not been behaving myself, I am not innocent..”

Two of Swords Behind paired with Hierophant Ahead:

 

 

Have not been – Two of Swords (Card 6. Behind)

 

 

 

behaving myself. – Hierophant (Card 7. Ahead)

 

 

“In the future, I am going to do my part in this relationship fair and square, as agreed.”

Three of Wands Foundation paired with Three of Pentacles Future:

 

do my part in this relationship fair and square, as agreed – Three of Pentacles (Card 4. Future)

 

 

 

 

In the future – Three of Wands (Card 5. Foundation)

 

 

 

Second Sentence  

“Under the influence of Lust – it got the best of me – I failed utterly and am devastated.”

Two of Cups as Second Self card, Devil as Situation/Others/Environment card, Ten of Swords as Hopes and Fears or Turning Point or Crux card.

 

Under the influence of – Two of Cups (Card 8. Second Self)

 

 

 

lust – Devil (Card 9. Situation / Environment)

 

 

 

(It got the best of me.) – Two of Cups 

 

 

 

 

I failed utterly and am devastated. – Ten of Swords (Card 10. Crux / Problem )

 

 

 

Third Sentence  – Outcome

“I am so ashamed, and no matter how hard it is I WILL get control of this situation … or she will make me behave.”

 

I am so ashamed – Five of Pentacles

 

 

 

and no matter how difficult that is, – Ten of Wands

 

 

 

I am determined to get control of this situation – Chariot

 

 

 

or she will get control of it and make me behave. – Strength

 

 

NOTE that each card in this entire spread is using its traditional core meaning. That is a signature of an accurate Tarot report, and it is a LOT easier to read. This just flows if you are an experienced reader.

 

 

 

What catches your eye immediately as someone who has Tarot experience is the tower part of the spread (the second sentence, the three cards straight up). It has Devil and Ten of Swords, which would suggest some kind of wrongdoing, some moral downfall, some being sorry for a sin.

The other card, Two of Cups, in Tarot Verbatim is the main card for personal betrayal, sexual trespass, and taking advantage secretly of another person. So in Tarot Verbatim, this spread screams ‘He had sex and is so sorry he betrayed you. (Ten of Swords is sorry.) And, by the way: Ten of Swords is also a card of betrayal. Ten of Swords is devastated, laid low.

You also notice that the first two cards of your spread both mean a clean-cut good moral guy,  Page of Pentacles and  Page of Wands. Of course, in the first sentence ‘I did not behave myself’ or ‘I did not act in a decent moral way’ is part of the second sentence’s message about ‘sorry I failed.’

In the third sentence, Five of Pentacles is a miserable failure and Ten of Wands is so sorry. (Ten of Wands is also saying ‘no matter how difficult. Tarot does these double meanings.)

In the first sentence, the “I am going to do my part in this relationship” is restated in Chariot, the responsible disciplined person who gets the job done. Strength too prevents misbehavior: It and Chariot are about discipline. . As I promised, this spread is a fine example of interlocking repetition, and it’s very clear to read.

Of course, in the first sentence ‘ I did not behave myself’ or ‘ I did not act in a decent moral way’ is part of the second sentence’s message about ‘ sorry I failed.’

In the third sentence, Five of Pentacles is a miserable failure and Ten of Wands is so sorry. ( Ten of Wands is also saying ‘no matter how difficult.’ Tarot does these double meanings.)

As I promised, this spread is a fine example of interlocking repetition, and it’s very clear to read.