Celtic Cross, Email Readings, Tarot Verbatim
Hermit…………………………… Two of Cups 
Chariot 
Six of Swords 
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Wheel of Fortune……………………………… 
Ace of Wands..
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Page of Pentacles
Tower… x………………. 
Three of Wands……………. 
Ace of Pentacles
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Knight of Cups
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Three of Wands ……………………..……….. 
Four of Swords
1st Self…………………………… OUTCOME: ………… ………..
…………………… Future…………………………………………..…… Turning Point
………………….. Situation (Cover)
Behind… x………………. Ahead……………..…..…… Situation/Others
………………….. Problem (Cross)
………………….. Foundation……………………..……….………. 2nd Self
This is Tarot Verbatim’s modified Celtic Cross spread, originally designed to, in six spreads, use each of 78 cards. When I did this, I noticed ‘3 sentences,’ with the last being the three-card outcome. The second, of course is the three cards below that, which Tarot spreads refer to as ‘the tower’ because this spread originally sprang from Celtic outdoor structures which had meaning for those people. The rest of the cards, the beginning part, is referred to as ‘the cross’ because, again, of outdoor structures.
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Celtic Cross spreads, as you can see, have positions that cards’ meanings apply to. This is the standard way most Tarot readers read Tarot. (They pay less attention to the meanings cards have in common than Tarot Verbatim™ does.)
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These positions suggest reading a clump of the cards together (Self-Cover-Cross, or as I think of it, Self-Situation-Problem is the first clump. Then you do the ‘arms of the cross, which are the horizontal and vertical pairs of ‘the cross.’
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The question here is from the executor of a murdered man’s estate. Things are a mess, and Client has been threatened a lot, and had a lot of theft. Client’s belief is that the deceased may be helping out with the situation, which is really about Deceased’s business and life rather than Client’s. (Yes, I have permission to post this to you.)
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Here is the answer these 13 cards say: I am seeking a way to be helpful to you (I love you), and I know all about the disasters, but good times are ahead because I have the power to make good things happen.
With nothing further being done, success and money are guaranteed.
You are being taken advantage of by friendly enemies, and I am taking charge of this, taking maximum advantage of the disadvantages to succeed so the situation is under control and bad times are over, and good times are ahead: That’s where it’s heading.
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FIRST SENTENCE, THE CROSS:
Self- Cover- Cross or Self-Situation-Problem:
Hermit, Page of Pentacles x Knight of Cups
Hermit – “I am seeking a way
Knight of Cups – to be helpful (I love you)
Page of Pentacles – and I know all about
Behind – Ahead (horizontal pair)
Tower – Three of Wands
the disasters
but good times are ahead –
Foundation – Future (vertical pair)
because I have the power to make good things happen.
King of Pentacles – I have the power
Wheel of Fortune – to make good things happen.”
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SECOND SENTENCE, THE TOWER:
2nd Self Card – Situation or Others – Turning Point or Hopes & Fears
Four of Swords – Ace of Pentacles – Ace of Wands
2nd Self Card, Four of Swords – With nothing further being done,
Situation or Others – Ace of Pentacles – success and money
Turning Point/Hopes & Fears – Ace of Wands – are guaranteed.
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OUTCOME (3 CARDS IN TAROT VERBATIM)
Two of Cups – Chariot – Six of Swords
Two of Cups – You are being taken advantage of by friendly enemies
Chariot – and I am taking charge of this, taking maximum advantage of the disadvantages to succeed so the situation is under control
Six of Swords – and bad times are over, and good times are ahead: That’s where it’s all heading.
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Here Are the Theme Cards
Hermit and Page of Pentacles, the first and second cards, both mean: I know and I am watching. Hermit and Knight of Cups both mean being helpful, being devoted, and having affection. Client is reassured from the beginning of these messages, you can see.
In the first Sentence (the cross part), both Future cards mean good things happening and both refer to money. Three of Wands is the future and money coming in and good things ahead. Wheel of Fortune is ‘happening’ and is a wonderful thing happening (even a miracle). It’s also destiny and fate.
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Two of Cups, the ‘just past’ card in the third sentences
Tower is the Behind or just past card, and it means disaster in the first sentence. Two of Cups is friendly enemies taking advantage in the third sentence. Both refer to the same set of circumstances, of course.
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Quite a few cards speak of a good future, money, success, and victory: Three of Wands, Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Pentacles, Chariot, Six of Swords.
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This reading is clear and emphatic. Good for Client!
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And now with the pictures:
Hermit and Page of Pentacles, the first and second cards, both mean: I know and I am watching. Hermit and Knight of Cups both mean being helpful, being devoted, and having affection. Client is reassured from the beginning of these messages, you can see.
In the first Sentence (the cross part), both Future cards ( Three of Wands and Wheel of Fortune) mean good things happening and both refer to money. Three of Wands is the future and money coming in and good things ahead. Wheel of Fortune is ‘ happening’ and is a wonderful thing happening (even a miracle). It’s also destiny and fate.
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Tower is the Behind or just past card, and it means disaster in the first sentence. Two of Cups is friendly enemies taking advantage in the third sentence. Both refer to the same set of circumstances, of course.
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Quite a few cards speak of a good future, money, success, and victory: Three of Wands, Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Pentacles, Chariot, Six of Swords.
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This reading is clear and emphatic. Good for Client!
Four Card Spreads, Guidance, Tarot Readings for You
Guidance Friendship between two fellows – especially how they can be fast friends and never interact with one another – comes up in our discussion for today. Just like your boyfriend can lapse into a coma of inactivity and never call you, but still loves you. But we do point out that a boyfriend comes to see you when he hasn’t heard from you in a while. Another of today’s advices is to get your beauty rest.
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Hermit
Four of Swords – Two of Pentacles – Knight of Cups
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GROUP ANALYTICAL TAROT CARDS READING
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Friends, Without Anything Happening (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Boyfriend and Inactivity (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Health, Doctor (Hermit)
Tarot Readings: Not Responding to the Offer (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
Miscellaneous Tarot Readings
Tarot Readings: Friends, Without Anything Happening (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
We don’t have to see one another often to be friends.
Two guys can be friends without any back-and-forth.
These two guys never interact with one another, but are friendly.
I am not going to let my friend come to my aid this time.
A supposed friend who doesn’t help.
Friends don’t see one another often, but have an understanding.
I understand my friend is a goofball, and let him be that way.
Nice guy, but he keeps seeking to be a couch potato.
Your buddy comes to you with one suggestion after another that you do not act upon.
I am always asleep when this buddy comes to see me.
I keep tuning out his helpful suggestions.
I am always asleep when this buddy comes to see me.
Tarot Readings: Boyfriend and Inactivity (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
When you don’t respond, boyfriend will come looking for you, every time.
Boyfriend is sincere, he just lapses into inactivity.
I observe: Boyfriend is sometimes indifferent to me.
Boyfriend sometimes is helpful and sometimes is not.
Sometimes I lie around doing nothing, and then boyfriend comes to see me.
Sometimes I am looking for a boyfriend and sometimes not.
You can go a long time without a kind understanding boyfriend.
Tarot Readings: Health, Doctor (Hermit)
Do not go to the doctor as often as he suggests.
As long as you are laid up, your friend comes to help.
I suggest you look for ways to get regular rest and sleep.
A doctor suggests you not do something as often.
Tarot Readings: Not Responding to the Offer (Four of Swords + Knight of Cups)
Someone keeps coming to me for help. Count me out this time.
Someone keeps trying to be your friend, and you have reason not to do that.
He keeps offering to help. Do not respond.
Miscellaneous Tarot Readings:
I am always in search mode when I meditate, open to suggestion.
Sometimes I am open to friendship, and sometimes not.
Just accept the fact that kindness is not always repaid.
My friend has always come to see me often.
The two of us guys have always been such good friends: It goes both ways.
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Hermit
Four of Swords – Two of Pentacles – Knight of Cups
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LEARN TAROT BY OBSERVING
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How strange. Hermit and Knight of Cups, two cards that mean three of the same things – friends or friendship, come to, and help – are back again, from yesterday.
Today, they are accompanied by not doing or not responding (Four of Swords) and by something that is continual or repeated or ongoing.
The two guys are friends, and a lot of our stories today are about friendship between two fellows – especially how fellows can be fast friends and hardly ever talk to one another or do anything together. Since Knight of Cups is also Boyfriend, we explore how fellows lapse into inactivity, and how they respond when they are ignored in return.
Since Four of Swords is also about rest and sleep, and Hermit is a physician, we delve a little into going to the doctor, and getting your beauty rest.
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LEARN TAROT BY PICTURES
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Four of Swords The ceremonies for becoming a knight include a vision quest overnight in a church, lying on the burial place of a culture hero, to determine your life purpose. That is what you see in this illustration. Four of Swords is ‘time out,’ meditating, not interacting, not responding, not participating, and getting your rest. |
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Two of Pentacles We see a juggler, plates moving incessantly as he dances, wearing a goofy costume. Ships toss behind him. In Tarot Verbatim(TM) this Rider Waite Tarot card is about repeated or continual action, and about movements. It often adds ‘keeps’ to a verb, as in ‘keeps moving.’ It means silly or goofy, too. |
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Knight of Cups is your friend, and everyone’s friend. He may be a salesman, and he is a lover. He comes to us with his hand out in friendship. “He’s sooo cute, he’s such a sweet guy,”the girls say. He is pictured on a horse that looks like a merry-go-round pony, and he wears Mercury’s wings – the communicator – on his helmet. |
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Hermit He is on the road at night in the cold to help his fellow humans, to seek them out to help them. Here is a kind, sincere man who is a true friend. He has medical expertise. As a monk, he is associated with spirituality. |
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EXPLANATIONS:
Each and every ‘Tarot Reading’ sentence you see is a literal interpretation of the four Rider Waite Tarot cards drawn and pictured for today. (The literal interpretation is from the illustration on each card.) These sentences are put together by only combining the phrases of what each cards says. In other words, there are NO “filler” phrases added just to make full sentences, and no psychic ability or spirit guide is ever involved.
*Without a question* in a group reading to focus the answer, the four Tarot cards can mean quite contradictory things, especially when the Spread has a card that means ‘no,’ ‘never’ or ‘not.’ These negative modifiers can apply to any one of the other cards.
*Without a question* in a group reading, the pronouns (you, him, her, me, us, them, they, etc.) are more flexible. Whenever you see a pronoun in parentheses, please *feel very free* to substitute another pronoun than the one used. I try to drop pronouns when possible, which, if you’ve noticed, can make for awkward phrasing.
Now in an ‘real’ individual reading, the questioner asks a specific question and thereby supplies at least half the information! In an individual situation, the parties are identified and sometimes a time frame is too. Here, in a group reading we cannot do that and so we get a variety of sentences.
Horoscopes are group readings, too. Astrology is based on someone else’s birth data, though, so a ‘solar’ group horoscope never really solidly applies to you! (Astrologers know this!)
Tarot, on the other hand, is perfectly capable of flexibly addressing any group, including all of the visitors that come to this site. It can also address people you might not even know personally, such as all the people at your job who have a say in whether or not you get a raise.
We have been wondering here lately whether the Tarot Verbatim(TM) sentences are more accurate for regular visitors than they are for people who visit this site only once in awhile or for a short time. Would you help us with a comment please, if you have not been a regular visitor? Just let us know if the sentences are relevant to you. So far, people say they do apply.
Return to this site often and you can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim(TM) works. Regular visitors actually learn to read Rider Waite Tarot cards with very little effort.
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