Question by Valerie J: what cards do you use for the celtic cross card spread tarot game?
im just learning how to use tarot cards. i dont know which cards to use for the celtic cross card spread tarot game. okay there are cards in my deck with only pictures and no words. most of the pictures have swards. im not sure if i use these im the celtic cross game. does anyone know?
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Answer by Cheryl E
You can use any deck for the celtic cross spread. The “classic” deck is the Rider-Waite, but there are hundreds of others. Get yourself a good book on tarot interpretation.
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IIRC, you use the entire deck. Choose one of the court cards (Page, Knight, Queen or King of one of the 4 suits — Pentacles, Cups, Swords, or Wands) as the significator to represent the person asking the question. then have the questioner shuffle the deck, and deal out the 10 cards for the Celtic Cross spread.
BTW, its not a “game”.
Mythology & Folklore is where you should be asking this question…..bd
You use all of the cards for a celtic cross spread. All you do is shuffle them up while focusing on something that you want to know more about, then when your done shuffling separate the deck into three individual decks and put it back together in anyway that you want, then you can deal them.
You should have cards with swords, wands, cups, coins, and other non-suite ones like The Sun.
Go to this website to learn more and how to read each individual card: http://www.paranormality.com/tarot_meanings.shtml
Also, if while you’re shuffling a card falls out of the deck, it probably means that card is wanting to tell you something, so just put it aside and read it after you finish the celtic cross.
Some people can use them and others can’t. You just have to get comfortable with your own individual deck and basically just have the knack for it because otherwise you get cards that are just wayyy off.
Personally, I’ve only had a few circumstances where I dealt them and the cards were actually right at predicting how the rest of my night turned out.
Honestly, I think the cards just read how you are feeling right then in there (like reading your sub-conscious), so if your mood changes throughout the day I think they could come out completely off.
They’re nothing to really rely on or are all that “freaky” as some people think. It’s just a nice occasional reflection of your current situation in your life — probably won’t show anything you don’t already know.
Hello Valerie
Tarot isn’t a game, they are a tool for guidance, insight, psychic & personal development as well as meditation.
You use the cards that are at the top of the deck once you have shuffled. You do not pick the cards.
As you are new to the tarot the Celtic Cross is best left as it is complex. A single card will be easier.
Sadhara