Tarot of the Crone ~ Spread Questions

Here are the questions associated with the various spreads that you can specify when requesting a reading from the Tarot of the Crone readings page.:-

Crone's Eye View Spread

This spread invokes the wisdom of the Crone to give clarity and advice in times of uncertainty, or when you’re feeling just a little too close to the subject at hand. Imagine that the Crone has put on her feathered cloak to have a look at your situation from an unclouded and higher perspective.

The cards are laid out in the shape of a flying bird.

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Card 1 - She sees the pattern.
This is the overall view of the situation. It also indicates recurring cycles from your past which are appropriate to the current situation.
Card 2 - She sees what is hidden.
This indicates a force acting on the situation of which you are not yet consciously aware.
Card 3 - She sees what is obvious.
This is something you know about the situation but which requires you give it more attention or importance.
Card 4 - She sees your strength.
This is what you can and should call upon to help you in this situation.
Card 5 - She sees your weakness.
This is what you need to be wary of in dealing with this situation. It can apply to modes of behavior may otherwise be fine but will not work well in this particular case.
Card 6 - She knows where to strike.
This indicates the approach you should take, the opportunity you have for action, the best way to effect change on your behalf.

Crossroads Spread

This spread invokes the wisdom of the Crone to give clarity and advice in times of uncertainty, or when you’re feeling just a little too close to the subject at hand. Imagine that the Crone has put on her feathered cloak to have a look at your situation from an unclouded and higher perspective.

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Card 1 - Where I've been - and why I cannot or should not stay here.
Cards 2 and 3 - What are my choices, the two roads ahead of me.
Cards 4 and 5 - What are the likely results of these two choices.
Card 6 - What does the Crone have to tell me about making this choice.

Triple Hecate Spread

This spread invokes Hecate to speak with you, sharing her advice for developing your wisdom, power and courage. The layout is in three sets of three for a total of nine cards.

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She is the Goddess of Crossroads
Card 1 - Your Crossroads.
This card represents your current situation, a moment of choosing that is at hand, or a pivotal point in your life right now.
Card 2 - The Choice Within.
This card represents advice Hecate offers on the direction and instruction to accept within yourself at this crossroads.
Card 3 - The Choice Without.
This card represents advice Hecate offers on the direction to take in the outer world from this point of choosing.

She is the Queen of Ghosts
Card 4 - What Haunts You.
This card represents a piece of your past that you have been unable to let go, unable to forgive, or unable to fully claim.
Card 5 - What Helps You.
This card represents what resources are available to you to help you move forward, to get beyond the pain or mistakes of the past, or to integrate the lessons or power left behind.
Card 6 - What Waits For You.
This card represents what is awaiting you in your future should this ghost become dismissed or integrated into your life. If you see this outcome as purely negative, then there is a great deal of fear involved in getting beyond this particular ghost. Extra help from a wise friend or counselor is indicated.

She is the Goddess of Witches
Card 7 - Your Magic.
This card represents the aspect of your personal power Hecate suggests that you work with right now.
Card 8 - The Opportunities Within.
This card represents how this power may be used for your benefit in the inner realms.
Card 9 - The Opportunities Without.
This card represents how you may exercise or express this power in the outer world.

The Hermit’s Quest

In the Major Arcana, the Hermit, like the Fool, goes on a journey. The Hermit, however, does so with intent, leaving behind all s/he knows to seek alone for something more. The Hermit card is also often called the Inner Teacher. What this means is that you must learn for yourself, through your own work and experience. This spread is intended to help you understand and define your quest for that something more in your life, to bring it one step closer.

Setting Out:
Card 1 – Why I leave.
Why am I not satisfied with what I already have or what I already know? What is pushing me or driving me on?
Card 2 – What I seek.
What is calling out to my soul? What have I been missing all my life? What is the unknown that needs knowing?
Card 3 – What road I take.
Where do I begin my search? What is my first step? What is the road that is right in front of me? How can I know it’s the right road?

On the Road:
Card 4 – What I bring.
What do I think I need to help in my search? What do I truly need? What do I always carry with me?
Card 5 – What I leave.
What am I choosing to leave behind? What am I inadvertently leaving behind? What do I wish I could leave behind?
Card 6 – What I find.
What do I find that I have always known would be there? What do I find that is unexpected? What is the value of what I find?

In the End:
Card 7 – Why I am alone.
Why is this my very own journey? What does walking alone mean to me? Who am I really?
Card 8 – Where I arrive.
What does having what I sought look like? What does it feel like? How can I know when I have found it?
Card 9 – Where I go from here.
To what might I want to return? For what might I want to keep looking? How does what I’ve found change my next steps?

Cronebody Spread

The Crone lives in a cronebody. A body that is changed from what it once was. She is living in a cronebody, in spirit and in flesh, in a life that grows as she can craft it. This spread instructs us on recognizing our human and material needs and situations, and suggests how we might fulfill those needs and address those situations. The better to craft this life for ourselves.

The cards are laid out thus, setting the boundaries of our bodily existence, the four quarters, beginning at the root:

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Let each card describe to you the situation, so that you know its energy and the manifestations it has taken in your life. And let it also instruct you in your best course of action, the requirement and the remedy implicit in the situation.
Card 1 - Bones.
Bones are the structure of our existence. The card in this position speaks to our survival needs, to the root of our situation and its requirements. This position indicates health and physical abilities, as we are dependent for our lives on our bodies and their care. It also indicates our financial and other external physical resources that allow us to live our lives as best we can.
Card 2 - Flesh.
Flesh is the intimate surroundings of our existence. The card in this position speaks of our friends, family, lovers and neighbors. It indicates our bonding and social needs, addresses issues of emotional health, how we live with others and how we love with others.
Card 3 - Blood.
Blood is the juice of our existence. The card in this position speaks to our needs for expression, creation and individual recognition. It indicates our lust and our enthusiasm. Our sexual needs, as well as the other gratifications and feedbacks our self demands. This card tells us how to stay juicy, lest we dry up and not want to live our own lives.
Card 4 - Breath.
Breath is the environment of our existence. The card in this position speaks to our place in the web of life, our routines and habits and surroundings. What we take in and give out each day. How on a daily basis and in small ways we can effect change in our worlds.

Three card Spread

The three-card spread can be used for many enquiries, not just Past | Present | Future. Some suggestions are listed below - clarify both the purpose and content of your question before asking for the three-card spread to be drawn.

Past	Present	Future
Thought	Feeling	Action
Thought	Word	Deed
Power to Will	Power to Think	Power to Act
Body	Soul	Spirit
Me	My Partner	The World
What is...Fixed	...Mutable	...Cardinal
Material	Energies	Outcome
Character	Opportunity	Environment
Personality	Essence	Direction
Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
What is ...my Function	...my Being	...my Will
Emanating	Receiving	Mediating
Sowing	What needs Nuturing	The Harvest

Whatever questions you set yourself to answer

Single Card Spread

The Single card Spread can be used for a quick daily overview, of catching "the weather of the day," or as the means for providing a daily card for pondering. Or, as in the three-card spread, you can choose your own question to put before the cards before it is chosen. Be clear in framing your purpose or query to yourself before drawing the card.

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