Green Witchcraft #01 - Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft by Ann Moura

Author:Ann Moura [Moura, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Body; Mind & Spirit, Religion, Comparative Religion, Ritual, esbat, plants, magical herbs, Wicca, garden, worship, faeries, magick, faery, herbal, witch, Initiation, Magic, herbalism, spellcraft, sabbat, spellwork, faries, folk magic, spells, Witchcraft, natural, herb, solitary wicca, natural magick, herb gardening, earthday40, rituals, Nature, Gardening, spell
ISBN: 1567186904
Google: zEyAAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B001WAKATI
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2014-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

To make the reading, the cards may first be turned over one at a time in the sequence dealt, and the reading builds up from there. The cards are seen in relation to each other in each entire sequence, in relation to the other cards occupying the same position, and finally in an overall picture. Sometimes, however, I have felt a rush of visions and have turned over all the cards in sequence, fanning the multiple card stacks in their proper position. Then I could evaluate the entire picture at once and make my interpretation. Many times, the card you turn will relate to the next card and so forth, so if you feel you need the others face up to make a competent reading, follow your intuition. You may feel inclined to deal the cards out directly for divination rather than lay them out and turn them, and this works equally well.

I have also used Tarot cards for this spread, playing out the entire deck with three cards left over from which I may receive a final impression. The Tarot in this type of spread becomes meaningful through the impressions received from the pictures on the cards and the relationship between the cards. I have sometimes done two readings in a row with the complete Tarot when requested, only to find that the relationships have remained the same. For this kind of Tarot reading, the vision presented is more important than the usual meanings ascribed to the individual cards.

The Celtic Cross Spread. A card spread that is more typically used in Tarot readings is called the Celtic Cross or Celtic Spread, and features a circled Solar Cross with a single column to the right. The cards are dealt into ten places, and while many readers will allot one card for each place, I use the royal cards as modifiers (as does Ellen Reed) so that there could be two or three cards at any one spot. I also do not use a designator card since I consider this superfluous, so the first card is placed vertically in the center of the reading. The second card crosses the first. The third card (and this is another difference from most writings on this particular layout) goes at the base of the cross, the fourth at the left arm, the fifth at the top, and the sixth at the right arm. This is because we are actually making a circle around the Solar Cross (representing the God) that will lead off into the line at the right of the Solar Cross. The other method of laying out the cards emulates the Roman Catholic ritual gesture of making the sign of the cross. Ellen Reed also uses the Witch’s Circle instead of the Catholic Cross when she lays out this spread. The seventh card forms the base of the column next to the Celtic Cross, and the eighth, ninth and tenth cards are played out in a row base to top.

The first card shows the current atmosphere or influences.

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