Lay the Significator (the card you chose to represent the Querant) face up in the center of the table. This card shows, or indicates, the "front" that the subject puts up. It shows the type of impression that she likes other people to have of her. This is then covered by the first card the querant picked, laid face down. This is known as "what covers her". Crosswise on these two cards is placed the second one she picked. This is "what crosses her". The third card is placed above - "what crwons her" - and the fourth below - "what is beneath her." To the right goes the fifth card - "what is behind her" - and to the left the sixth "what is before her." The remaining four cards are placed in order over on the far right, ane above the other: seventh, eigth, ninth, and tenth - "herself", "her house", "her hopes and fears", and "the final outcome", respectivly.
The Cards are then turned over one at a time as you give the individual interpertations - each being looked at in its particular position.
To elaborate on the meanings of the different positions: the first card (what covers her) shows the general atmosphere that exists around the subject, or around the particular question/problem that she has asked (not necessarily aloud; it is the question/problem she was concentrating on while handling the cards and shuffling them). The second card shows what forces and influences are working against her. It may even show, or indicate, an actual person who is hindering or "crossing" her in some way. Card number three shows her ideals; what she is aiming for - though she may not get there (that will be indicated in card ten). Number four shows the real woman (or man); the Querant's unconscience self; her actual basis. Five shows what has already taken place. It could be either the immediate past or it could show, in general terms, her whole past life. Six, on the other hand, shows what is immediatly coming into effect; the next six to tweleve months at most. Seven shows more of the subject herself; how she will fare generally in life and especially in the immediate future. Eight deals with her close friends, whether blood relatives or not. Nine is her hopes and fear and ten shows the final outcome for her. It can be seen that some cards will confirm others. There should be similarites, for example, between cards four and seven, similarites between two and nine. The whole should give some indication of what to expect from card ten. Should the majority of the cards be from the Major Arcana, then you can be sure that the forces involved are powerful ones.
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