Avoiding good luck at the start of a tarot reading Signs of avoiding good luck, or self-sabotage, are found before the tarot cards are laid out and interpreted. In these two real life examples, dropped cards and the client changing the layout of the cards before the...
1st Operation
1st Operation of the OOTK Spread
The 1st operation of the Opening of the Key tarot spread begins by shuffling and cutting the cards into 4 piles corresponding to YHVH.
The piles are turned over and the top cards interpreted:
- Y Fire – Past
- H Water – Desires
- V Air – Worries
- H Earth – Future
The Earth or future pile is fanned out and the card interpreted using elemental dignities, card counting and pairing.
OOTK example Annie Horniman Card Counting
Abbey Theatre Reading using the Opening of the Key Spread The counting technique creates a story when reading Tarot in a sequence using the Opening of the Key Spread. This video describes the method. The Counting Technique The method is to look at the tarot in groups...
OOTK Tarot Spread Stage 1 – Four Elements
The first stage of this tarot spread involves cutting the deck into four piles as shown below. These four piles represent the four elements and the four Qabalistic Worlds, Atziluth, Briah, Yetsirah and Assiah. Apart from the use of Elemental Dignities, Counting and...
Four Elements Questions
The four elements help to bring background information to Tarot readings
Analyzing Four card tarot spreads
Elemental Dignities: Analysing four card tarot spreads
Finding love in a Tarot Reading
Finding love: is the man of your dreams in a tarot reading
Four Card Spreads
Four card tarot spreads understood using Elemental Dignities