Position 9 in the Celtic Cross Spread

While everyone who regularly uses the Celtic Cross Spread adapts it to their own understanding, I am going to reveal the underlying richness of the traditional “Hopes and Fears” or 9th position* of this classic spread. *I’m not counting the Significator. “An Ancient Celtic Method” in Waite’s Pictorial Key to the Tarot Both/And Early in my…...

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Mary K. Greer

Mary K. Greer is the author of 12 books on tarot and magic and teaches a Jungian-based interactive method of reading the cards. Discovering tarot in 1967, she has been teaching it since 1974 in colleges, privately, and in conferences and workshop venues around the world. Her 1984 book Tarot for Your Self revolutionized the practice of tarot, being the first book to describe reading for oneself as a self-help and personal creativity tool. She also also writes biographies of magical women, including co-authoring the book, Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story. You can find her at marykgreer.com and on Facebook.

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Beginner’s Tarot: Getting to Know Your Deck

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Breaking Into Spreads: A Beginner’s Syllabus

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The New Year Tarot Spread

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The ‘Breaking Your Sound Barrier’ Spread

Carl Jung and Tarot

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