Exercises - Lesson 16

Position Pairs in the Celtic Cross

Exercise 1 - Traditional Position Pairs in the Celtic Cross

Create a Celtic Cross layout using any ten cards from the deck placed face down. For each of the six situations below, do the following:

• Imagine you are doing a Celtic Cross reading, and you have drawn the two cards listed under (A).
• Find these cards and place them face up in the positions indicated. (Remove the cards that are there.)
• Write a short interpretation of these two cards as a pair. Use the examples in lesson 16 as a model.
• Turn these cards face down.
• For extra practice, repeat steps 1-4 using the second set of cards (B).

You can check my suggestions, if you wish.

1. Your 8-year-old has come home from school in tears. His teacher tore up his homework because he didn't follow directions and his handwriting was sloppy.

2. You're afraid your partner is having an affair. You want to believe it isn't true, but you're suspicions.

3. One member of your work team is not pulling his weight. You've let the problem go in the past, but now his laziness is really hurting the group.

4. For seven years, you've owned and operated a store with a partner. Now, she wants to leave with her share. You will have to sell the store to buy her out.

5. You've fallen in love with someone that your parents would not find acceptable. So far, you've kept your relationship secret, but you can't continue hiding forever.

6. You've done an Other Reading about a public figure who is being investigated for financial improprieties. (Note the different positions for the second card of each set).

Exercise 2 - Other Pairings in the Celtic Cross

Below are some new Celtic Cross pairings. For each one, write a brief description of what you could learn from that pair. You can check my suggestions, if you wish. For example:

Position 1 - Position 4 = how something from the past (4) is influencing the present (1)

1. Position 1 - Position 6
2. Position 1 - Position 7
3. Position 2 - Position 5
4. Position 2 - Position 8
5. Position 3 - Position 4
6. Position 3 - Position 10
7. Position 4 - Position 8
8. Position 5 - Position 7
9. Position 6 - Position 10

Exercise 3 - Re-examining your Celtic Cross Readings for Pairs

Reexamine the reading you did in exercise 8.1 in light of your new understanding of pairs in the Celtic Cross. Can you discover any new insights? Check the obvious pair positions, but look for others as well. You may be surprised at what you find.

• TAROT EXERCISES
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 1 tarot: introduction to the tarot;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 2 tarot: the major arcana;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 3 tarot: the minor arcana;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 4 tarot: the spread;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 5 tarot: the daily reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 6 tarot: the environment;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 7 tarot: writing a question;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 8 tarot: the question reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 9 tarot: the other reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 10 tarot: the open reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 11 tarot: interpreting a single card;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 12 tarot: major and minor arcana cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 13 tarot: aces;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 14 tarot: court cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 15 tarot: card pairs;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 16 tarot: position pairs in the celtic cross
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 17 tarot: reversed cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 18 tarot: creating the story;