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Card Count Values:
For Knights, Queens and Princes [Kings] count 4
For Princesses [Pages] count 7
For Aces, count 5 [or 11 - Crowley]
For small cards, count according to the number.
For trumps, count 3 for the elemental trumps
Count 9 for the planetary trumps
Count 12 for the Zodiacal trumps.
See Cards Drawn and laid out: Layout
Here are the cards that came up for me in stack/pile #1.
UP/Left ............. Card Count
........................Values .
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The Fool ............... [3]
Queen of Wands ......... [4]
The Chariot ............ [12]
5 of Cups .............. [5]
5 of Pentacles ......... [5]
The Sun ................ [9]
3 of Pentacles ......... [3]
2 of Cups .............. [2]
8 of Cups .............. [8]
6 of Cups .............. [6]
2 of Swords ............ [2]
The High Priestess ..... [9]
9 of Cups .............. [9]
The Hierophant ......... [12]
Page of Wands .......... [7]
10 of Swords ........... [10]
Judgement .............. [3]
The Hermit ............. [12]
The Star ............... [12]
The World .............. [9]
Page of Pentacles ...... [7]
King of Swords ......... [4] <-- Significator [move down/right]
King of Cups ........... [4]
Ace of Cups ............ [5]
The Wheel of Fortune ... [9]
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DOWN/Right
Got it so far? Our reading would start at the significator and I like to use something along the lines of the 'once upon a time' theme, but in this case using the meaning of the court card you choose for the seekers significator. It might go something like this;
King of Swords
"A thinking, idea man who likes to use logic and reason is
... " [is what?]
Ah, now we need to check the King of Swords elemental dignity by checking the elements of the cards to the left and right of it [up and down].
Page of Pentacles .. King of Swords .. King of Cups
..... Earth ............. Air ........... Water ...
Anyone care to take a stab at this?
Don S.