The Archangel's Cross
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This is a simple tarot spread of my own devising. It's useful for fairly general
questions, or to investigate an issue for which there isn't a concrete question
forthcoming. It's especially useful as it gets you to think about various
aspects of an issue, and/or from perspectives that you might not have otherwise.

The basic spread involves drawing four cards, arranged in a cross, where each
arm of the cross represents one of the four elemental domains, corresponding to
the four suits of the tarot.

        East
        Air
        Swords

North         South
Earth         Fire
Pentacles     Wands

        West
        Water
        Cups

The four quarters relate to aspects of the issue in question that fall within
the domain of their corresponding suit.

The exact arrangement isn't important, as long as you are consistent in relating
each position to a particular element or suit.

If more detail on any aspect is required, you may take the corresponding card
from the original spread and draw four additional cards forming a cross around
it. The attributions of these four cards remain the same, but the scope of their
relevance falls within the domain to which the original (now central) card
belonged. It may be helpful to think of these as elemental aspects of other
elements, e.g., fire of earth.