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When times are hard

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Spreads that accompany you through upheavals and show what carries you.

Crisis Spread «How do I find my way through this time?» 4 cards · easy Purgatory «Where is this upheaval taking me?» 4 cards · medium Ankh «Where does my problem come from, and what are my prospects?» 9 cards · advanced
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Crisis Spread

4 cards · easy

«How do I find my way through this time?»

  1. 1What is gone – what makes up the crisis.
  2. 2What has remained and carries you on.
  3. 3The bridge: the way across.
  4. 4Your safe place, the destination.

First honor what is gone, and then what has remained – there is often more strength there than you see at first. Across the bridge (3) you find the way to your safe place (4).

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Purgatory

4 cards · medium

«Where is this upheaval taking me?»

  1. 1What is melting away: a form that has become too tight.
  2. 2What set off the upheaval.
  3. 3What protects and carries you during this time.
  4. 4Where the solution lies, the new land.

Interpret the cards in the order they are turned over. What melts in position 1 can be an attitude or something external – a job, a home, a habit. Position 3 is your anchor, position 4 the goal of the transformation.

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Ankh

9 cards · advanced

«Where does my problem come from, and what are my prospects?»

  1. 1·2Two forces currently standing in each other’s way.
  2. 3Early causes.
  3. 4The trigger.
  4. 5The insight that helps you move on.
  5. 6The consequence that follows from it.
  6. 7The next step.
  7. 8Surprising experiences.
  8. 9The outcome.

The ancient Egyptian symbol of life: the loop holds the deeper causes, the cross holds reality. First find the tension between 1 and 2, then the roots 3 and 4. Insight (5) and consequence (6) open the way to cards 7 to 9.

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