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Significators Significators are cards that represent the querent (the person asking the question). Depending on the reader or the spread, the significator card may be interpreted as part of the reading or simply laid on the table as part of the spread but not interpreted.
There are lots of different ways to select a significator. Top of the Line This one is easy. If the querent is male, use The Magician. If the querent is female, use The High Priestess. Order in the Court Using a court card is a popular technique. There are several variations: appearance and age/gender, astrological sign and age/gender, or personality and age/gender. Use the lists below. Age/Gender Page: a child or young woman Knight: a young man Queen: a woman King: a mature man Appearance Wands: fair skin with blond hair and blue eyes Cups: light to medium skin with light brown hair and blue or hazel eyes Swords: olive skin with dark hair and eyes Pentacles: dark skin with dark hair and dark eyes Astrological sign Wands (fire signs): Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Cups (water signs): Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Swords (air signs): Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Pentacles (earth signs): Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Personality Wands: a fiery, passionate, energetic person Cups: an emotional, creative person Swords: an intellectual, logical person Pentacles: a down-to-earth, practical person Playing with a Full Deck Some readers use the whole deck for picking a significator. There are two common ways to do this. You Take a Card, You take Your Chances This one is easy…let the deck pick for you. Shuffle as you normally would and as you deal the cards, let the first one be the significator. This can be really useful, as you can interpret it for additional insight about the querent in terms of the question. Pick a Card, Any Card This method can be very enlightening if the querent doesn’t know tarot or isn’t familiar with the deck you are using. Ask the querent to go through the deck, face up, and pick a card that they think represents them in terms of the question. That will provide additional insight into how the querent sees him/herself in terms of the question. Pick your significator using each of these methods. How different or similar were they? Which method did you find most accurate? For a related article, check out The Oracle Works by Frank Joseph |
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