Comments on: Applying The Four Elements To Two Card Readings http://taroteon.com/tarot-tutorial/applying-the-four-elements-to-two-card-readings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=applying-the-four-elements-to-two-card-readings A Tarot Blog - tarot tutorials, tips and techniques. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Douglas Gibb http://taroteon.com/tarot-tutorial/applying-the-four-elements-to-two-card-readings/comment-page-1/#comment-3264 Douglas Gibb Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:40:41 +0000 http://taroteon.com/?p=485#comment-3264 HI Dan, <blockquote> Do you think there are instances where two cards might not be sufficient? </blockquote> Yes, most of the time two cards are not enough. It's a good question, and I think the fairest way to answer it is by simply saying that more cards allows for more accuracy. Don't do a two card reading. The minimum would be three. Three cards allows you to look for missing or excessive elemental influences, that when factored into a Tarot reading, adds a lot of depth. I would advise that you practice with two cards because it really does help to develop your understanding of the Elements in Tarot. The same goes with Three cards. Check out this post, <a href="http://taroteon.com/elemental-dignities/two-card-combination-elemental-dignities-compendium/" title="It explains that the best time to read 2 cards is through pairing them at the end of a Tarot reading" rel="nofollow">Two card Combination - Elemental Dignities Compendium</a>, for a look at how to use two cards, or rather, two Elements at the end of a Tarot reading. The basic idea is to pair the cards from whatever spread you've been using (the Celtic Spread as an example) at the very end of the reading. I hope that helps, and thanks again for your kind words :) HI Dan,

Do you think there are instances where two cards might not be sufficient?

Yes, most of the time two cards are not enough. It’s a good question, and I think the fairest way to answer it is by simply saying that more cards allows for more accuracy. Don’t do a two card reading. The minimum would be three. Three cards allows you to look for missing or excessive elemental influences, that when factored into a Tarot reading, adds a lot of depth.

I would advise that you practice with two cards because it really does help to develop your understanding of the Elements in Tarot. The same goes with Three cards.

Check out this post, Two card Combination – Elemental Dignities Compendium, for a look at how to use two cards, or rather, two Elements at the end of a Tarot reading. The basic idea is to pair the cards from whatever spread you’ve been using (the Celtic Spread as an example) at the very end of the reading.

I hope that helps, and thanks again for your kind words :)

]]> By: Dan http://taroteon.com/tarot-tutorial/applying-the-four-elements-to-two-card-readings/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Dan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:15:56 +0000 http://taroteon.com/?p=485#comment-3223 I noticed that you mentioned before in your Air and Fire example how they didn't have Earth to provide the fuel and it got me thinking. Obviously, you are doing a two-card reading here, so it is impossible to get more than two elements at any given time. Do you think there are instances where two cards might not be sufficient? I'm just wondering this because it seems to me that the lack of certain elements in a spread definitely means something, but with only two cards there will always be at least two elements missing. I guess I'm just thinking this would drastically alter the reading as opposed to something like a Celtic Cross spread. Or do you think you would get similar results? Sorry for the long question, I'm trying to wrap my head around a lot of these concepts. Thanks much for the great articles! I noticed that you mentioned before in your Air and Fire example how they didn’t have Earth to provide the fuel and it got me thinking. Obviously, you are doing a two-card reading here, so it is impossible to get more than two elements at any given time. Do you think there are instances where two cards might not be sufficient? I’m just wondering this because it seems to me that the lack of certain elements in a spread definitely means something, but with only two cards there will always be at least two elements missing. I guess I’m just thinking this would drastically alter the reading as opposed to something like a Celtic Cross spread. Or do you think you would get similar results? Sorry for the long question, I’m trying to wrap my head around a lot of these concepts. Thanks much for the great articles!

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