Divination Methods - Scrying

Perhaps the oldest way of invoking visions is by scrying for them,
it is by far older than Cartomancy and Tarot for divination. Several
methods can be employed to scry for images, the most iconic of which
is gazing into the crystal ball. Simply place a solid sphere of per-
fectly transparent quartz crystal upon a small pedestal on the table
before you, make the room completely dark save for a single candle
set just out of sight of the person divining. Then sit and quiet your
mind, peer into the depths of the ball and fall into a trance. Images
will swirl in the crystal coming in through your third eye. It takes
concentration and little else to see these visions but much wisdom is
employed in deciphering them.

Other methods of scrying are much the same though they use different
tools. The scrying bowl is a medium black or dark coloured bowl filled
with water and a candle is placed just out of sight. The water becomes
a still mirror into which the seer gazes as he awaits the images from
the Aether. Leonardo DiVinci is said to have favored this method to
give him the insight he used to create many of his great works. In the
past a dish of quicksilver (Mercury) was used as a perfect liquid mirror
though it is now known that this metal is extremely poisonous and gives
off deadly vapors.

A scrying mirror can easily be obtained now a days and again it is used
in a darkened room with a single candle. As a clairvoyant I have received
visions whilst looking into a cup of black coffee, which has to be the
simplest scrying mirror one can empoly.

The absolute oldest form of scrying has to be Smoke and/or Fire scrying.
At night around the flickering, living flames how many have sat staring
untill entranced. Today we sometimes gaze overlong into the candles flames
and see wonders. Freeflowing plumes of swirling smoke see in an errant
shaft of sunlight take the form of a million things. I have seen more than
entertaining shapes in the fire and the smoke, highly detailed animal
spirits that move naturally, the Gods and whole scenes of things.

Introduction to the Tarot

By Crystal, OCS Clairvoyant Psychic

The traditional tarot deck is comprised of 78 illustrated cards. The
cards are of two orders, The Major Arcana and The Minor Arcana. The
Major Arcana, referred to as The Trump Cards are pictorial archetypes
such as The Sun, The Moon, The World, Death, The Emperor and the
Empress. These cards express grand themes. The Minor Arcana are similar
to the cards in a regular playing deck with four suits, Cups, Pentacles,
Wands, and Swords. They are numbered aces to ten in each suit with Kings,
Queens, Knights and Pages. The cards are shuffled and spread face down
in a fan shape so that the questioner (Querant) may choose their cards.

There are myriad layouts for card readings the simplest of which is the
single card spread. By picking a solitary card from the deck you can get
a very direct understanding of the situation though there will be no
other cards with which to show obstacles, past influences ect.

Common methods to answer direct questions are the Three and the Five Card
Spreads. A Three Card spread is laid out from left to right and read as
past, present and future respectively.

How to Do A Celtic Cross Spread
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A more complete layout is the Celtic Cross Spread. a ten card spread that
offers many points of information. After choosing ten cards from the faced
down fanned deck the first card is placed in the center (1) the second is
laid across this (2), the third, forth, fifth, and sixth cards are placed
around the center cross clock-wise starting under the first two cards
(3),(4),(5),(6) and form the outer cross, the remaining four cards are
laid one above the other along the side with the last card at the top.
(7),(8),(9),(10).

The First Card (1) Shows the current position of the client, the heart of
the matter upon which the reading is based.
The Second Card (2) Is that which crosses the client, something that is
impacting them directly at the time of the reading.
These two cards make up the Inner Cross and should be interpreted together.

The Third Card (3) Shows the root cause most pertinent to the reading, this
lies generally in the distant past.
The Fourth Card (4) Is the forces in the recent past that bear upon the
clients question.
The Fifth Card (5) Is the wisdom of the higher self and can offer insight
into what steps should be taken by the client to achieve the best results.
The Sixth Card (6) The card of the near future, that which can be expected
to happen soon in the clients life and has bearing upon the question at hand.
These four cards make up the Outer Cross and should be interpreted together.

The Seventh Card (7) Is a card of the Self, the qualities positive of
negative that the client possesses that contribute to the Outcome.
The Eight Card (8) Outside Influences, the forces of other people and things
seen and unseen that are working upon the Outcome
The Ninth Card (9) Either "Hopes and Dreams" or "Advice" this card adds
insight to that which is hidden but important none the less, to the Outcome.
The Tenth Card (10) The Outcome. This is the long term outcome that can be
expected in the clients life, if it is undesirable the client is instructed
by the other cards on how best to change it. The Most probable Outcome.