The Celtic Cross: The 10 card spread.

The Celtic cross is the most traditional and is personally my favorite spread to do.  It takes up a little space on a table, but you should make sure that the table is clear anyway.  I'm going to do my best to show you how to do the Celtic Cross.  Here goes.

The first card you want in the center of the spread and the second you want draped over it sideways and to the right.  Draped not so low that you cannot see the words on the card, but not so high that you can see the picture on the first card.  It should make a little cross, honestly.  The third card, there is some varience.  Now the way I learned was to put the 3rd card on top meaning destiny.  The fourth card in front on the right.  The 5th card below the 1st and 2nd cards as the root of this person's actions.  The 6th card is behind the 1st and second on the left.  These four cards should make a cross themselves proceeding in every direction from the cross of the first and second.  The seventh card should be to right of the cross and low on the table, towards you.  The 8th, 9th, and 10th proceed outward in a straight line from the 7th card across the table.  It should look something like this:

                                       3                                                10

                                                                                           9

      6                             1 and 2                           4 

                                                                                          8

                                         5                                               7

Now to tell you what they all mean.  The first card is the present influence and the second card is the immediate influence, meaning just as the future is breaking.  The 3rd card is the destiny card, or sometimes it can just be hopes and fears for the future too.  The 4th card is the distant future, like 2 years or something like that.  The 5th card is the root of this person's actions.  The 6th card is that person's distant past.  Between 5 years and 6 months of their past.  The seventh card is who this person really is in the world.  This card can hurt sometimes so be gentle with people when you break the news to them, or skip telling them about it alltoghether.  The 8th card is the emotional influence on the person for which is being read.  The 9th card is the spiritual influence.  The 10th card is the final outcome for the whole reading and usually interelates with the cards previous in a lot of ways.