Spreads:

The Madame Endora's Fortune Cards is a Forecasting Oracle deck that uses its own unique apprehensively named card Spreads. No more than nine Endora cards should ever be used to create a Spread.

It is claimed that anything touched by a person will absorb a little of that persons aura. If this is what you believe, then it is a good idea to "clear" newly acquired decks before their first use, and to cursorily clear the cards between readings. Whether or not you permit a querent to touch your cards is a personal choice (it opens the cards to the possibility of being damaged or soiled), but allowing physical contact, if even just for pointing or pile cutting, is encouraged for absorptive reasons.

Cards are blind-drawn from a fan (drawing from a final blind overhand shuffle, as is done with other predictive card systems, is an allowable alternative). When you read a Spread, it is the spot where a card is placed in the Spread that is of importance. Therefore, before you lay a Spread, you must be mindful about what each spot in the particular Spread is designated to be representing, so that the cards filling each spot can be subconsciously selected to reveal a valid answer. Most querents appreciate if you begin by first reading their Spread as a flowing overview paragraph, before explicating individual card details.

In most cases the message being conveyed is the prognostication written on the face of the Endora card. However the reader should always take into account that each card also postures a particular concept (click on the card image in the previous page), and that the card is part of both a Set and a Group, which each impart vibrations that should also be considered.

These two videos give an overview of the Spreads included in the Madame Endora's Fortune Cards LWB: Lesson 7 - Quick Spreads | Lesson 8 - Insightful Spreads



The Seer's Fan

This 6 card Spread is essentially a status report. It reveals what is, or needs to be done, health wise in four major sectors of your life (2your physical health, 3your lovelife/friendship health, 5your spiritual health, and 6your financial/necessities health), along with indicating a 1specific issue in your life for which the cards are 4imparting a message.


1 = The key issue this reading wants to address
2 = Status of your physicality
3 = Status of your sociability
4 = The key message this reading wants to impart
5 = Status of your spirituality
6 = Status of your prosperity



The Oracle of the Dawning Day

The Oracle of the Dawning Day and The Oracle of the Four Seasons are similar predictive Spreads. The Oracle of the Dawning Day, which is often used as a "daily draw", uses 1 card to show the possible future.


Card = Quick preview as to what the near future potentially holds



The Oracle of the Four Seasons

The Oracle of the Four Seasons and The Oracle of the Dawning Day are similar predictive Spreads. The Oracle of the Four Seasons uses 4 cards to provide detail as to both 3,4what the future might possibly bring and 1,2what caused it to come forth.


Winter (1) = The influencing distant past
Autumn (2) = The influencing recent past
Summer (3) = The potential immediate future
Spring (4) = The potential distant future



The Oracle of the Four Winds

The Oracle of the Four Winds and The Oracle of the World are similar Spreads. The smaller Oracle of the Four Winds uses 5 cards to give insights about the forces surrounding you.
(note that this Spread can be "built-out" to become the Oracle of the World)


You (1) = Your present situation
North (2) = The intangible realm
South (3) = The tangible realm
West (4) = Recollected past realm
East (5) = Extrapolated future realm



The Oracle of the World

The Oracle of the World and The Oracle of the Four Winds are similar Spreads. The larger Oracle of the World uses 9 cards to give insights about the forces surrounding you.


You (1) = Your present situation
North (2) = The intangible realm
South (3) = The tangible realm
West (4) = Recollected past realm
East (5) = Extrapolated future realm
Northwest (6) = Past spiritual or romantic influence
Northeast (7) = Potential future spiritual or romantic encounter
Southwest (8) = Past health or financial influence
Southeast (9) = Potential future health or financial encounter



The Oracle of Kindred Spirits

This Spread is extremely unusual, as it must be read together by two synergistic individuals, and it can answer from two to six questions. Although often used for relationship questions, any questions can be asked.


Preparation:
First the entire deck is blindly shuffled by both individuals (such as, for example, by overhand shuffling and then passing the deck for more shuffling). Next one person cuts the deck, and then the other person chooses which of the two piles will be fanned out and used for the remainder of the reading.

Reading:
To perform the reading, one person asks a question aloud, and then blindly draws a single card from the fan to reveal their answer. This answer should then be discussed together, with each person elucidating their perspective.

Now the other person asks a different question aloud, and then blindly draws a single different card from the fan to reveal their answer.

The querents can continue alternating back and forth if they desire to ask additional questions. Questions can be similar or totally unrelated, but should never be formulated until after any previous cards discussion has concluded. Each person must ask at least one question, but no more than three questions may be asked by the same person during this reading.



The Owls Advice

The Madame Endora's Fortune Cards can be elicited as a counsel in binary decision making.


Preparation:
Reflect upon what you are trying to decide upon while looking over a fan (or optionally overhand shuffling the deck), then blindly draw a single card.

Reading:
Do not focus upon what the card specifically says, but rather upon whether the card is exhibiting a more advantageous or disadvantageous overall "tone".
   {Example: card = The Talisman (good fortune).  The positive tone of this card indicates a good choice.}



The Pythias Advice

The Madame Endora's Fortune Cards can be elicited as a counsel in weighing two options.


Preparation:
Reflect upon option "A" while overhand shuffling the deck, then blindly draw a card and note its overall "tone". Place the card back into the deck, and repeat the process for option "B".

Reading:
Do not focus upon what the card specifically says, but rather upon whether the card is exhibiting a more advantageous or disadvantageous overall "tone". Bear in mind that both options might indicate as favorable or problematic, in which case what general aspect the drawn card specifically addresses should be looked upon to clarify the reasoning.
   {Example: card A = The Dagger (danger) | card B = Hindrance (obstacles).  The cards for both choices have a negative tone, but each to a different degree.}