Developing Ursuline's Character with a Mandala Tarot Spread

We're slowly moving toward fall and all that's creepy and a little spooky, so I got a head start by selecting my Mildred Payne's Secret Pocket Oracle to work with for this exercise. I don't use it nearly enough and I'm overly excited about the approaching fall season, so creepy character development with a creepy deck was what I went with!





I was also much looser with interpretation using the oracle deck. I feel oracle decks do open that freedom up more so than tarot, particularly the Mildred Payne. The deck is full of very specific pieces of imagery, almost like a Lenormand deck. Because of this, I found that the imagery came into play more so than the meanings.

1 Self

2 Ambitions

3 Ideals, goals, and path to spirit

4 Accomplishments and life path

5 Dependencies, addictions, erroneous values

6 Strengths, positive personality traits

7 Faults and weaknesses

8 Self-awareness and self-image

9 Desires and higher purpose

Pulling It All Together

Ultimately, this reading didn't slide as seamlessly into the story as my Celtic Cross spread did. However, it did stimulate a lot of creative thought and small details which worked into the story and helped develop it into what it ultimately became. Tarot stimulates creativity and intuition, and so I don't feel like doing this extra thought process with this spread turned out to be a wasted enterprise at all.