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The '''[[Celtic Cross]]''' is one of the most popular and enduring [[Tarot]] spreads. It is used as a practical method for [[divination]] by laying out the cards in a pattern that resembles a [[christianity|Christian]] cross of the style found in formerly [[Paganism|pagan]] regions.
'''[[Qebehsenuef]]''' is one of the four sons of [[Horus]], along with [[Hapy]], [[Duamutef]], and [[Imsety]]. Qebehsenuef is usually portrayed with the head of a falcon. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the intestines of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Qebehsenuef was associated with the west. Although Qebehsenuef is most prominently found in funerary context as a canopic jar, he is possibly more closely associated with the [[Egyptian decans]]. Dutch Egyptologist Maarten Raven argues that the four sons originated as celestial deities, given that the [[Pyramid Texts]] frequently connect them with the sky and that [[Horus]] himself was a sky deity.


The Celtic Cross spread was first mentioned in print by [[A.E. Waite]] in his 1910 book, ''[[The Key to the Tarot|A Pictorial Key to the Tarot]]'' as "An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination." Waite likely created the spread himself and ascribed it an "ancient Celtic" pedigree as an imaginative means for giving the spread some credibility as a [[divination]] tool. However, it is also possible the spread was utilized by [[magician]]s of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] and Waite discovered it through them.


<p><small>Artist: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
<p><small>Photo credit: The Metropolitan Museum</small></p>
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Qebehsenuef is one of the four sons of Horus, along with Hapy, Duamutef, and Imsety. Qebehsenuef is usually portrayed with the head of a falcon. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the intestines of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Qebehsenuef was associated with the west. Although Qebehsenuef is most prominently found in funerary context as a canopic jar, he is possibly more closely associated with the Egyptian decans. Dutch Egyptologist Maarten Raven argues that the four sons originated as celestial deities, given that the Pyramid Texts frequently connect them with the sky and that Horus himself was a sky deity.


Photo credit: The Metropolitan Museum

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