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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.
A '''[[Diamond]]''' is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a [[crystal]] structure called diamond cubic. Diamonds have been treasured as gemstones since their use as religious icons in ancient India. Deceiving others with synthetic diamonds is specifically mentioned as a transgression against non-stealing in [[Jainism]]. According to [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], diamonds fall under the rulership of the planet [[Mars]], and also very strongly under the star Agol. Because of its connection to Mars, and thus the element of iron, the presence of diamonds will negate the properties of lodestone and the two minerals should not be placed near each other during magical workings.


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.


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A Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamonds have been treasured as gemstones since their use as religious icons in ancient India. Deceiving others with synthetic diamonds is specifically mentioned as a transgression against non-stealing in Jainism. According to Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, diamonds fall under the rulership of the planet Mars, and also very strongly under the star Agol. Because of its connection to Mars, and thus the element of iron, the presence of diamonds will negate the properties of lodestone and the two minerals should not be placed near each other during magical workings.


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