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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 Christian cross of the style found in formerly pagan regions. The Celtic Cross spread was first mentioned in print by A.E. Waite in his 1910 book, 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 magicians of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Waite discovered it through them. Artist: Travis McHenry |
