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10-Card Clow Spread
Not only are the Clow Cards used for summoning magic, they are also used for telling fortunes! In Volume 3 of the Cardcaptor Sakura manga, Kero shows Sakura how to do some simple fortune telling using only 10 cards. This specific spread is designed to allow you to become aware of the forces that will be opposing you in the near future. This reading was critical for Sakura because it enabled her to identify and capture the Mirror card.
Note: When Sakura read her cards, she only had the Watery, Windy, Wood, Jump, Fly, Flower, Shadow, Sword, Illusion, and Thunder in her possession but certainly use all 52 Clow Cards or a different deck entirely if you'd like!
Directions: 1.) Shuffle the cards well. 2.) Cut the deck into four piles using your left hand. 3.) Return all of the cards to one pile still using your left hand. 4.) Lay the cards out in number order by following the diagram. 5.) Flip the cards over in letter order.
Meanings: A.) Represents news or transmission. B.) Refers to a challenge or test. C-E.) Relate to the opposing force. F.) Tells of approaching danger.
Source: Little Miss Kinomoto
Documentation of my debut working/installation of my personal divination deck, private location (2022)
Edited in PicMix
I am consistently so proud and thankful for my cards and how they share their power. I love how genuine and caring each entity is and how willing they are to offer advice, even to new friends. That’s not to say they aren’t mischievous and can even be dangerous at times if summoned incorrectly. (I have a story of how a combination of cards inadvertently brought several well-established magicians to their knees, but that’s perhaps for another time.)
For context, this is my personal deck that I created several years back drawing inspiration from the various decks Sakura Kinomoto wielded throughout Cardcaptor Sakura and Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card and applied attributes from those cards to a system I have been helping my partner develop. While I also own a facsimile deck of Sakura Cards, I find my personal deck to be much more honest and in tune with the intentions of each entity.
I generally only do readings for myself (with this particular deck or by utilizing other methods) but I am involved with a small community of practitioners and we occasionally do readings for each other. Last night I received an amazingly quick and auspicious geomancy reading from my partner and I had the opportunity to read for one of my friends. I wasn’t provided a question to tailor my responses to so I used one of my ‘avatars of divination’ (read: magicaly charged fortune telling toy) for the novelty of a ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘inconclusive’ response before doing a single card pull. For my friend, Watery, the Agent of Process made themselves known. She is one of four reflections of the self, or the querent, present in my deck. While they have the ability to be tempestuous and destructive, she is arguably most powerful when fully cooperative. She offered that people would be more willing to open up and work with my friend if they were gentle and understanding. Apparently this, in addition to the ‘inconclusive’ response from the chosen avatar, was just what my friend needed to hear. (It was great hearing that another friend, who was privy to the situation, agreed with this sentiment!)
This is all to say that I love my cards. I love their gentle natures when they are called upon earnestly and I love them when they surprise me with their great power.
Sketchuary / Week 1
The Windy / The Watery / The Rain / The Snow / The Mist / The Twin / The Voice
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Sketchuary / Week 2
The Song / The Firey / The Glow / The Cloud / The Dream / The Sleep / The Silent
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Sketchuary / Week 4
The Sand / The Fight / The Arrow / The Bubbles / The Erase / The Mirror / The Storm
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Sketchuary / Bonus
The Flower / The Little / The Wood / The Big
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Compilation of recent The Clow Sketchbook sketch requests!
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cardcaptor sakura episode 18
please they r so cute
