Compiled by David C. Jones (djones@ponder.csci.unt.edu)

Copyright, 1996, David Clark Jones.  Please see the table of
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1.34) Grand Source Spread (#21, C6) (Cortese)
Layout:
       01  02  03  08  10  12  15  16  17

     Q       07          14

       04  05  06  09  11  13  18  19  20

Deal: Numerically as shown

Reading:
Card Q: Querent
Cards 1, 2, 3: Inner influences at work, the motivations of the 
     querent, or what the querent wishes to learn.
Cards 4, 5, 6: Outer influences, or the influences from people or
     things outside of the querent that may have caused the querent
     to ask their question.
Card 7: Initiation of the action, the seed that will grow, or the
     question that will be answered.
Cards 8, 10, 12: Three stages of the action or answering of the 
     question under examination, and they are modified respectively
     by cards 9, 11, and 13.
     Card 8: beginnings.  The initial stages of the actions.
     Card 9: modifies card 8.  It may give a hazy picture of the
          outcome that the querent has in mind, or it may simply be
          a further examination of the beginnings of the action
          under consideration.
     Card 10: Progress.  The way that the outcome is achieved.
     Card 11: modifies 10 in the same way card 9 does card 8.
     Card 12: possible changes in plan, or resolution.  This card
          may serve to examine any ways that the querent will have
          to change course in midstream.
     Card 13: modifies 12 like card 9 does card 8.
Card 14: Outcome of the process outlined in cards 8 - 13.
Cards 15, 16, 17: Possible effects of the resolution on the querent
Cards 18, 19, 20: Possible effects of the resolution on things 
     other than the querent or on the querent's relationship to the
     world around him/her.

Comment:  "This is a good general-use spread for giving an overall
picture of the resolution to a problem in the past or future.  It
affords an opportunity to examine inner and outer influences before
an action is taken, the inception or motivation of the action, the
progression of the action, the resolution, and what inner and outer
effects this will have.  It may also act to highlight the process
by which a question uppermost in the querent's mind may be
answered, though it may not give the answer." - Cortese

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