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

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1.16) Mandala/Alchemical Spread (#9/13, C3/4) (Guiley) 
Layout:
  10                11
           09
        08    02
     07    01    03
        06    04
           05
  13                12

Deal: Numerically as shown

Reading:
Card 1 - The Self.   
Card 2 - Desires.
Card 3 - Dreams.  What we want to achieve.
Card 4 - Pursuits.  What we actively try to achieve.
Card 5 - Attachements.  Pursuits which hold us back from achieving
     our dreams.  For example, many people dream of happiness but
     pursuit money thinking it will make them happy.  However, it
     is the worry about money, not the lack of it, which actually
     prevents happiness.
Card 6 - Qualities.  Good aspects about the querent.
Card 7 - Sorrows.  Faults of the querent which need improving.
Card 8 - Self-Image.  How the querent views him/herself.
Card 9 - Soul's Urge.  One's true purpose and desitiny.

Card 10 - Earth.  Darkness, mystery, and the unknown.
Card 11 - Air.  Spiritual illumination and enlightenment.
Card 12 - Fire.  Intellect, rational thought, will.
Card 13 - Water.  Creativity and emotions.

Variations:  Doing the reading with only the first nine cards is
called the Mandala Spread.  Adding the four elemental cards is the
Alchemical spread.