The first is from a deck called Gypsy Tarot, which turned out to be a deck of playing cards. I use it for 1- and 3-card readings.
In Tarot nomenclature, the 3 cards are (left to right) 3 of pentacles, 10 of wands, and 8 of swords. This spread reads Past, Present, and Future in the same order.
The next layout uses one of my favourite decks. The artist, Fergus Hall, was commissioned to paint a Tarot deck for a James Bond movie. Roger Moore, the 70s, Paul McCartney singing 'Live and Let Die'. Shudder. Lets move on rather quickly, shall we?
But Mr Hall made a really good Tarot deck. Not heavily didactic like Rider-Waite-Smith, not overly clever or icky-cute. Not self-consciously Deep and Mysterious.
The layout is called the Celtic Cross. The card thats at an angle is usually laid over the card to the left of it.
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