Reading Three, Four, And Five Card Chains

Practice reading more than two cards to make a story with the Sibylle des Salons

As you’ll know, being able to read pairs of cards is all very well and an important skill for any would-be reader to have, but in most readings with oracle cards of any deck, you need to be able to read cards in chains of more than two in order to come up with the “story” that the cards are telling you in answer to your questions.

The techniques used tend to be the same across most of the oracle card systems we’re discussing here on the Daily Oracle, whether it’s Kipper and Lenormand, the Vera Sibilla/Gypsy Oracle deck or the Sibylle des Salons.

Techniques For Reading More Than Two Cards

We have already discussed the main techniques you can use to read three cards in the post below about the Vera Sibilla deck. Do check this out if you are unsure:

Combining More Than Two Cards To Make A Story

Because the nature and tone of each deck is slightly different, however, you will notice different “quality” and tone of answers coming out of the different decks, even if you use the same layouts and techniques. Meanwhile, the techniques for reading four and five cards are pretty much the same as for three cards: they’re just expanded versions utilising more cards.

So in this post, to continue our focus on the Sibylle des Salons/Parlour Sibyl aka the Sibilla Indovina, we’re going to give examples of reading not only three cards but also chains of four and five cards with this deck specifically.

Reading Three Cards

So first, let’s start with the easiest, and one of the most useful of all to master. Why is it the most useful? Because the ability to read cards in threes is a key component of so many bigger layouts, regardless of deck; 9-card box readings in particular, but also Grand Tableaus and any variations of that.

How Would You Interpret These Cards?

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