Hi Jarday, this is the way I choose a sign. Have a look see,

**3** 10—11-sometimes also oppose possible negative
6*2*5 9----12
**1**(s   8---13
**4**        7---14

Significator is placed under card one!

Three cards of advise
Card 12: advise on altering your mindset, to be a positive influence throughout the reading but specifically regarding Card 9.
Card 13: Advice on altering your house to be a pillar of strength in your current situation, Card 8
Card 14: Advice on altering the way you contemplate that which you are doing. Card 7
Remember this is a spiritual journey you lead your Querent on, the outcome may sometimes be vicious but the truth needs to be told, you may not hide anything from the Querent, even if intuitive knowledge are arrived at during a later stage of meditation, this must be circulated to the Querent as soon as possible.
Therefore a record of every sitting or reading must be kept and not revealed to anyone but the Querent.
The spiritual development of the Querent is described by the Major Arcanum, in context with the Significator these cards must be read in spirit and dealt with as points of meditation. The spiritual influence may have an altering effect on the final outcome as this will bring the Querent at a stage of self-examination and possibly enlightenment. Astrological charts and numerology may be suggested to the Querent in order to expand their knowledge of how to deal with certain events.


SIGNIFICATOR

The significator is either a choice of the Major Arcanum cards, describing a specific matter or from the Minor Court cards. Allow the Querent to shuffle the deck at least twice with the significator included. If a Major Arcanum now remove it from the deck and place at centre. The cards should now be shuffled three times and cut three times by both Querent and reader. If chosen from the Minor Arcanum, remove the four cards, one from each suit depicting the level of the Querent in their social, business or personal environment,
Keeping in mind the following:
Ages: 16-22; Pages
Ages: 23-35; Knights
Ages; 36-50; King for men, Queen for woman
Ages; 50 and above; Emperor for men, Empress for woman. Using divinatory meaning only.

The four cards should now be shuffled face down and placed in a row, the Querent is now allowed to, with their intuition, gliding their hands over these cards, choose a specific card. This card must now be turned face up and the Querent should be represented or characteristics are revealed. The card is removed, deck shuffled again as you see fit. Place the significator as indicated.

Thanks Payewacker.
I will give your advice a go. Am curious to see the influence/impact a significator will have on my readings.

As a trainee reader, I have another question I hope you can help with.
I usually shuffle while I think of the question or while my friend thinks of their question. However, I don't have a regular pattern for what I do next. I have had cards read for me where the reader asks me to split the cards into three with my left hand before the restack and begin. I copy this sometimes but don't understand the purpose of cutting the deck.

Hope you can clear my thoughts on this.

Hi Jarday,

See if choosing a sign. changes your way of reading, if you don't feel comfortable, don't use it.

Each Tarot reader employes their own "ritual" I also have my querant cut the deck with the left, to have 3 piles, also away from the person. The left hand implicates "Intuition".

Cutting the deck, for me, the ability to be able to take and let go, a situation of give and take.

design your shuffling ritual and apply it in your readings, if you feel to do it differently on occasion, do so.

Blessed be