Thanks for sharing your reading. This is interesting. It would be good to include a background of dates for the era each one lives/lived through - the zeitgeist and cultural norms - for context. For example, my grandmother's father died before she was born in WWI, impacting her mother. His Irish ancestors likely travelled to England around the time of the potato famine. Epigenetics or past life material can be revealed through this. I hoard food that sits in the cupboard for years, for example.

Here is a summary of the reading I did for myself using this spread. I used the “Zwischen der Zeit” Tarot (“inbetween time”; translated from a rather bulkily named “A Day in the Forest with the Tarot Witch” deck) for my generational reading – me and 4 generations up on my mother's side, all female. Me – Knight of cups She sits on a black horse, wears romantic coat with lots of embroideries; holds a big cup from which a white flower grows, pointing towards throat chakra; cup at level of solar plexus. I need to learn to speak for myself. (also very funny because I don't consider myself romantic, but others have pointed out that sometimes I am) My mother – Page of wands Facing away , looking through a doorway into the distance where the sun sets. She had dreams, She took decisions that she may have regretted but felt it was too late to remedy. (She also had a tendency to put others first and put her own dreams aside). She also was very afraid of me growing as large as her mother Her Mother, my grandmother – Queen of cups coming out of the ocean, steaming cup / pot in one hand, fork in the other. She may have eaten her emotions (she was rather large), she also had a lot of love to give but may not have known how. My great-grandmother (mom's grandmother) – King of Swords Sharp mind, strong character, strict ruler, no love to learn from. Any emotions got turned into blame, never got internalised (flower worn on lapel). Possibly spiritually sensitive but rationalising it or thinking she was crazy (being told she was crazy). Her mother (great-great-grandmother) – Knight of wands She may have been the passionate one who did what came into her head, impulsive, spontaneous, not always conforming to social norms. Possibly not very reliable, therefore her daughter tried to be the rational one. Her grand-daughter therefore did not learn how to love and got submerged by emotions she didn't know how to handle and all she learned was serve. Which she bestowed on my mother who dutifully did what she was taught – not speaking up and handing that to me (and I became exactly as large as my mother feared I would). After the reading, I spoke with my sister, and she had a tidbit of information - one of these women was absent, I have a feeling it may have been this knight of wands!

So sorry for your loss, @Marina . Consider yourself hugged (but only if you want) ! And yes, any deck with lots of (single, unless there are twins?) people will do, we could even filter out people cards from the majors!