Great point. Another example is the Six of Cups/Vessels. Chesca's guidebook says, "two souls are reunited on an ancient mound." I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't spotted it, it's kind of cool when you see it and easy to miss if you aren't looking for it. The Wildwood Book (not the Greenwood Book, so maybe John Matthews get the credit here) elaborates on this in the Reading Points, "An emotional reunion can sometimes refer to the mystical Karmic cycles that bring lovers back through time, space, and lifetimes. The purpose of the 'soul reunion' may be manifold..." That's great if you're using the Greenwood, because that 'soul reunion' is not depicted anywhere that I can find on the Wildwood card. I have looked--in the shadows, branches, rocks, water--it's not there.

Dear card readers, I'm just word crocheting myself through a GT. First time using the 6 x 6 layout (usually 4 x 8 + 1 x 4) and I started wondering about the underlying house sequence in row 4. Tower, Garden, Mountain, Crossroads, Mice, Heart. What is the connection between these cards? Is there some kind of universal evolution indicated by this sequence, a distinct psychological/sociological process? Just some sort of coherence. I'd say no. So then, what is the rationale behind giving all the cards that land in this row (or any other for that matter) the same undertone or background, like a fixed narrative? Why this "forced proximity" of certain modifiers or subtexts? Of course, this also applies to reading boxes within the GT. Sticking with the crochet analogy, or let's say weaving, this seems to me like having predetermined warp threads (colour, thickness, material) in every reading, irrespective of the subjective pattern that wants to appear. For future GT I'll probably use a second deck and place the houses just as randomly as the other cards. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. I did use the search function to see if this had already been discussed, but nothing came up. Besides this interesting thread (that I reread) about the Master Method. So please forgive if this is an old hat.

Thank you, @joy 🥰 I am planning on offering readings for feedback (not a reading in return for now) to find my groove again - just read the rules. Does that mean if I was going to do, for example, a 2 week-long offer of one reading a day, i cannot participate in other exchanges until I have received my last feedback?