The Pyramid: from the facts to the meaning
Some questions cannot even be put into words: an unease with no name, a phase in which nothing fits, a feeling that something has to change. The Pyramid was made for those. Six cards start from the concrete and rise to the meaning, sorting the matter out layer by layer.
At the base, three cards: the facts, what you feel and what you think. In the middle, two: what comes together from those three and what still resists. At the top, just one: what it all means. Write whatever you have, even if it is vague, shuffle and draw — the reading appears written out on the spot, free and with no sign-up.
How the cards are laid out
What each position means
The ground
The facts, things as they really are, without interpretation. It is the solid base the reading starts from.
The feeling
What the matter stirs up inside, the emotions that may not yet have a name.
The thinking
What your head keeps telling you — the explanations, the worries, the stories you tell yourself.
What comes together
The force that the facts, the feeling and the thinking form when they meet. It is what is being born.
What resists
What still will not let things through, the knot that has yet to be untied.
The meaning
What it is all for, the lesson or the direction that gives the question its shape.
When to use The Pyramid
When the question has no shape yet. Rather than demanding a concrete question, The Pyramid puts the matter in order: it separates what is fact from what is emotion and from what is thought, and very often it is that separation that brings relief.
It is also a good spread for taking stock — the end of a year, a change of phase — and for anyone who feels they are going round in circles. Afterwards, the question is usually clear enough for another spread.
How to read The Pyramid
It is read from bottom to top. Compare the three cards at the base: if the feeling and the thinking agree with the facts, the matter is settled; if they contradict each other, that is where the confusion lies. The two middle cards show what is moving forward from that mixture and what is holding it back.
The card at the top is not a result: it is a meaning. It may be a lesson, a direction or simply the name of something you felt without being able to say it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I do The Pyramid without a specific question?
You can, and that is what it is there for. Write what you feel or the subject on your mind — ‘my work’, ‘this phase’ — and the spread will sort out the rest.
How many cards are there in the Pyramid spread?
Six: three at the base, two in the middle and one at the top.
Which spread should I do after The Pyramid?
It depends on what it shows. If a choice emerges, The Decision; if a relationship, The Relationship; if a clear question, The Cross or The Horseshoe.
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