Bats in Flight
Meant for people who already have & know a familiar or have a similar type of friendly relationship with a spirit. A few cards on this relationship. If you bought a familiar off a website and aren’t sure of its name, type of being, how to communicate, and/or it’s general role in your life then this is NOT the tarot spread for you.
Here is a spread for those magicians that have a familiar and are interested in gaining some (more) information, clarity, or communication. To use this spread effectively, you will have to call your familiar forward and you MUST have a reliable method of communication with it outside of this reading. Bats in Flight is meant to give you and your familiar space to converse about important topics. These include your overall relationship, things going well, something that could use improvement, and how you view one another.
Here are cards 1-6 in order. “You” is used to signify the reading’s subject irregardless of whether the reader, querent, and/or subject are the same of different persons. I’ll be refering to the “familiar” as “spirit.”
Card 1: Sleeping Upside Down
Bats sleep hanging upside down, it’s something they do that is natural and consistent.
This card represents what is going well in your relationship, something that is going “right.” Something to keep doing, something feeding positivity into the relationship, something that works for both you and the spirit.
Card 2: Waking in the Day
Bats are nocturnal creatures, waking in the daytime is not normal and healthy for them.
This card represents something that would benefit from some attention, consideration, and likely change. This shows something that is not going well, but should to be addressed to keep a prosperous, good, and healthy relationship. The severity of this will vary from situation to situation.
Card 3: The Beginning
A small, young bat learning its way.
This card represents the beginnings of your relationship with this familiar. It may include why the relationship sprouted, what happened in the “early days,” and the like. This is more than a simple asking and answering of what began the relationship, but may include that detail. It is the foundation of your relationship and all that has happened thus far within it.
Card 4: Wings Spread
A bat taking flight, looking around at what’s to see.
This card represents the spirit’s view of you. It is what they see in you, see you as, see you as being. It is how they view you as a whole, your magick, your mundane, and everything in between. This card is simply what the spirit sees when they “think” of or look at you.
Card 5: In Flight
A bat flying high that knows itself and is looking around at what’s to see.
This card represents your view of the spirit. Although you may think you already have the answer to this question, let tarot answer it. See if the card matches with your conscious conceptions or if there are some changes. You might be completely understanding, or you might be surprised. Do not judge this card. Simply see it and consider the information calmly.
This will be one of two things. (1) It will be what you see in the spirit, what you see them as being to you, what you see their power as, and encapsulate your broad view of them. OR (2) this card may focus on one thing that is deeper and specific in nature. It is up to you to make that distinction when the card comes out. It’s possible that the card shows you a bigger picture and also points to something more focused. Read into this card as a mirror, read it clearly and without judgement and it will show you a great deal.
Card 6: Landing in the Trees
A bat ready to go home, to find a feast, or to peacefully rest for a moment after hunting.
This card represents the bottom line of your relationship with this spirit. This is what keeps the relationship going, what is healthy, and secure. This card is the basics of this relationship, shows why/how it works. This is not your view or the spirits, but rather a card that only pertains to the relationship aspect of this as a whole, as if the relationship is a person itself. What binds this relationship together will be found in this card.