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Kerykeion

Integration Spread #

Introduction #

We are not singular beings but collections of parts—roles, aspects, subpersonalities, and fragments that sometimes work in harmony and sometimes pull in different directions. Integration is the work of weaving these parts into coherent wholeness, not eliminating diversity but creating inner cooperation.

When we’re fragmented, we feel scattered, pulled apart, unable to access all of ourselves. When we’re integrated, all parts work together, and we feel aligned, powerful, and whole.

This spread maps the terrain of your inner multiplicity, identifying what’s split, why the split exists, and how to weave a more integrated self.

The Layout #

1 Part A
2 Part B
3 Part C
4 Why Split
5 Path
6 Weaving
7 Whole

Drawing order: Part A (1), Part B (2), Part C (3), Why Split (4), Path (5), Weaving (6), Whole (7)

The Positions #

Positions 1-3: The Parts #

What they represent: Three aspects of yourself that are currently operating separately. Three voices, roles, or subpersonalities.

These cards answer: What parts of me are fragmented or in conflict?

Reading these positions:

  • Let the cards suggest who these parts are
  • They may be familiar (inner critic, inner child) or surprising
  • Notice the relationships between them

Position 4: Why the Split Exists #

What it represents: The origin or purpose of this fragmentation. Why these parts became separated.

This card answers: Why are these parts split?

Reading this position:

  • Fragmentation usually served a purpose once
  • Understanding why creates compassion
  • The split often formed as protection

Position 5: The Path Toward Integration #

What it represents: The approach, practice, or attitude that facilitates bringing parts together.

This card answers: How do I begin to integrate these parts?

Reading this position:

  • This offers practical guidance
  • Integration is a process, not an event
  • The path may require specific inner work

Position 6: The Weaving (Center) #

What it represents: The central work of integration—how to weave these parts together into cooperative relationship.

This card answers: What is the weaving work itself?

Reading this position:

  • This is the heart of the reading
  • Weaving honors each part while creating unity
  • The work transforms separation into synergy

Position 7: The Whole #

What it represents: What integrated selfhood looks like for you. The result of successful weaving.

This card answers: What wholeness becomes possible?

Reading this position:

  • This is who you’re becoming
  • The whole is more than the sum of parts
  • This vision motivates the work

Understanding Integration #

What Integration Is #

Integration is not eliminating parts—it’s creating relationship between them.

Think of an orchestra: integration doesn’t mean reducing to one instrument but getting all instruments to play together. Each part keeps its nature; what changes is how they relate.

Signs of Fragmentation #

  • Feeling pulled in different directions
  • Contradicting yourself repeatedly
  • One part sabotaging what another part builds
  • Inner conflict that won’t resolve
  • Feeling like “I don’t know who I am”

Signs of Integration #

  • Parts work together toward shared goals
  • You can access different capacities as needed
  • Inner conflict becomes inner dialogue
  • Feeling coherent and aligned
  • Knowing who you are includes multiplicity

Working With This Spread #

When to Use It #

  • Inner conflict: When parts of you seem at war
  • Feeling scattered: When you can’t gather yourself
  • Identity work: When exploring who you are at depth
  • Major transitions: When old integration no longer holds
  • Psychological growth: As advanced inner work

Sample Reading #

Cards Drawn:

  • Part A: The Emperor
  • Part B: The Hermit
  • Part C: Page of Wands
  • Why Split: The Tower
  • Path: Justice
  • Weaving: Temperance
  • Whole: The Magician

Reading:

Part A (The Emperor): The authoritative self—structured, controlling, wanting order and power. This part manages, leads, and maintains boundaries.

Part B (The Hermit): The solitary seeker—wanting withdrawal, inner wisdom, time alone. This part needs to retreat from the world the Emperor builds.

Part C (Page of Wands): The enthusiastic beginner—eager for new adventures, playful, spontaneous. This part wants to leap forward while the Hermit retreats and the Emperor controls.

Why Split (The Tower): These parts fragmented through crisis—something collapsed the unified self, and these pieces flew in different directions. Trauma created the separation.

Path (Justice): Begin with fair assessment—give each part equal hearing, don’t favor one. The work starts with balanced judgment, hearing all sides.

Weaving (Temperance): The weaving is alchemical blending—patient pouring of one energy into another, finding the middle way that includes all three. Not Emperor alone, not Hermit alone, not Page alone, but a careful, patient integration of all.

Whole (The Magician): The integrated self has access to all elements—structure AND wisdom AND enthusiasm. The Magician channels all resources, uses all tools. You become someone who can lead, withdraw, and begin, as appropriate.

Synthesis: You contain an Emperor (structure), a Hermit (withdrawal), and a Page (enthusiasm) that were fractured by a Tower moment. Justice begins the healing by honoring all parts equally. Temperance weaves them through patient integration. The result is the Magician—full access to all your capacities in coordinated wholeness.

Parts Work Practice #

After the reading, try this internal dialogue:

  1. Invite each part: Visualize Parts A, B, and C as distinct figures

  2. Let each speak: Give each 2-3 minutes to express their needs and concerns

  3. Facilitate dialogue: Let them respond to each other with you as mediator

  4. Seek common ground: What do they all want, underneath?

  5. Create agreement: What could they all support?

  6. End with appreciation: Thank each part for its contribution

Affirmation #

I am many and I am one. I honor each part of myself. I weave my multiplicity into wholeness. All of me works together toward what I most deeply want.

Integration is the work of a lifetime—not a single achievement but an ongoing practice of inner cooperation. This spread illuminates the current state of your inner community and offers guidance for living as a unified self.

You contain multitudes. May they harmonize.