Field Notes topics

Curated entry points into observational practice writing at Tides of Knowing. Each topic gathers Field Notes on symbolic reading, seeker dynamics, and live interpretive work.

These topic collections gather Field Notes written by Leigh Spencer, founder of The COMPASS Method™, drawing on 40+ years of tarot practice and 30 years of professional journalism. They complement Field Note series and the main Field Notes archive.

• AI and intuition 1 note

  Field Notes on where machine interpretation stops, what human attention still carries, and how readers can hold both without collapsing practice into performance.

• Tarot methodology 6 notes

  Notes on how tarot is read as structure, movement, and evidence in the image, rather than as fixed meanings retrieved from a list.

• Seeker dynamics 5 notes

  Field Notes on how seekers arrive, what grip and pressure do to a reading, and how interpretive work changes under high-stakes conditions.

• Symbolic perception 7 notes

  Writing on reading the image, symbolic evidence in the cards, and perceptual discipline before meaning is named.

• Reading practice 4 notes

  Practitioner notes on live reading habits, court cards in work, question framing, ethics, lineage, and the daily craft of interpretive attention.

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