I love the way this sounds, like a rain stick or small stones tumbling in the waves at the beach. As I concentrate on my question, I catch just a few in one hand and set the others aside. Then I throw those few out onto the cloth before me. As I look at the pattern, I try to find the charm that seems to be at the center. That's the focus, or heart, of the answer.
Charms below are under the surface, or at the root of the matter.
Charms above center represent energy that is coming to you from Spirit. Charms to the left are the past, charms to the right are the future. We felt this indicated that living in Santa Fe would provide her with great self-nurturing roots. The charms above were Brigid's Cross and the Knight on Horseback, riding down towards the Key. The charm to the right was the Scarab, Egyptian symbol of the soul's rebirth.