Spreads

A spread gives every card a place and every place a question. Here you will find eight spreads, from a quick prompt for the day to the Celtic Cross, each with positions, instructions and an example. You can lay out any of them online straight away.

Card of the Day

1 card · 5 minutes

One card in the morning, one thought for the day. The smallest spread there is, and often the most instructive.

Yes or No

1 card · 5 minutes

One card, one clear question, one leaning. Quick to lay out, but to be read with care.

Three Cards

3 cards · 10–15 minutes

Past, present, future: three cards tell your question as a short story with a beginning, a middle and an open ending.

Relationship

5 cards · 15–20 minutes

Five cards for a connection: what you bring, what the other person brings, what holds you together and where there is friction.

Decision

5 cards · 15–20 minutes

Two paths side by side: what each one asks of you and where it leads. The tarot doesn’t decide for you, it sorts things out.

Horseshoe

7 cards · 20 minutes

Seven cards in an arc: how things came to be, what is at work beneath the surface, who plays a part and what helps now.

Celtic Cross

10 cards · 20–30 minutes

The classic spread with ten cards, cross and staff. For questions that need more than one answer.

Year Ahead

13 cards · 30–45 minutes

Twelve cards for twelve months and one for the whole: a year as a circle that begins with the current month.

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