1 cardbeginner
Daily Draw
One card for today. The habit that teaches you the deck faster than any book.
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Tarot spreads
What each spread is for, what every position asks of the card in it, and the part most guides leave out: when not to use it. All free to read, no reading required.
The general principle is in Choosing the Right Spread: match the shape of the spread to the shape of the question, and resist drawing more cards than you can integrate.
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- 1 cardbeginner
Single Card
One card, one question. The fastest reading in tarot and the one most experienced readers use most often.
- 1 cardbeginner
Yes or No
One card, one answer. The reading tarot is worst suited to and most often asked for, done honestly rather than flattered.
- 3 cardsbeginner
Past, Present, Future
The classic three-card line. Where this came from, where it is now, and where it is heading if nothing changes.
- 2 cardsbeginner
Cut & Clarify
Two cards for when one was not enough: the card you drew, and the card that explains it.
- 3 cardsbeginner
Situation, Action, Outcome
A three-card spread built for deciding rather than describing. What is happening, what to do, what follows.
- 3 cardsintermediate
Timing
Three cards on when: what has to happen first, what is holding the pace, and the timing the cards actually point at.
- 5 cardsbeginner
Love & Connection
Five cards on a relationship: yours, theirs, the bond between you, the obstacle, and where it is going.
- 6 cardsintermediate
Between Two People
Six cards on a connection that involves someone else as well: what each side holds, what is unspoken, and what you are actually choosing between.
- 5 cardsbeginner
Career & Purpose
Five cards on work: where you stand, what you are good at, what is blocking you, what to do, and what it leads to.
- 6 cardsintermediate
Career Change
Six cards for the decision to leave: what you are actually leaving, what you are moving toward, and what does not change either way.
- 5 cardsbeginner
Money & Security
Five cards on your material situation: the position, the pattern, the leak, the resource, and the way forward.
- 5 cardsintermediate
The Crossroads
Two options laid side by side, with what each costs and what each opens, plus the thing neither path resolves.
- 5 cardsbeginner
Moving House
Five cards on a move: what you are leaving, what the new place offers, what you will carry with you, and what the move will not fix.
- 6 cardsadvanced
Shadow Work
Six cards on what you have disowned: the mask, what is beneath it, its origin, its cost, its gift, and how to integrate it.
- 5 cardsintermediate
Self-Worth
Five cards on how you value yourself: what you believe, where it came from, what it costs you, and what is actually true.
- 5 cardsintermediate
Letting Go
Five cards on releasing something: what is holding on, what it is still giving you, and what becomes possible without it.
- 10 cardsadvanced
Celtic Cross
The definitive ten-card spread. A complete picture of a situation: its heart, its cross, its roots, its trajectory and its outcome.
- 7 cardsintermediate
The Horseshoe
Seven cards in an arc. The classic middle-sized spread: more than three cards of context, without the ten-card commitment of a Celtic Cross.
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Relationship Cross
Seven cards on the mechanics of a partnership: each person, what each wants, what each fears, and what holds it together.
- 13 cardsadvancedPremium
Year Ahead
Twelve months in a wheel with a thirteenth card at the centre for the year's overarching theme.
- 5 cardsbeginner
New Moon
A five-card spread for the dark of the moon: what is beginning, what to plant, and what has to be put down first.
- 5 cardsbeginner
Full Moon
A five-card check-in at the peak of the cycle: what has come to light, what is ripe, and what is ready to be let go.
- 7 cardsbeginner
Week Ahead
One card for each day of the coming week. A short, checkable spread that teaches the deck faster than almost anything else.
- 5 cardsadvanced
Reading for Someone Else
Five cards structured for reading on behalf of another person, including the two positions that keep you honest about what you can and cannot see.