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The Relationship Cross spread
Seven cards on the mechanics of a partnership: each person, what each wants, what each fears, and what holds it together.
Draw the Relationship CrossHow to read it
A deeper relationship reading than the five-card version, and structured to prevent the most common error in relationship readings, treating the spread as surveillance of another person.
Positions 2, 4 and 6 describe the relationship's view of the other party, not their private thoughts. Read them as what is being expressed into the dynamic, which is all any reading can honestly reach.
The seventh card is the foundation. Read it last and read it as the answer to "what is actually keeping this together", which is sometimes love, and sometimes habit, fear or logistics.
What each position means
- YouYour position in the relationship as it stands.
- ThemTheir position, as expressed into the dynamic.
- What You WantWhat you are actually seeking here.
- What They WantWhat they appear to be seeking.
- What You FearThe fear shaping your behaviour in this.
- What They FearThe fear shaping theirs.
- The FoundationWhat is actually holding this together.
Related spreads
- Love & Connection5 cards · beginnerFive cards on a relationship: yours, theirs, the bond between you, the obstacle, and where it is going.
- The Horseshoe7 cards · intermediateSeven cards in an arc. The classic middle-sized spread: more than three cards of context, without the ten-card commitment of a Celtic Cross.
- Week Ahead7 cards · beginnerOne card for each day of the coming week. A short, checkable spread that teaches the deck faster than almost anything else.
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For reflection and entertainment. Not medical, legal, or financial advice.