Layouts

Tarot spreads

Four layouts that cover almost everything — and what each position is actually asking.

Three-card spread

Beginner · 3 cards

The one to learn first. Fast, flexible, and hard to misread.

01Pastwhat led here

02Presentwhere you actually are

03Futurewhere this is heading

Also works as Mind / Body / Spirit, Situation / Action / Outcome, or You / Them / The connection.

Advanced · 10 cards

Ten cards for a situation with real complexity behind it.

01The presentthe heart of it

02The challengewhat crosses it

03Consciouswhat you know

04Subconsciouswhat you have not admitted

05The pastwhat is falling away

06Near futurewhat is arriving

07Your approachhow you are handling it

08Environmentthe people around it

09Hopes and fearsoften the same card

10Outcomewhere this lands if nothing changes

Use it for major decisions. It rewards patience and punishes rushing.

Intermediate · 7 cards

Seven cards for any significant connection, romantic or not.

01Youyour position

02Themtheirs

03The connectionthe energy between you

04Strengthswhat holds it together

05Challengeswhat strains it

06Advicewhat would actually help

07Potentialwhere it could go

Read cards one and two together before you touch the rest.

Beginner · 1 card

A single card for a single question, or for the day.

01The answer, or the day's theme

The most underrated spread. Most questions do not need ten cards.

Venus in Retrograde

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