A single card

The simplest reading and often the most honest. One card, drawn for the day ahead or for a single question that can bear a single answer. Many readers draw one each morning and let it colour the day.

Reading the spread as a whole

Read the card twice: once for its plain meaning, once for the image itself — what in the picture catches you is usually the point. A reversed card asks where that energy is blocked or turned inward.

Other spreads

• Past, present, future — Three cards: where it came from, where it stands, where it tends.
• Mind, body, spirit — Three cards to take your own measure — not a question, a check-in.
• The horseshoe — Seven cards in an arc, from the past through counsel to outcome.
• The relationship — Seven cards for two people: what each brings, what joins and divides you, where it goes.
• Two paths — A decision spread: the fork, each road's near and far consequences, and counsel.
• The Celtic Cross — Ten cards: six make the cross, four the staff beside it.
• The year ahead — Thirteen cards: one for each month around a card for the year's theme.