Thirteen cards: one for each month around a card for the year's theme.
A wheel of twelve cards, one for each month, laid clockwise from the top, around a thirteenth card for the year's theme. Traditionally dealt at the turn of the year or on a birthday, it is less a forecast than a calendar of moods: something to return to month by month.
The month of January: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of February: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of March: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of April: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of May: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of June: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of July: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of August: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of September: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of October: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of November: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The month of December: the card names the mood, the task or the gift of these weeks. Read it against the theme card at the centre.
The centre of the wheel. The thread that runs through all twelve months — what this year is for.
Turn the centre card first — it colours everything. Then read the months in order, or simply the month you are in. Look for suits that run for several months together; that is a season. Do not read a hard card in a distant month as a sentence: the spread describes weather, and weather changes.