All Tarot Spreads

The most comprehensive relationship spread — maps both people's positions, the energy between them, what is working, what is challenging, what is needed and the relationship's potential. Works for any relationship: romantic, professional or familial. Card 3 (the energy between) is consistently the most revealing — it shows what the relationship is actually generating, which is often different from what either person intends.

Designed for relationships in their early stages — when there is not yet enough history for a full relationship spread to yield useful information. Focuses on what each person is bringing, what is attracting them together, what to be aware of and what to nurture. Particularly useful when someone is excited about a new connection and wants to engage with it wisely rather than unconsciously.

For the end of a relationship — romantic, professional or other. Focuses not on what went wrong but on what was real, what is completed, what remains to be integrated and how to move forward with what was gained. Particularly useful when someone is stuck in grief, anger or confusion after an ending and needs a framework for genuine closure rather than rumination.

One card for each month of the coming year, plus a thirteenth card representing the overall theme or teaching of the year. Best done at the new year, on a birthday or at any significant annual threshold. Do not read each month's card as a fixed prediction — read it as the predominant energy or lesson available in that period. Review the cards again at the start of each month to see how the reading was accurate.

Seven cards, one for each chakra — read from root to crown. Each card shows the current state of that energy centre: what is active, what is blocked, what is overdeveloped or underdeveloped. Particularly useful for understanding where energy is stuck in the body-mind system. Read alongside physical sensations in each area — the correlation is often precise. Lay the cards vertically, root at the bottom and crown at the top.

One of the oldest named Tarot spreads — seven cards laid in a horseshoe or arc shape, reading from past through present to future with additional context on influences and outcome. More linear than the Celtic Cross but more contextual than a three-card spread. Good for situations that have a clear before-and-after structure and where the querent needs to understand both the journey and the destination.

When facing a genuine choice between two directions — two jobs, two relationships, two places to live — this spread maps each path with equal depth. Three cards per path: what the path involves, what it requires and where it leads. Reading the two paths side by side often reveals not which is "better" in abstract but which is more aligned with what the querent genuinely values. The final card is not which to choose but what to keep in mind regardless.

For a single decision — not two options but one specific choice the querent is weighing. Maps what supports the decision, what argues against it, what the querent may not be seeing and what to do. Card 5 is not a verdict but a perspective or quality to bring to the decision. Useful when the analytical mind has already listed the pros and cons but still cannot decide — the cards often surface the emotional or intuitive dimension that the list is missing.

A lighter-touch version of the year-ahead spread — four cards for the coming season (roughly three months), one per month plus an overarching theme. Ideal at seasonal thresholds: solstices, equinoxes, or the start of a new quarter. Short enough to be actionable, long enough to provide genuine orientation. Revisit the reading at the start of each month.

One card per day of the week — drawn on Sunday evening or Monday morning as a map of the week ahead. Each card represents the dominant energy or a quality worth bringing to that day, not a fixed prediction of events. Reviewing each card the evening before the day it represents makes the reading live and practical rather than abstract. Over time, you will develop a personal vocabulary for how each card expresses in daily life.

Designed for deliberate shadow work — the Jungian practice of becoming conscious of disowned or projected aspects of the self. Requires a degree of psychological readiness and honest self-inquiry. Not a spread for casually curious readings. The most important card is often card 3 (what I disown in myself) — it is frequently the card the reader most wants to argue with, which is usually a sign it has landed accurately. Approach with curiosity rather than defensiveness.

For working with early wounds, childhood patterns and the inner child — the part of the self that carries the imprints of early experience. Not a spread for crisis or acute distress — it is a reflective tool for periods of stable self-inquiry. Card 2 (what the inner child needs) is often surprisingly simple — basic needs for safety, love or acknowledgment that the adult self can now, finally, provide.

For when something is clearly stuck — creative block, stuck in a life area, inability to move forward on something that matters. Identifies what is blocked, the root of the blockage, what the block is protecting, what would shift it and what becomes possible when it moves. Card 3 (what the block is protecting) is often the reading's most surprising and important card: blocks are rarely random — they are protecting something that also needs to be honoured.