A Tarot spread is a great way to plan ahead for your reading. There is a spread for just about any topic you can think of. Popular topis relate to career, relationships, making a decision and more. You can also create your own spread!
In a tarot spread, each card represents a specific part of the main question for the reading. A spread may use as many cards as the reader is needing. It is just important that, the question behind each card, is clear.
For example, a three card spread might include a past card, present card, and future card all relating to the main question of, what is coming next in my career. By understanding the supporting details it will provide more answers to the questioner. It helps the reader understand specific patterns, communication styles, emotions and more.
When choosing or creating your own spread as a reader or questioner, it is important to be clear in your question. It helps to know what answers you are looking for. But you should not be surprised, if you find more answers than expecting. Spirit (Any higher source you believe in) will provide the answers that are meant to be heard but don’t always give us what we want.
Tarot Spread #1: The One Card Spread
This tarot spread is a great way to get a quick answer from one tarot card pull. Think about snow white and when the evil queen speaks to her mirror to get answers. It works the same way, except hopefully, your questions aren’t as vein as the evil queens.
Good questions for this spread include:
- Yes & No questions
- “What do I need to know about…?”
- “What do I need to know for today?”
Tarot Spread #2: Three Card Spread
The three card spread works great for getting more clarity from your situation while also providing some insight into the future. Question examples include:
- Past, Present, Future
- Mind, Body, Spirit
- Investment, Result, Income
- Situation, Problem, Solution
- Continue, Stop, Start
- What do I think, What do I feel, What do I do
- My strengths, My weaknesses, How to use them
- Positives, Negatives, Advice
This is also a great spread to adjust for your personal needs and you can create your own spread using this method. You simply pull out three cards laying next to each other, with clear thought behind the pull. The answers will be on the cards themselves.
#3: The Ring
In this spread you will need to separate the cards in your deck into 6 stacks: One stack with Major Arcana, and one for each the Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles, and the court cards.
These cards are going to represent the best and strongest part of your personality. Value those qualities and use them to manifest your dream reality.
Once you have your stacks separated in your circle, shuffle each deck. Turn up the card on top of each deck and interpret the cards as following:
- The Major Arcana: Your greatest spiritual strength
- Wands: Your most enterprising characteristic
- Cups: Your best emotional strength
- Swords: Your strongest response to problems
- Pentacles: Your most admirable financial/ resource ability
- Court Cards: Your favorite aspect of your personality
Once you’ve completed this part of the reading, you can also find more answers on the shadow side of yourself. Now take the card from the bottom of each stack and interpreting as follows:
- The Major Arcana: Your most important spiritual challenge at this time
- Wands: Your most problematic attitude towards work
- Cups: Your more difficult emotional challenge at this time
- Swords: Your worst fears when facing problems
- Pentacles: Your biggest financial weakness
- Court Cards: Your least favorite aspect of your personality
#4: Two Paths In The Garden
When you find yourself stuck between two different paths to take next, use this spread to help you decide which to take.
Your will pull out 7 cards and lay them in this format:
The cards should be interpreted as follows:
1:What you need to know about where you are now
2 and 5: The benefits of each path
3 and 6: The downside of each path
4 and 7: The probable outcomes of each path
#5: The Life Path
This is a 6 card spread that will help you find your way towards your life’s destiny. The cards may be interpreted as following:
- The present situation
- What challenges are currently holding you back
- How to overcome and release those challenges
- Where to put your focus onto
- External Influences effecting you
- What do I need to embrace to invite a direction that resonant with who I am and what I want
#6: Relationship Spread
This spread can be used to gain a better understanding of the powers and challenges of a current or past relationship. You can use this spread to find out more between, romantic partners, family members, friends, colleague, even a pet.
When you shuffle the cards you need to be thinking about your other connection and try to feel their energy. Then lay out 6 cards with these interpretations:
1/2. Soul Signature: This represents who they are to you on a soul level and who you are to them on a soul level
3/4. Mental- Emotional: This will show what emotions and mental feelings are for the other person
5/6. Physical: This represents actions, qualities, and behaviors they bring to the relationship and what you bring to the relationship
#7: The Moon Spread
In this moon spread we will be taking a deeper look into the emotional and physical body. Looking at your hidden gifts, fears blocking the road ahead, the way you are receiving and giving love.
Start with a shuffle and then choose 6 cards to lay in a line, with your intuition. The cards in this order will represent:
- Who are you in this moment in time?
- What is your current challenge?
- What are your hidden gifts?
- What is your greatest fear?
- What is your love language? How do you give and receive love?
- What is your healing ability?