TAROT SPREADS

Three Card Spread: This spread gives a quick answer/overview to a single question/issue. Lay out three cards in a row from left to right.


         1 2 3


The cards represent past (card 1), present (card 2) and future (card 3).


This spread can also be extended to a Nine Card Spread using three cards for the past (top row), three cards for the present (middle row) and three cards for the future (bottom row).


              1   2   3

              4   5   6

              7   8   9


The Horseshoe Spread:

This spread gives a more general overview of your life and uses 21 cards. Lay down seven groups of three cards in the shape of a horseshoe (or arch). Each group covers a category. 

                      19 20 21

  13 14 15                         16 17 18

      7 8 9                           10 11 12

      1 2 3                               4 5 6

The seven categories are:
1 The past situation.
2 The present situation.
3 Developments in the near future.
4 What you don't expect.
5 People around you.
6 Obstacles and opposition.
7 The outcome.


The Celtic Cross:

This spread gives a more general overview of your life and uses 10 cards.


                                                            10


                    3                                       9


5                1/2                6                    8 


                    4                                       7
  



1 Your present situation.
2 What crosses you, obstacles and opposition. (This card is placed across the first card)
3 The very near future (the next couple of weeks).
4 The basis of the situation, often unacknowledged.
5 The past situation.
6 The near future (the next couple of months).
7 Your state of mind.
8 People around you or the environment.
9 Your hopes and fears.
10 The outcome (6-8 months away).

Karmic Spreads:

Reincarnations Spread:

 1         2
 3         4         5
 6         7         8        9
10       11       12       13    14
15       16       17

1,2 - characteristics of all reincarnations
3,4,5 - influences from the previous reincarnations
6,7,8,9 - what did you do in your previous reincarnations that you have to pay for in this one
10,11,12,13,14 - the most important matters from your last reincarnation
15,16,17 - possible future reincarnation

Karmic Spread - master

  1             8
          5
  2              9
          6
  3             10
          7
  4             11

Present Life
1 - Situation/issue in Question -OR Present Life Purpose
2 - Challenge/Obstacles in present life
3 - Talent/gift in present life
4 - Present life outcome/situational outcome -

Past Life (in relation to present life)
8 - Related Situation/issue in Past life -OR Past Life Purpose
9 - Related Challenge/Obstacles in past life
10 - Related Talent/gift in past life
11 - Past life outcome/outcome of related situation in past life

Interim
5 - Death in Past life: Circumstances surrounding the end of the first life
6- Life in between lives
7 - Intention for current life (devised during in-between life, prior to incarnating into present life)