Tarot Spreads

Does anyone have recommendations for a good/meaningful/powerful spread to do on their birthday? Tarot/oracle/both. I know you can do year ahead ones but when the birthday is end of November and the actual new year is only a month away, it would be nice to have something a bit different. Does anyone have a go to they do every year?

When reading tarot, and trying various spreads, I find one question, one card works for me. I may draw up to five cards, but do one question for each. Example: What should I know this month? I pull a card and set it down, reshuffle and ask What Further Clarification or What Area of my Life will this impact? I can do this for up to five questions, but usually three does it to hone in on what I am seeking, sometimes just two. Just wondering if I am the only one who ever does or if others do. I know we all work differently and get our info the way that best works for us. I am been using this for about 8 years now and it just works for me (gotten…

What’s a great career spread? One that is really in depth and gives good insight? I’m new to this. Trying to really learn.

Had a bewildering dream? Can the Tarot help elucidate? I believe so. Dreams and the Tarot speak the same language: the language of images, metaphor, and senses. Before you begin the spread, as soon as you wake up, write down all the details you remember from the dream. This is an important step. From your short summary, list down words that you want the Tarot to help you with. For example: In my dream I was needing some sugar. I am trying to lose weight but one bag of sugar shouldn't hurt. I was at the grocery paying and the cashier had a knowing smile at me. Her teeth were blue. I reach down for my purse to get money. I fin…

Since I just posted Worts & Cunning's Samhain spread, I thought I would also share her beautiful Beltane spread for those approaching the other thinning veil in the Southern Hemisphere! Fire + Fields: A Beltane Tarot Spread 8 7 6 3 5 4 2 1 1. THE SLUMBERING SELF. The unconscious murmuring that guides our bright year adventures. What part of you remains dreaming from Samhain and the dark part of the year? 2. THE SEEDLING. Nurtured since the Spring Equinox, the seedlings have grown into young plants. What has been growing in your life and now is ready for the maturity of summer? 3. THE WOOD. That whi…

I fell in love with this spread I came across from Alexis J. Cunningfolk of Worts & Cunning Apothecary. (I love her spreads and her blog in general!) This spread is just so beautiful and really calls to the sacred aspects of Samhain. I love her explanation of it too: The third and final harvest festival of the year, Samhain is the end of the bright half of the year – the roots to Beltane’s flowering branches. The part of our selves that has been slumbering since Beltane, awaken to the call of night, as we join the Spirits, Ancient Ones, Ancestors, Wild God/desses, and their horde as they clamber noisily throughout the land, welcoming in the new year. Our S…

Just wanted to share this spread I just came up with. Just did a reading and couldn't find a spread I liked so made my own. I feel like it worked out well! The path you are on The path you should take The path you should avoid Advice on how to stay on the right path How to avoid straying from the right path And a used an oracle at the end for a theme of the reading.

Hi everyone! I’m fairly new to tarot reading. So I received this 3 card reading as I asked “How does this person feel currently about a recent separation in a love connection”. I was rather shocked at how direct the message of the first card which came flying out from the Angel Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine. I then used my Rider-Waite tarot deck, and The Lovers and The Magician flew out together and at the same time. I would be forever grateful to hear your perspectives on the Lovers and the Magician?? Thanks!

Hey everyone! Hoping for some good insight here. A friend and I recently did self-readings with a 4-card spread using the Johari Window, y'know, for fun: And without getting into extreme detail, I was very intrigued by the cards we drew for our Unknown quadrant (for mine I drew Judgement). Specifically because they are unknown, and I'd like to know more, I thought a follow up spread was needed to get more detail, because out of all the cards drawn, that was the one I had the most trouble interpreting. So I guess what I'm asking for is suggestions of designations I could use to create a follow up spread. What I have so far is "How d…

In my view, tarot is not about 'predicting' something in the full sense of the word as much as disclosing future tendencies. But the question is... how far in the future? Let us exclude certain spreads, which, f.e, are specified for 3 or for 6 months. My question is mainly concerned with spreads based on the Celtic Cross or the three cards (past, present, future).

6 of wands and the Magician as influence cards, The Moon reversed and The Devil are outcome cards and The Star is an advice card. The question is about the future of a relationship.

Found this beauty on reddit. It's beginner friendly and gets right to the point. This spread has given me a right telling off in the past. Also with my friends it just tells them what's what. Great for advice I usually pair it with a past present and future spread for more info.

As I continue to explore "mixed-media" spreads, I decided to tackle the I Ching in conjunction with Anthony Clark's I Ching Pack and the hexagram correspondences in the Thoth deck (as mentioned in Crowley's BoT commentary). I envision using this only for complex problem-solving situations. https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2019/08/24/an-i-ching-tarot-problem-solving-spread/

We often talk about the Devil as showing temptation when it appears in a reading, and that can entail a moral dilemma for the querent. I created a spread to get at the heart of such situations. https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2018/02/19/the-devil-made-me-do-it-moral-dilemma-spread/

Here is a spread I intend to use to measure the accuracy of prediction with the cards over an extended period of time. Its more obvious purpose is outdoor event planning. https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2019/08/22/weather-or-not-an-event-planning-spread/

Besides past, present and future, what types of 3 cards spread are available?

I've never tackled past-life reading with the tarot (although I've done a little prenatal epoch work with astrology and have conducted some spirit-world exploration with the tarot). This spread is largely deterministic in that it revolves around the discharge of karmic debt, something which New-Age-ism seems to shy away from. It gave me a very interesting self-reading. https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2019/08/21/mirror-of-the-soul-karmic-message-spread/

Here is the spread I created using shadow cards to reveal underlying motives and causes for the more explicit cards pulled from the top of the deck. One thing I like is that using reversals with the explicit cards can attune them more closely to the influence of the shadow cards, and perhaps make them more sensitive (and vulnerable) to hidden causes.

Here is another spread that uses dice and cards in collaboration. I'm not entirely sure its flexible enough for all situations, but I like the methodology. I will be doing some practice readings with it and may tweak it https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/2019/08/17/roll-them-bones-situational-awareness-spread/

I designed this spread with my dear friend Nelly. This is the spread that gives me the most leverage in a reading about conflict between two people. The readings and the dyads make it complex, but the leverage is incredible.

I named this one for the Whitney Houston song. It helps someone redirect their energy in their dating life toward finding healthy love.

This is one of my most fun spreads. I usually run it with just uprights when someone needs a a quick, fun check-up on someone entering into their dating life:

I am still rather new, have been practicing for about 4 months now. I have a question about the Celtic Cross Spread. I see so many different iterations for the 3 through 6 positions. Is there a particular right way to lay these cards? Or is it more of what feels right for the reader? Thank you!

This information is copied from the original discussion found here. I thought the spread was very interesting and brought it over to the spreads section. Thanks @Raggydoll! Good job!

Today is my UberCoolNeighbors Birthday and I'd like to do a short 'n sweet reading for her this afternoon. I'm still learning so I'm not looking for complicated here. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.