Spreads
31 spreads, grouped by what you are asking. Every position has its own reading for all 78 cards, so a card in the Advice slot says something different from the same card in the Outcome. Drew with your own deck? Open a spread and choose “Enter my own cards” to read the cards as they fell.
Design your own spread → Name the positions, arrange the cards, and share it by link.
Everyday
Quick readings for a day, a question or a week.
Card of the Day
1 card · 1 minuteOne card to carry with you
A single card drawn as the Significator: what today asks of you. Quick enough to do every morning, and the journal makes a record of the run.
- Card of the Day
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Three-Card
3 cards · 3 to 5 minutesPast · Present · Future
A quick, clear reading for a single question or a daily draw. Past, present and future, each read in its own position with the same depth as the big spread.
- Past
- Present
- Future
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Two-Card
2 cards · 2 minutesWhere you are · What to do
The quickest reading with a direction in it: one card for the situation and one for the advice. Good for a busy morning or a question you want answered plainly.
- The Situation
- The Advice
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Situation, Action, Outcome
3 cards · 3 minutesWhat is, what to do, where it goes
A practical three-card reading: the situation as it stands, the action the cards suggest, and where that action is likely to lead.
- Situation
- Action
- Outcome
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Help & Hindrance
3 cards · 3 minutesWhat helps · What hinders · What to do
Three cards that separate what is on your side from what is in your way, then suggest how to use the one against the other.
- What Helps
- What Hinders
- Advice
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Week Ahead
7 cards · 6 to 8 minutesSeven days, one card each
A card for each day of the coming week, read as the tone of the day rather than a forecast. Draw it on a Sunday evening and check back as the week goes.
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
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Love and relationships
For a partner, a new love, an ending or a second chance.
Relationship
6 cards · 6 to 8 minutesTwo people, six cards
For any bond between two people: a partner, a friend, a parent, a colleague. It looks at what each of you brings, what holds you together and what pulls you apart, what you need to do, and where the relationship is heading.
- You
- The Other Person
- What Joins You
- What Divides You
- What You Need to Do
- Where It Is Heading
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Love Check-in
3 cards · 3 to 5 minutesYou · Them · The two of you
A three-card look at a relationship as it is now: what you are bringing, what they are bringing, and what holds you together.
- You
- Between You
- Them
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New Love
5 cards · 5 to 7 minutesFor when you are looking
Five cards for someone open to love: what you are truly looking for, what you bring, what stands in the way, what is on your side, and where the search is heading.
- What You Want
- What You Bring
- What Is in the Way
- What Is on Your Side
- Where It Is Heading
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Healing After a Breakup
5 cards · 5 to 8 minutesLetting go, gently
Five cards for after a relationship ends: what ended, what it rested on, what you still carry without seeing it, what you need now, and where healing leads.
- What Ended
- What It Rested On
- What You Still Carry
- What You Need
- Where Healing Leads
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Reconciliation
5 cards · 5 to 8 minutesShould we try again?
Five cards for a relationship that broke and might mend: what divided you, what still joins you, each side as it is now, and what trying again would bring.
- What Broke
- What Remains
- Trying Again
- Your Side
- Their Side
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Work and money
Career, jobs, money and new ventures.
Career Path
5 cards · 5 to 7 minutesWhere you are and where it leads
Five cards for working life: where you stand, the strengths you can build on, what holds you back, what to do next, and where the path leads.
- Where You Stand
- Your Strengths
- What Holds You Back
- Next Step
- Where It Leads
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New Job
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesBefore you say yes
Four cards for an offer or a move: the role itself, the people and setting, the risk to watch for, and how it is likely to turn out.
- The Role
- The People
- The Risk
- How It Turns Out
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Money
5 cards · 5 to 7 minutesYour money, plainly
Five cards on money: where things stand, the habits behind it, what drains it, what grows it, and what to do.
- Where It Stands
- What Drains It
- Your Habits
- What Grows It
- What to Do
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Project Launch
5 cards · 5 to 7 minutesStarting something new
Five cards for a new venture or creative project: the idea, what it needs, what could go wrong, what is on your side, and how it is likely to land.
- The Idea
- What It Needs
- What Could Go Wrong
- What Helps
- How It Lands
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Decisions
Lay your options side by side.
Two Paths
5 cards · 5 to 8 minutesA decision, laid out
For a choice between two courses. One card for where you stand, one for each path and where it leads, one for what you are not seeing, and one for advice. Read the two paths side by side and notice which costs you can live with.
- Where You Stand
- Path A
- Path B
- What You Are Not Seeing
- Advice
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Should I?
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesIf you do, if you don't
Four cards for a yes-or-no decision that deserves more than one card: the heart of the question, what happens if you do, what happens if you don't, and what you are not seeing.
- The Question
- If You Do
- If You Don't
- What You Are Not Seeing
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Three Options
5 cards · 6 to 9 minutesName them, then compare
For a choice between three courses. Name each option before you deal; one card shows where you stand and one shows each road, read side by side, with advice to finish.
- Where You Stand
- Option A
- Option B
- Option C
- Advice
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Self and growth
Strengths, blind spots, worry, shadow work and care.
Mind, Body, Spirit
3 cards · 3 to 5 minutesA check-in with yourself
Three cards for the three layers of a person: what is occupying your thoughts and feelings, what is going on in your body and material life, and what your spirit is reaching toward. A good spread when the question is simply "how am I?"
- Mind
- Body
- Spirit
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Shadow Work
5 cards · 8 to 12 minutesMeeting what you avoid
Five cards for looking at the parts of yourself you tend not to: what is hidden, how it shows up, where it came from, what it is protecting, and how to bring it into the light.
- The Shadow
- How It Shows Up
- Where It Came From
- What It Protects
- Integration
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Self-Care
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesWhat your mind, body and heart need
Four cards for looking after yourself: what your mind needs, what your body needs, what your heart needs, and one thing to do about it this week.
- Mind
- Body
- Heart
- This Week
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Strengths & Blind Spot
3 cards · 3 to 5 minutesWhat you have, what you miss
Three cards for self-knowledge: your strongest resource right now, the thing you are not seeing about yourself, and how to grow.
- Your Strength
- Your Blind Spot
- How to Grow
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The Obstacle
3 cards · 3 to 5 minutesStuck? Look at the block
Three cards for when something will not move: the obstacle itself, why it is there, and the way through.
- The Obstacle
- Why It Is There
- The Way Through
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Worry
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesWhen something is weighing on you
Four cards for an anxious mind: what you fear, what is actually happening, what is in your hands, and what you can let go.
- What You Fear
- What Is Happening
- What Is in Your Hands
- What to Let Go
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Moon and cycles
New and full moons, birthdays and the year ahead.
New Moon
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesSetting an intention
Four cards for the start of the lunar month: what is ending, what to grow this cycle, what you need for it, and a first step.
- What Is Ending
- What to Grow
- What You Need
- First Step
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Full Moon
4 cards · 4 to 6 minutesSeeing clearly, letting go
Four cards for the height of the lunar month: what has grown, what the light shows, what has helped, and what to release.
- What Has Grown
- What Is Illuminated
- What Helped
- What to Release
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Birthday
5 cards · 5 to 8 minutesYour year behind and ahead
Five cards for a birthday or any new year of your own: the year behind, the year ahead, its gift, its challenge, and the lesson to carry.
- The Year Behind
- The Year Ahead
- The Lesson
- Its Gift
- Its Challenge
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Year Ahead
13 cards · 15 to 25 minutesA card for each month, and a theme
Thirteen cards: one for the theme of the year and one for each month ahead, starting with the next. A reading to keep and return to month by month.
- The Year's Theme
- First Month
- Second Month
- Third Month
- Fourth Month
- Fifth Month
- Sixth Month
- and 6 more
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Classic spreads
The traditional layouts, from five cards to ten.
Celtic Cross
10 cards · 10 to 15 minutesThe classic ten-card reading
The classic full reading. It looks at what sits at the heart of a question, what crosses it, where it came from and where it is heading, your own part in it, the people around you, and what you hope and fear.
- The Significator
- Crossing Card
- Foundation
- Recent Past
- Crown
- Future
- Emotions
- and 3 more
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Horseshoe
7 cards · 7 to 10 minutesSeven cards, past to outcome
A seven-card arc that walks a question from its past through the present, the influences you cannot see, the obstacle in the way, the people around you, and the advice, to a likely outcome. Fuller than three cards, lighter than the Celtic Cross.
- Past
- Present
- Hidden Influences
- Obstacle
- Outside Influences
- Advice
- Outcome
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Five-Card Cross
5 cards · 5 to 7 minutesA small Celtic Cross
The heart of the Celtic Cross in five cards: the present at the centre, the past and future either side, the root below and what could be above.
- The Present
- The Past
- The Future
- The Root
- The Potential
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