THE ONE-CARD DAILY READING
Giving yourself a daily one-card reading is a great way to get to know your tarot.
Shuf e the deck, cut it or fan out the cards, and choose one card with your left
hand. You might also like to ask a question, such as “What do I need to know
today?”
Work with the card’s image for an interpretation or turn to the card
interpretations. Display the card where you can see it during the day, or carry it
with you. You can also choose the crystal associated with that card.
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
This easy spread is perfect for mini-readings. Shuf e the deck, fan the cards or
cut the deck, and then lay three cards as shown:
For more insight, you can lay an extra card for each position:
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You can also create your own three-card reading to look at different life aspects—
for example, Mind, Body, Spirit; or Love, Money, Home. You can also lay a card
known as a Signi cator (this comes up in the Week Ahead and Year Ahead
spreads, too). A Signi cator is a card that rst sums up the theme of a reading that
you then lay down. For example:
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If you’d like to lay cards on one theme, such as love, you can choose a
Signi cator from the deck, rather than laying it out randomly as the rst card that
comes up after shuf ing. For example, for a love reading, you might take out the
Lovers card and then shuf e the deck and lay down three cards around it as
follows:
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For a legal question, choose Justice as your Signi cator; for questions about
education, choose the Hierophant; for psychic development, the High Priestess;
for family and fertility, choose the Empress; and so on.
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ASK THREE TIMES: YES OR NO?
When you have a question and you need a fast answer, try this three-card oracle:
1. Shuf e the cards and then spread them facedown in a fan shape.
2. Ask your question aloud or in your mind. With your left hand, choose one card
and place it to the left.
3. Ask the question again and choose a second card. Place it in the center, as
shown.
4. Now ask your question a nal time and choose a third card, placing it to the
right.
Turn over the cards and look at the list below to determine if they are yes, no, or
neutral cards. If you get three yeses, your answer is certain; two yes cards (with
one no or neutral) mean a positive outcome is most likely, but it may take time to
come about; and all no or a mix of no/neutral cards means the answer to your
question is, of course, negative.
If you are reading reversals: Reversed cards mean no. If you’re not using
reversals, turn any reversed cards the right way up and read the list below to nd
out if your question is a yes or no answer.
Yes cards
All cards apart from those listed here as no, neutral, or exceptions
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No cards
Swords: Three, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, and Knight
Cups: Five, Seven, and Eight
Pentacles: Five
Death
The Devil
The Tower
The Moon
Neutral cards
Swords: Four
Cups: Four
The Hermit
The Hanged Man
Exceptions
Two of Swords or Ten of Wands: The answer is not yet known.
Five and Seven of Wands: The answer is yes, but you must ght for your prize.
THE CELTIC CROSS
The Celtic Cross is one of most popular tarot spreads in use today because it
answers a question or, if you don’t have an immediate question, gives an
overview of your life just now. Set your intention before you begin, asking your
question or for an overview as your shuf e.
Shuf e and choose the cards and then lay them out as shown below.
Many readers lay out the Celtic Cross, then add cards around card 10 for more
insight into the future. You can also choose any card from the layout and begin a
Past, Present, and Future layout, using the card from the Celtic Cross in the card
2/Present position of that layout and adding two new cards surrounding it, with
the next new card in the past position and the nal new card in the future position.
Tip: If the tenth card is a court card—a Page, Knight, Queen, or King—then the
outcome of the question is up to you or the person you are reading for.
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FINDING THE QUINTESSENCE
When you’ve nished a reading using any layout, here’s a way to glean further
insight: Add up the major arcana cards by number and then reduce it to a single
digit. For example, if you had three cards—II, The High Priestess; XXI, The
World; and XIV, Temperance—this gives 2 + 21 + 14 = 37. Reduce this number
further by adding its two digits together: 3 + 7 = 10, or X, The Wheel of Fortune.
The meaning of this card—a change for the better (see page 70)—offers an
additional dimension.
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THE WEEK AHEAD
For a look at the Week Ahead, lay down one card for each day—though not in the
regular, chronological sequence.
THE MONTH AHEAD
Here’s how to see the in uences over the next four weeks by laying two cards per
week, side by side, as follows.
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THE YEAR AHEAD
For the Year Ahead, lay down one card for each month in sequence, beginning
with the current month, in the position of numbers on a clock face. Again, you’ll
need a Signi cator card, so lay this rst facedown in the center of the clockface,
followed by your month cards—so if it were August, you would begin with an
August card, then September, October and so on.
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THE TREE OF LIFE
This layout re ects the pattern of the ten sephirots, or spheres, of the Tree of Life,
the central motif of Kabbala. The sephirots express the story of creation: The
divine will owed from the source, creating the top three sephirots, which
over owed and created more sephirots beneath. The sephirots are containers of
the divine will of creation and the pathways on the Tree of Life a representation
of the downward ow of the divine will from the top sephirot, Kether, to the
lowest, Malkuth. The interpretation of each sphere, or card position, has been
adapted to give a clearer path for using the tarot for divination, but also included
are the traditional sphere meanings if you’d like to use this layout to look purely
at your spiritual development.
For Divination
1 Your situation
2 Responsibilities
3 Limitations and the past
4 What supports you
5 What opposes you
6 Achievements
7 Attraction and relationships
8 Work, health, and communication
9 What is hidden
10 The future environment; the outcome
For Spiritual Insight
1 Kether: Unity; spiritual growth
2 Chockmah: Wisdom; the male principle
3 Binah: Understanding; the female principle
4 Chesed: Love; universal love, peace, and the law
5 Geburah: Power and destruction; judgment and negative aspects
6 Tiphareth: Beauty; the child, rebirth, and progress
7 Netzach: Endurance; relationships and instinct
8 Hod: The mind; communication, creativity, and intelligence
9 Yesod: The unconscious mind; dreams, mysteries, and intuition
10 Malkuth: The kingdom; the environment
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THE CHAKRA SPREAD
This layout follows the positions of the seven principle chakras, or energy points
of the body. Work with the seven card positions shown to answer your questions
about these life aspects. You can also create a more detailed spread using the
developing chakra points, adding the heart seed, higher heart, fourth and fth-eye
chakras, alta major, soul star, stellar gateway, and earth star.
7 Life goals; spirituality
6 Intuition and trust
5 Communication
4 Love and relationships
3 Energy, health and wisdom
2 Creativity and projects
1 Home, nances, and security
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Spiritual Guidance
1. Where am I now/what state am I in, spiritually?
2. What I want/where I want to be, spiritually.
3. The root of the issue, what caused these feelings of distress.
Wether you’re aware or not, this card will tell the deeper depth
of the problem.
4. What is keeping you feeling this way or your anxieties about &
affecting your situation.
5. Where you have been, what you have learnt/seen on your
spiritual journey.
6. Where you are going. If the card is negative, this simply means
to follow the advice given throughout the reading in hopes to
avoid said outcome; if positive, this tells your outcome
following the advice.
7. What should I keep/take with me moving forward?
8. What should I leave behind to positively move forward?
9. What is my power/what will support me as I go?
10. What challenges might I face as I continue my spiritual
journey?
11. The advice card; this card will give you knowledge as to what
you should or should not do to break out of this distress and get
back on track.
12. Finally, this card will entail what you can expect following the
given advice.
1. Who was I in my past life?
2. Was I married?
3. Was I happy in my past life?
4. What kind of work did I do in my past life?
5. Was I an honorable person?
6. What types of problems or challenges did I deal with?
7. Was I a famous person?
8. Was I in good health during my past life?
9. How did I die?
10. Did I have a soul mate?
11. Is my present love, someone I knew from my past life?
12. Am I linked to my parents of today from a past life?
13. Are any other family members from a past life of mine?
14. What do I need to learn during this life time?
15. Will I reincarnate after this present life?
