Studio
Spreads
One card, three cards, and a five-card cross. The Celtic Cross is described, not required.
One card
A focus for the day or for a single decision’s tone. Pull, read, act, stop. Good for learning the deck without drowning.
Three cards
Our default is situation, tension, next honest step. You may also lay past, present, next. “Next” is not “the future sealed.” It is a leaning, and you are allowed to lean back.
Five-card cross
| Place | Asks |
|---|---|
| Center | What is actually happening? |
| Left | What is feeding it? |
| Right | What is opposing it or complicating it? |
| Above | What I am aiming at, which may be fantasy. |
| Below | What the body, the budget, or the room already knows. |
Celtic Cross
The ten-card Celtic Cross is a traditional public spread, taught in many books including Waite’s orbit, with variations in every teacher’s mouth. It is useful when you already know the cards and dangerous when you do not, because ten cards manufacture a novel. Learn the small spreads first. If you use a Cross from another book, follow that book’s positions and say which version you used. We do not pretend there is one official cross.
How to stop
- 1One question per sitting.
- 2Do not redraw because you disliked the card. Write the dislike. It is data.
- 3Do not ask the same question every day until the deck surrenders. That is anxiety, and the cards will mirror it.