Is It Necessary to Do a Large Tarot Spread to Deliver a Good Reading?
It would depend, but most of the time, not really.
I have a great contributor to my Tarot Talk publication on Medium, and she had written an article that made me think:
You Don’t Need A 1,000-Card Spread to Do an In-Depth Tarot Card Reading
And there is a lot of truth to it. I have to say I never bothered to use the Celtic Cross spread for any of my readings. Why? I did not think it was necessary.
This article points out why I don’t feel it is to me. I mean, some tarot readers may feel differently.
Plenty of tarot readers feel doing large-spread tarot readings like the Celtic Cross is necessary. And that is okay. They have to do what they think is best.
But you can get just as much of an excellent in-depth reading from a five-card spread. I find that to be the case.
You even have some excellent three-card spreads that you can get an insightful reading from, as there are so many three-card tarot spreads.
I only use a large tarot spread when I do the Zodiac spread, which consists of 12 cards representing each sign during the year.
What Are Some Insightful Three-Card Tarot Spreads?
You can find three-card tarot spreads for anything, ranging from career, love, relationships, and life. You can find a list from Biddy Tarot.
However, here is a list of ten that I have for you to get you started:
1. Evaluating A Particular Problem And What To Do About It
Card 1 - The nature of the problem
Card 2 - The cause of the problem
Card 3 - The solution to the problem
2. Evaluating An Action Plan For A Situation
Card 1 - The situation
Card 2 - The action plan
Card 3 - The outcome
3. Weighing Logic And Emotions
Card 1 - What you think about a certain situation
Card 2 - The way you feel about it
Card 3 - What you need to do about it
4. Examining Roadblocks To A Situation To Work Around It
Card 1 - The current difficult situation
Card 2 - The obstacle you are facing
Card 3 - The advice to work with or around the obstacle
5. Understanding Previous Undertakings
Card 1 - What worked well for you with a previous undertaking
Card 2 - What did not work out so well?
Card 3 - What was the key thing you learned that you can apply for the future?
6. Three-Card Relationship Reading
Card 1 - What are you looking for in your relationship?
Card 2 - What is your partner looking for in the relationship?
Card 3 - What is the outlook of your relationship?
7. Making A Decision
Card 1 - The pros of the thing you want to make the decision about
Card 2 - The cons of the thing you want to decide upon
Card 3 - The advice for going forward with it
8. Discovering Your Mind
Card 1 - Your conscious mind
Card 2 - Your subconscious mind
Card 3 - Your superconscious mind
9. Mind, Body, And Spirit
Card 1 - Your mind
Card 2 - Your body
Card 3 - Your spirit
10. Your Options For Decision-Making
Card 1 - First option
Card 2 - Second option
Card 3 - Third option
Now let’s look at what has been new from Tarot Talk.
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Here are some of my wonderful contributors as well:
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I totally resonate with this! I usually use a five card spread and it’s very powerful to have that focus ✨
Ooh, this is awesome, Miriam!! I've felt so bound to the 10 card spread. Thanks for all these! I've pared down lately and am pulling a card a day to get to know them better. I've been working with the Kim Krans Wild Unknown Archetype and Tarot decks daily. They are SO GORGEOUS!!
Such helpful info, as always! xoxox