This is a spread every reader uses, as it offers instant insight into your present situation. You can also vary this any way you choose: you can ask generally about the past, present, future, or make it more specific, asking, for example, ‘Tell me about my career/relationships/creative projects in the past, present, and future’.

If you would like to know more about one aspect of your situation, draw an additional card and place it under that card – for example, to gain more insight into the future of a relationship, place your fourth card under card 3. The fourth card reveals how a future possibility might unfold.