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Spreads and Positions

How a card's job changes with its position, from small spreads to the Celtic Cross, the Hexagram and the Horoscope, and how to design a spread for your own question.

By the end you will be able to

Read the same card correctly in different positions.
Choose a spread that fits the question, from three cards to the Celtic Cross.
Design and test a spread of your own.

7 lessons · about 106 min

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1Positions: the same card, different jobsWhy the same card says different things in different positions, the position families most spreads are built from, and how to read a bright card in a hard place.14 min · Free preview
2Small spreadsThree ways to label a three-card row, the five-card choice spread for two options, the five-card cross for depth, and how to let the question choose the spread.15 minPlus
3The Hexagram spreadThe seven-card Hexagram: two triangles for time and for people, the direction at the center, and how to read the famous “other person” position without guessing at anyone's mind.16 minPlus
4Celtic Cross I: positions and pairsThe ten positions of the Celtic Cross as VeilSoul numbers them, why Waite's order differs, and how reading the positions in pairs turns ten cards into one conversation.15 minPlus
5Celtic Cross II: a full readingA five-pass method for reading all ten cards of the Celtic Cross as one story, shown in a full worked reading and then practiced on your own.18 minPlus
6The Horoscope spreadTwelve houses for twelve areas of life and a thirteenth card for the theme: how to lay the Horoscope spread, read it for the year ahead, and keep thirteen cards from turning into thirteen fortunes.14 minPlus
7Designing your own spreadHow to turn a question into three to five positions of your own, which draft positions to avoid, and how to test a new spread before you trust it.14 minPlus

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