Reader · 14 min
The Horoscope spread
Twelve 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.
In this lesson you will
- Lay the Horoscope spread and name the area of life each house covers.
- Read thirteen cards in order: the center, the houses of the question, then opposite houses.
- Read the health and money houses as habits and choices, never as a diagnosis or a forecast.
It is the start of a new year, or your birthday, and you want to look at your whole life rather than one question. One card for each area of life, twelve in a circle and a thirteenth in the center: that is the Horoscope spread. Many Japanese readers lay it once a year.
A wheel of twelve houses
The spread lays twelve cards in a circle, one for each house, starting at the left and running counterclockwise, and a thirteenth in the center. Each house is an area of life: you, your money, your words, your home, and so on around the circle. The center card names the theme that runs through them all.
It answers a different kind of question from the spreads so far. Instead of “What should I do about this?”, it asks “What is going on across my life?” Laid for the year ahead, it asks what each area of your life asks of you this year.
This lesson is part of Plus
Plus opens every lesson of the Practitioner, Reader and Advanced tiers, with practice that explains every answer.
What the lesson covers
- How to read thirteen cards
- Your turn
- Practice
Foundations and the first lesson of every course are free.