Two of My Favourite Tarot Layouts

This is the simplest of the tarot layouts. All you do is assign one card to the past, one to the present and one to the future. The question is usually based on a situation and the person wants to know what to expect in the future.

How to do it is described here. Shuffle the cards as you ask the person to say the question out aloud to you. Now make the person shuffle the cards and repeat the question thrice as they do so. They can say it out aloud or in their mind. Take back the cards and lay them facing down and fan them out. Now ask the person to pick out three cards from the deck and hand them over to you.

Now take the three cards still facing downwards and place them in a line in front of you. The left most card is for the past, the one in the centre is for the present and the right most card will represent the possible future.Now based on your knowledge of the cards you will be able to tell the person a bit about the situation in the past, and how it is at present. Plus you will be able to guide them about what to expect in the future.

This is a spread when the question needs a clear cut answer. For a simple Yes or No answer this is the easiest spread to do. In fact the person does not even need to say the question out aloud to you. It is actually done with no divinition from your side at all.

Here's how it works. You get the cards and shuffle them asking for help to answer the question correctly. The you have the person shuffle the cards and ask the question thrice - either aloud or in their mind. Now ask them to place the cards on the table. Using their non-writing hand have them cut the deck into three.

Now you must pick up each section of the deck and start opening the cards till you either hit an ace or reach the 13th card. Then stop and pick up the second section of the deck and repeat the process. Once you have done it with all three sections of the deck here is how you determine if the answer is yes or no.

If you have reached an ace in all three sections the answer is a resounding yes.

If you have two aces it is a yes, but not too easy.

If you have one ace only, the answer is not very likely, or rather difficult to happen.

If you have no aces in all three sections then there are still factors at play that will affect the final outcome. So the tarot deck can not answer the question at present.