The Past, present, future spread
Three cards in a line: how it came, where it is, where it goes.
The 3 places
1 Past
What has already shaped the matter.
2 Present
Where the matter stands today.
3 Future
The direction it is moving in.
Where this layout comes from: Common practice; the three-card line appears in no one classical text.
The spreads
- One card One card, one answer. The simplest reading there is.
- Yes or no One card, read for its lean. The tradition gives no rule for this; ours is declared.
- Celtic Cross Waite's ten-card cross for a definite question: the matter, its obstacle, its root, its past and near future, then you, your house, your hopes and the outcome.