Tarot Reading

The Celtic Cross Spread

The Celtic cross is the most popular and probably the oldest pattern used for reading the tarot. This type of spread contains 10 cards and it is very easy to understand. The Celtic cross spreads are kept in the numerical order as shown in the following figure. And Below the figure guidelines are provided to understand what each placement represents.

Card	Represents
1	The present situation
2	The issue at hand; the problem that needs to be overcome
3	The root of the issue
4	The recent past; events or people that led to this point
5	The best that can come of this situation
6	The next step
7	How you'll deal with the issue; your feelings
8	People or events that will affect the outcome
9	Your hopes or fears
10	The outcome

If the card drawn will not fit with your question then pull more three cards to broaden your perspective. The three extra cards drawn are called clarifying cards.