Embarking on a journey into the world of tarot can be an exciting yet daunting experience for beginners. Tarot cards serve as a powerful tool for self-reflection, guidance, and insight into various aspects of life. However, the array of spreads available can overwhelm newcomers, leaving them uncertain about where to start.

Fear not! Here, we’ll delve into some of the best tarot spreads specifically tailored for beginners. These spreads are not only user-friendly but also facilitate a deeper understanding of the cards, allowing beginners to ease into the practice and harness the wisdom of tarot.

The Celtic Cross spread is a powerful tool for gaining insight into the dynamics and potential outcomes in a business context. By drawing upon the ancient wisdom of the Celtic tradition, this reading offers a nuanced perspective on various facets of your business journey. Each card placement represents a specific aspect, such as challenges, opportunities, influences, and potential outcomes, providing a comprehensive understanding of the current state and potential paths ahead in your entrepreneurial endeavors. Through this reading, we explore how to harness strengths, navigate obstacles, and uncover hidden opportunities to support the growth and development of a middle-aged woman and her husband who are developing their business.

The Celtic Cross spread stands as a timeless cornerstone in the realm of Tarot, revered for its intricate design and unparalleled ability to unravel the complexities of life’s tapestry. As one of the most renowned and versatile spreads in the tarot deck, its origins shrouded in mystery, yet its impact resonates across centuries of divinatory practice.

In the mystical realm of Tarot readings, the Celtic Cross reigns supreme, offering seekers a profound journey through the interconnected realms of past, present, and future, but also (sub)conscious impacts, querent’s attitudes and surroundings, his hopes and fears, as well as potential outcomes. Its ten-card layout serves as a portal, granting access to a comprehensive landscape of insights, unveiling hidden influences, and shedding light on the intricate threads weaving together the fabric of one’s destiny.

Join us as we embark on an exploration of this enigmatic spread, delving into its history, unraveling its significance, and uncovering the secrets it holds. Discover how this ancient arrangement of cards serves as a guiding compass, providing clarity and guidance through life’s labyrinthine paths.

The Significator cards or court cards (Kings, Queens, Knights and Pages) represent the main players in the game of fortune and fate. Tradition says that Cups and Pentacles represent light, and the Wands and Swords illustrate dark people. When reading cards, especially with more general, numerically extensive classifications, this basic information is usually sufficient, but when choosing a personal card or Significator, the card that represents you or the questioner, we need a more detailed descriptions. A personal card can also be chosen based on character traits. For example, if the questioner is interested in his love life, he will probably not be satisfied if you tell him that two bright persons of the male or female gender appear in the present or the future. What are your personalities like? How to distinguish them? This is especially important when there is a choice.

Although this classification is very simple, it requires a lot of knowledge, experience and imagination. We choose it when we want to satisfy our curiosity about the near future, so it can be a fun conclusion to an in-depth reading. You can use it regularly to hone your divination skills: it will probably be interesting for you to observe which cards will repeat themselves several times in a month, and to check the accuracy of them and your predictions.

As a very simple prognostic classification, the cosmic calendar reveals the cycle of the year that begins with the current month. Its circular shape is an ancient symbol of infinity, representing the wheel of time and the cyclical nature of life. Choose this classification when you want to know when a desired event will come true, such as a move or an important trip. It will also help you to get a general impression of the nature of important events in the coming year.

In this arrangement, inspired by the zodiac circle, the cards are arranged to correspond to the twelve celestial signs. In astrology, each zodiac sign corresponds to one of the twelve houses of personal horoscope. Each house is associated with a certain area of ​​life, so we interpret the cards in this context. The circle of fate will be most dear to the hearts of those who are familiar with astrology, but it is also a very suitable introduction to serious and in-depth reading.

This ancient and popular spread is a variation of the classic Roma classification described that we described in another post. It may be a bit easier for beginners, as each of the seven columns relates to a specific area of life and thus allows for a more precise interpretation.

This popular gypsy spread has been used by cartomancy for at least 200 years. There are seven cards in each row, and seven is a number, which has always been closely associated with esoteric and magic, an old legend tells of seven mysterious fortune-telling cards that are said to have founded all the important oracles of the ancient world. Choose this layout when you want to get a general overview of the past, present and future.

This isosceles spread in the form of a cross is based on ancient symbolism. The form of a cross is associated with the Greek goddess Hecate, mythological queen of witches and goddess of midwives; she was also the goddess of crossroads – hence the symbol. Choose this classification when you are literally at a crossroads and looking for an answer to a single question, such as: Will I get a new job in the next three months?

The Star of Fifteen is a traditional continental spread that was very popular in Italy and France in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is wonderfully simple and perfectly suitable for general reading, but requires some experience, since each point of the star consists of an independent group of three cards. You can start using the Star of Fifteen spread when you feel capable enough to move on to more demanding classifications. This spread is ideal for cases where we want to learn more about predictions contained in other classifications.

This is a simple but elegant spread that has been invented by Eastern European Gypsies. It is another spread in which we use a magical number seven. We spread the cards in the form of a open triangle that symbolizes acting of fire and spirit, and is associated with seven goddesses of ancient mythologies. This spread is most appropriate when we want to get a reply to only one clearly expressed question.

Magical square is based on another timeless symbol – a square representing four sides of the sky, and four seasons during the year, as well as four Suits of Minor Arcana. This spread perfectly describes the Seeker’s situation as it combines their character, development, opportunities, as well as a potential outcome. We recommend it as an introduction to in-depth reading.

We spend hours at work and they make a huge chunk of our time, and while we are at it, we should make it worthwhile, or even better spend it with people that we enjoy. But, what if your career life is not what you’ve envisioned, what if you want a career change? What if you want more fulfilling and meaningful career, or maybe a leading position, but you don’t know how to get there? This 9 card tarot spread will offer you detailed insight into what you can expect from your career life.