How to choose a tarot spread for your question

A spread is more than a number of cards. Each position asks its own question: about what still resonates, about the obstacle, about the advice. A good choice therefore starts with the question, not with the cards. This guide helps you phrase that question and match a spread to it.

What you need

• An AstroSensus account on any plan — the number of spreads per month depends on the plan.
• A few quiet minutes and one question that really matters to you.

Step by step

1. Name the matter in one sentence. Instead of "what lies ahead?", try "How should I approach the conversation about a raise next week?" or "What should I pay attention to in this relationship?". An open question gives more than a yes-or-no one.
2. Open Tarot in the app menu and choose the person the reading is for.
3. Read the spread cards. Each one says what the spread is good for, what its positions are and roughly how long the reading takes.
4. Match the spread to the question:
   • Card of the day — one theme for today, when you have no specific question.
   • Three cards — "what is going on with me": what still resonates, the present energy and the next step.
   • Five-card cross — one matter broken into parts: situation, challenge, advice, near future and outcome.
   • Relationship — a relationship with a specific person: you, the other person, the connection, the tension and advice.
   • Decision — a choice between two paths: option A, option B, the hidden factor and guidance. Before you turn the cards, decide which path is A and which is B.
   • One question — one specific question, one card. Once a day per person.
5. If you are still unsure, click "Not sure which one to pick?". Say what you want to think about and how much time you have ("Quick" or "I have a moment"). The helper highlights one spread and says why. It is a fixed table, no AI — the choice remains yours.
6. Choose the period. Day, week, month or year — this sets the time the reading looks at.
7. Pick your cards and read the reading. Start from the position, not from what the card means "in general": the same card sounds different as an obstacle and as advice.

What you can explore

• A decision you keep putting off. The "Decision" spread often shows not so much the better option as what is working beneath the surface — a fear, a need, someone else's expectations.
• A relationship after a difficult conversation. The "Tension" and "Advice" positions help you see where to begin the next conversation.
• An intense day. When Today or the transit calendar suggests a spread, take it as an invitation to pause, not as a warning.
• Cards that keep returning. If the same card comes back reading after reading, note it in the journal and look at what those days were about.

Good to know

A reversed card is not a "bad" card — the encyclopedia entry reversed card explains how to read it. You will find the meanings of the Major Arcana there too.

The cards do not predict the future and do not answer "yes" or "no". They are a mirror: they help you look at a matter from another side and notice what is easy to miss. The decision is always yours.