Tarot layouts

Unleash Your Inner Psychic: Create a Personal Tarot Card Layout

Design or adapt, it’s up to you

Cards from the Light Seer’s Tarot. Photo by author.

You know how important it is to connect with your cards and to relax and tune into your intuition. But what about the spread you have chosen? Do you feel in alignment with it, or does it feel overwhelming? Sometimes, using a spread created by someone else seems impersonal and hard to relate to the question.

The answer is to create your own spreads.

There are two ways you can create a personal spread. The first is to design it from scratch. The second is to modify an existing spread. I tend to use the former when using a few cards and the second when I’m doing an in-depth reading with ten or more cards.

Designing a Tarot Spread

• Clarify your intention. What specific information do you want to know? It might be a deep dive into a tricky situation, or it could be a more general view of a broader area, such as relationships or career.
• How many cards do you want to use? You will probably have to firm this up once you have decided on the integral questions/card positions.
• Choose the positions. To be honest, what pattern you lay them out in is not as important as remembering…