Future Telling Tarot Spreads: sneak a peak into the future

Who doesn’t want to know what lies ahead in life? Had there been a time machine, we would have known how tomorrow is going to be. In the absence of such a device, men have resorted to various ways to determine or at least have an idea about the future. Be it astrology or tarot card reading or any other forms of divination, they constitute the most important tools of fortune telling. Future telling tarot spreads have also emerged as one of the popular forms, as everyone is eager to know about how their life is going to be.

All future telling tarot spreads comprise of seventy-eight cards. These cards are laid out in a particular manner. It is known as a tarot spread. The numbers of cards that constitute one spread are pre-determined. There are one card spreads on one hand, while there is also a full tarot deck spread on the other. It makes use of all the seventy-eight cards of the deck in order to prepare a full-fledged report. However, the spreads that are most commonly used for tarot readings are the three card spreads or the five card spreads. A three-card deck is the most simple of them all, easy to interpret. The first card stands for events of the past; the second card signifies the present events and the last and final card stands for future events.

The cards of the Major and the Minor Arcana play an important role in future telling tarot spreads. The cards of the Minor Arcana substantiate the interpretations of the cards of the Major Arcana. Be it cards like the Emperor, the Empress, the High Priestess, the Hanged Man, the Lovers, the Chariot, Death, Temperance and others, they throw light on important aspects of an individual’s life. The cards of the Minor Arcana are divided into four suits known as wands, swords, cups and pentacles. They correspond to four different elements of the universe. In each of the future telling tarot spreads, the cards are first shuffled, then cut and rearranged. The seeker is then asked to pick up cards randomly. The tarot card reader then takes the cards from the seeker and places them in accordance with the tarot-spread pattern.

There are different kinds of future telling tarot spreads. These include the relationship spreads, the Celtic Cross spread, the Nine card tarot spread and the zodiac tarot spreads apart from the regular three card and five card spreads. A five-card spread is often used to determine a solution for a particular situation. The zodiac tarot spread helps to make future predictions on the basis of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The nine-card spread is considered to be highly significant as the number 9 has a greater implication when used in conjunction with tarot cards. Though most of us are interested in tarot cards, only a few manage to learn the details about the tarot decks and spreads. Just go through a book or browse the web, who knows you might as well end up predicting things about your future.