Tarot spreads library
A spread is simply a layout: each place on the table gives its card a question to answer. Here are the spreads you can draw for free on Well Read, with a diagram and every position explained.
Past, Present, Future 3 cards
The classic three-card spread, and the one behind your free daily reading.
- Past: What has shaped the situation
- Present: Where you stand today
- Future: Where things are heading if nothing changes
Love Tarot Spread 5 cards
Five cards for a relationship, a crush or your love life in general.
- You: How you are showing up in love right now
- Them: Their energy, or what you hope for in a partner
- The connection: What links you together
- What helps: Something to lean into
- What to watch: Something to handle with care
Celtic Cross 10 cards
The best-known ten-card spread, for looking at one situation from every side.
- The heart of it: The situation as it stands
- The crossing card: What is helping or getting in the way
- Below: Roots and what lies underneath
- Behind: What is passing out of your life
- Above: Your hopes, or the best that could come of it
- Ahead: What is coming up soon
- You: Your attitude and how you see yourself
- Around you: Other people and your surroundings
- Hopes and fears: What you long for or worry about
- Direction: Where things seem to be heading
Two Paths Decision Spread 5 cards
Five cards to help you think through a choice between two options.
- Where you stand: You at the crossroads
- Path A asks: What the first option asks of you
- Path A may lead: Where the first option could take you
- Path B asks: What the second option asks of you
- Path B may lead: Where the second option could take you
For entertainment only. Cards are drawn at random. Please don't use a reading to make decisions about your health, money or legal matters.