Reading a Spread as a Whole

A spread is one sentence written in cards, not a list of separate readings. The first move is always to soften your eyes and see the whole — element balance, Major-vs-Minor weight, repeated numbers, the shape the cards make on the cloth.

Only then read positions. The story you tell from a spread should hold together as a single narrative — if it doesn't, you are still reading cards one by one.

End every reading by asking: what is the one honest thing this spread is pointing at? If you can't say it in a sentence, sit longer with the whole before you speak.