Tarot · General & Overview · 5 cards · moderate

Five-Card Cross

A cross of five: present, past, future, reason, and potential.

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Best for

A situation that has outgrown three cards but does not need the full ten.

Origin

A standard step up from the three-card line; the core of the Celtic Cross.

The positions

  1. 1

    Present

    What is at the centre of this now?

  2. 2

    Past

    What recent thing still shapes it?

  3. 3

    Future

    What is coming next?

  4. 4

    Reason

    Why is this happening, and what is the root?

  5. 5

    Potential

    What could this become at its best?

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Five-Card Cross

Tarot · 5 cards

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Present
2
Past
3
Future
4
Reason
5
Potential

Spreads are a way of framing a question, offered for reflection and entertainment. Nothing here predicts the future. See the Terms.