I just made a tarot spread that I’m really happy with
Maybe some of you will like it too.
The break free spread
Deck: Singularity Tarot by Sam Jackson
I’ve been having a bit of a hard time lately. For some reasons I’ve written about recently and others that I won’t get into here, I’ve been feeling a lot of stagnation and powerlessness. A lot of bad shit, a lot of murkiness, and no clear path to make things better. I wanted a spread to figure out how to get unstuck.
Here’s what I came up with. This can really work for any tough situation you’re trying to figure out how to navigate, not just the types of feelings I’ve been dealing with!
Pick your signifier card. I chose 8 of swords to represent my feelings of stuckness, powerlessness, and feeling trapped. This goes in the center of the spread.
Draw two cards and put them above your signifier. They should be diagonal or sideways. Imagine your signifier card trying to fly away and these two blocking its way.
Now draw 3 more cards and put them under the signifier. These are the cards that will give the signifier a boost, helping it to push past the blockers and fly away.
Here’s how I interpreted my spread!
Blockers: 3 of wands and 9 of cups. These were weird to me at first. They’re both such positive cards! But after thinking about it, it actually made a lot of sense.
The 3 of wands is telling me that I’m desperately searching for some action I can take to fix a few situations where the only thing I can actually do is just wait and see how they play out (which also happens to be exactly what I talked about with my therapist in my session today, ugh!). And the 9 of cups is suggesting that maybe I’ve lost a bit of sight of the things that do make me happy, and I should try to find more gratitude for the many good things in my life.
Boosters: these are more straightforward! I can let go of the feelings of stagnation and helplessness by getting support from my friends (3 of cups) and larger community (4 of wands) when I need it, and by finding joy where I can and trusting that things will be okay in the end (The Sun).
Overall the message was a lot different than I was expecting. I thought there would be some suggestion of an action I could take to fix things. Instead the cards reminded me that there are some things I can’t fix, at least not immediately, and the best thing I can do is accept that and do things take care of myself as best I can in the meantime.
Pretty profound stuff. I definitely needed to hear it. For a second time, 12 hours after my therapist told me the exact same thing.
But yeah, that’s the spread! I think it’s pretty flexible; it can really be about anything. You just need to pick a signifier card that most closely matches whatever problem you’re trying to work through.
Please let me know if you try it! I’d love to hear how it went.