Seven-Card Compatibility Spread tarot spread
What you seek, what the other person seeks, similarities and differences, and then emotional, physical and mental compatibility.
- You
- The other person
- The relationship
The 7 positions of the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread
- 1What you seek
What you look for in a bond: the needs, wishes and expectations with which you present yourself.
What am I looking for in this bond?
- 2What the other person seeks
What the other person looks for in a bond, as it shows in their attitudes.
What is the other person looking for?
- 3Similarities
The common ground: what you share and what makes it easy to understand each other.
Where are we alike?
- 4Differences
Where you diverge: the points where you need to meet halfway.
Where are we different?
- 5Emotional compatibility
How far your feelings and emotional needs are in tune.
How do our feelings fit together?
- 6Physical compatibility
The understanding of the bodies: attraction, presence, the way of being close.
How is the understanding between our bodies?
- 7Mental compatibility
The understanding of the minds: dialogue, values, mutual stimulation.
How do our minds fit together?
How to read the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread
- Kings, Queens, Knights and Pages point to energies and attitudes, not to the gender of the people.
- The cards speak about the querent and the relationship: what concerns the other person is a tendency, not a reading of their mind.
- The three compatibilities (5, 6, 7) correspond to the three planes, heart, body and mind, and are read as a whole.
- What you seek ↔ What the other person seeksCiò che cerca ciascuno si legge in confronto: la distanza fra i due desideri è il primo dato.
- Similarities ↔ DifferencesSomiglianze e differenze si leggono insieme: le une sostengono il legame, le altre lo mettono alla prova.
- Emotional compatibility ↔ Physical compatibilityEmozione e corpo: quanto sentimento e attrazione vanno nella stessa direzione.
- Physical compatibility ↔ Mental compatibilityCorpo e mente: quanto l'intesa fisica è sostenuta da quella del dialogo.
- Emotional compatibility ↔ Mental compatibilityCuore e mente: se ciò che sentite e ciò che pensate si accordano.
Origin
The most widespread compatibility spread: what each person is looking for, where you are alike and where you are not, and the three dimensions of affinity.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards does the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread use?
The Seven-Card Compatibility Spread uses 7 cards: the full 78-card deck.
What do the positions of the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread mean?
The positions are: What you seek, What the other person seeks, Similarities, Differences, Emotional compatibility, Physical compatibility and Mental compatibility. Each card is read as the answer to the question of its position.
How do you read the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread?
Kings, Queens, Knights and Pages point to energies and attitudes, not to the gender of the people. The cards speak about the querent and the relationship: what concerns the other person is a tendency, not a reading of their mind. The three compatibilities (5, 6, 7) correspond to the three planes, heart, body and mind, and are read as a whole.
Where does the Seven-Card Compatibility Spread come from?
The most widespread compatibility spread: what each person is looking for, where you are alike and where you are not, and the three dimensions of affinity.
More spreads of the same kind
You, the other person and the dynamic between you: the essential snapshot of a bond, read with the 22 Major Arcana.
Nine-Card Compatibility SpreadA grid of nine cards: central energy, emotional compatibility, each person's contribution, strengths, challenges, long-term potential and the hidden influences.
Soulmate Spread (Kindred Souls)Each person's lessons, why you met, what you mirror in each other, the karmic theme, the phase you are in and the potential over time.
