Crossroads Spread tarot spread
Where you are and what brought you here, then two roads: for each the energy, the challenge and the outcome. It is for understanding, not for making the cards choose.
- The relationship
- The two paths · A
- The two paths · B
The 8 positions of the Crossroads Spread
- 1Where you are
The point where the couple stands now, facing the choice.
Where are we right now?
- 2What brought you here
The events and choices that brought the couple to this crossroads.
What brought us here?
- 3Road A: energy
The energy that moves at once if the couple takes road A.
What energy does road A have?
- 4Road A: challenge
The main difficulty road A would bring.
What challenge does road A bring?
- 5Road A: outcome
Where road A leads, as a tendency.
Where does road A lead?
- 6Road B: energy
The energy that moves at once if the couple takes road B.
What energy does road B have?
- 7Road B: challenge
The main difficulty road B would bring.
What challenge does road B bring?
- 8Road B: outcome
Where road B leads, as a tendency.
Where does road B lead?
How to read the Crossroads 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 cards describe the two roads and do not choose between them: the decision stays with the couple.
- Read starting from the past (2), then the present (1); then each road in full, from the energy to the outcome.
- Road A: energy ↔ Road B: energyLe due energie iniziali a confronto: come si presentano subito le due strade.
- Road A: challenge ↔ Road B: challengeLe due sfide a confronto: quale costo porta ciascuna strada.
- Road A: outcome ↔ Road B: outcomeI due esiti a confronto: dove condurrebbero, come tendenze.
Origin
The 'crossroads': a forked spread, widely used for moments of decision, with two roads starting from one point.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards does the Crossroads Spread use?
The Crossroads Spread uses 8 cards: the full 78-card deck.
What do the positions of the Crossroads Spread mean?
The positions are: Where you are, What brought you here, Road A: energy, Road A: challenge, Road A: outcome, Road B: energy, Road B: challenge and Road B: outcome. Each card is read as the answer to the question of its position.
How do you read the Crossroads 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 cards describe the two roads and do not choose between them: the decision stays with the couple. Read starting from the past (2), then the present (1); then each road in full, from the energy to the outcome.
Where does the Crossroads Spread come from?
The 'crossroads': a forked spread, widely used for moments of decision, with two roads starting from one point.
More spreads of the same kind
You and the other person at the sides; on the vertical axis the roots of the bond, the present and the future. Five Major Arcana, all chosen.
Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions)Each person's thoughts, feelings and actions, read in mirrored pairs; at the centre the current situation, which is uncovered last.
Seven-Card Relationship SpreadYou, the other person, the bond; then a strength and a friction, the advice and the outcome if it is followed.
Relationship Mirror SpreadHow you see the other person and how they see themselves, what they represent to you and what you represent to them; in the middle the obstacles, then strengths and the probable result.
