Seven-Card Relationship Spread tarot spread
You, the other person, the bond; then a strength and a friction, the advice and the outcome if it is followed.
- You
- The other person
- The relationship
The 7 positions of the Seven-Card Relationship Spread
- 1You
Your current position in the relationship and the energy you bring.
What is my position in the relationship?
- 2The other person
The other person's position in the relationship and what they bring, as they show themselves.
What is the other person's position?
- 3The bond
The shared field: the quality of the bond between you, beyond the two people.
What is our bond like?
- 4Strength
What works and is worth preserving.
What works between us?
- 5Friction
The difficulty or repeating pattern that tests the relationship.
What tests us?
- 6Advice
The move suggested to the querent for the current phase of the relationship.
What do the cards advise me?
- 7Outcome
The trajectory of the relationship if the advice is followed: a tendency, not a verdict.
Where does the relationship lead if I follow the advice?
How to read the Seven-Card Relationship 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.
- Strength (4) and friction (5) belong to neither of the two people: they belong to the bond.
- You ↔ The other personLe due persone a confronto: come ciascuno sta nella relazione.
- Strength ↔ FrictionForza e attrito: ciò che sostiene e ciò che mette alla prova si leggono insieme.
- Advice ↔ OutcomeIl consiglio e l'esito: la mossa e il suo probabile effetto.
- The bond ↔ OutcomeIl legame e l'esito: se la traiettoria segue la natura del legame.
Origin
The canonical 'relationship spread' of modern cartomancy: the two people, the bond, what works, what chafes, the advice and the outcome.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards does the Seven-Card Relationship Spread use?
The Seven-Card Relationship Spread uses 7 cards: the full 78-card deck.
What do the positions of the Seven-Card Relationship Spread mean?
The positions are: You, The other person, The bond, Strength, Friction, Advice and Outcome. Each card is read as the answer to the question of its position.
How do you read the Seven-Card Relationship 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. Strength (4) and friction (5) belong to neither of the two people: they belong to the bond.
Where does the Seven-Card Relationship Spread come from?
The canonical 'relationship spread' of modern cartomancy: the two people, the bond, what works, what chafes, the advice and the outcome.
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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.
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.
Crossroads SpreadWhere 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.
