Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions) tarot spread
Each person's thoughts, feelings and actions, read in mirrored pairs; at the centre the current situation, which is uncovered last.
- You
- The other person
- The relationship
The 7 positions of the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions)
- 1What you think of the other person
Your thoughts about the other person: how you see them and what idea you have formed of the relationship.
What do I think of the other person?
- 2What they think of you
How the other person seems to see you, as a tendency: never a reading of their mind.
What do they seem to think of me?
- 3What you feel
Your feelings toward the other person and toward the relationship.
What do I feel?
- 4What the other person feels
The feelings the other person seems to experience, as a tendency.
What does the other person seem to feel?
- 5What you do
Your behaviour and actions in the relationship.
What do I do?
- 6What the other person does
The other person's behaviour and actions, as they show themselves.
What does the other person do?
- 7The current situation
What is really going on between you, in the light of everything else: read last. It shows the nature of the bond and the obstacles.
What is going on between us?
How to read the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions)
- 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 are read in mirrored pairs (thoughts, feelings, actions) and compared with each other.
- The current situation (7) sits at the centre, is uncovered last and sums up: it shows the nature of the bond and the obstacles between the people.
- What you think of the other person ↔ What they think of youI pensieri a confronto: ciò che pensi e ciò che sembra pensare l'altra persona.
- What you feel ↔ What the other person feelsI sentimenti a confronto: dove coincidono e dove divergono.
- What you do ↔ What the other person doesLe azioni a confronto: se ciò che fate va nella stessa direzione.
- What you feel ↔ What you doIl tuo sentire e il tuo fare: se sei coerente con ciò che provi.
- What the other person feels ↔ What the other person doesIl sentire e il fare dell'altra persona, come tendenza.
Origin
A symmetrical spread from the Italian tradition for relationships: the cards are read in mirrored pairs, and the central one last.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards does the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions) use?
The Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions) uses 7 cards: the full 78-card deck.
What do the positions of the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions) mean?
The positions are: What you think of the other person, What they think of you, What you feel, What the other person feels, What you do, What the other person does and The current situation. Each card is read as the answer to the question of its position.
How do you read the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions)?
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 are read in mirrored pairs (thoughts, feelings, actions) and compared with each other. The current situation (7) sits at the centre, is uncovered last and sums up: it shows the nature of the bond and the obstacles between the people.
Where does the Station for Two (Thoughts, Feelings, Actions) come from?
A symmetrical spread from the Italian tradition for relationships: the cards are read in mirrored pairs, and the central one last.
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.
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.
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.
