01 · Tarot
Love & Relationships
Eleven spreads for the beginning, the middle and the end of a connection - read without assuming who wants what.
Dating & New Connections
Before and after a first meeting, and what an undefined thing actually is.
01.01
Before the First Date
“What should I know before we meet?”
Read what each of you is bringing to a first meeting - hopes, attraction, and what is likely to happen after it. Drawn before you meet, so it reads expectations rather than events.
01.02
After the First Date
“How did that actually go, and is there a second one?”
Five cards for the hours after a first meeting: what really happened in it, what each of you took away, what was left unsaid, and whether there is a next time.
01.03
Why Are We Dating & Where Is It Going?
“What is this, and where is it heading?”
Nine cards for a connection that has started but has not been defined. It reads each person’s motives and feelings separately, then what holds the two together and what is in the way.
01.04
Choose Between Two Partners
“I have feelings for two people. What do I do?”
You at the top, one person down each side, and your own needs and guidance down the middle. It compares two connections on the same three measures instead of asking which person is better.
Existing Relationships
For a relationship already running: dynamics, intentions, and whether it lasts.
01.05
Relationship Dynamics
“What is really going on between us?”
Seven cards for a relationship that is already running: what each of you feels, what each of you is not getting, and the state, the tension and the direction down the middle.
01.06
Relationship Reality & Hidden Intentions
“What is each of us actually planning?”
The difference between what is felt and what is intended. Feelings across the top, intentions below them, and the honest state of the thing, the unspoken part and the near future down the centre.
01.07
Are They Together or Separated?
“Where do we actually stand?”
For the grey zone where the status is unclear. It reads the present status, each side’s feelings, the connection that is actually there, and whether this stabilises or ends.
01.08
Marriage, Happiness or Divorce?
“Does this last, and is it good?”
Built upward like a house: the foundation at the bottom, the two of you and the bond above it, then happiness, hidden problems and risk, and the long view at the top.
Separation & Reconnection
After an ending: what happened, what remains, and whether anything reconnects.
01.09
Reconciliation Potential
“Could we come back from this?”
Seven cards on whether a repair is available: what ended it, where each of you stands now, what still holds, what would have to change, and what trying again would cost.
01.10
Why Did We Separate & Never Reconnect?
“Why did it end, and why has nothing happened since?”
Nine cards that separate the ending from the silence that followed. Each person’s part in the break, each person’s life after it, the barrier between, and what is left unresolved on both sides.
01.11
Does This Person Remember Me?
“Am I still on their mind?”
Seven cards about someone else’s memory of you. It reads as a map of what remains, not as evidence about another person’s private thoughts - and it is worth holding lightly for exactly that reason.