3 Card Tarot Spread ~ Past, Present, Future

Card 1 – Past
- Energies and events that are in the past yet still effect you
- How your past either holds you back (blocks) or helps you move forward (growth)
- What you need to take from the past and use to your advantage today

Card 2 – Present
- What is going on for you right now
- The energy of the present moment
- Opportunities and challenges that are currently being presented to you

Card 3 – Future
- Outcome of situation
- The direction that things seem to be moving in
- What you are wanting
Look closer at each card and ask yourself what it represents:
Some possibilities are:
- A person in your life
- A situation
- Your emotions / feelings
- Your thoughts
- You and the way you are approaching things
- A new way of seeing things
- A possible solution
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Major Arcana
Wands
Cups
Swords
Disks
Random Computer Generated Cards for Your Spread:
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II – The High Priestess
Drive: The desire to find the inner sources, the own springs
Light: Being one with the beginning of all, aware of the wisdom from the subconscious, intuitive knowledge, patience
Shadow: Dreaming, changing moods, doubts, ignoring of reality
Keywords: Moon, Road to Intuitive Forces, Healing, Independence, Internal Balance, Enhanced Self-Confidence
Two of Swords – Peace
Drive: Peace, arrangement of differences, a good compromise between soul and mind
Light: Beginning of analysis, balanced force, contradictory characteristics in the same nature
Shadow: Difference, disagreement, opposites calmed down by cold logic only, unsolved tensions
Keywords: Moon in Libra, inner peace, decision-making, decisions on relationships or situations that result in peace.
IX – The Hermit
Drive: Retiring from life, retreat from the masses, looking into one’s self, introversion
Light: Wisdom, realization, mental maturity, the inner light
Shadow: Numbness, loneliness, bitterness
Keywords: Virgo, finding our own inner light, moving inward, fertility, perfection, finishing, harvesting, being at peace in our inner center, wise leader
Seven of Wands – Valour
Drive: Courage, fighting spirit, overcoming opposition
Light: Initiation, rebirth
Shadow: Getting attacked, facing hardships
Keywords: Mars in Lion, courage, boldness, effect, risk-taking, no compromise
VI – The Lovers
Drive: Devotion, melting into one another, being one with it, love
Light: Full-hearted confession, trust, optimism
Shadow: Displacement, repression, giving up on one’s self
Keywords: Gemini, love, attraction, rapprochement, relationship, relationship, dissolution of contradictions in love, becoming conscious through human relationships
Princess of Disks
Drive: Creation, growth, birth, making
Light: Generosity, kindness, love, faith, sensitivity and concentration
Shadow: Wasteful, prodigal, illogical, stubborn, all too dependent and changeable in her opinions
Keywords: earthly aspect of the earth, pregnancy, Mother Earth, birth, renewal, harmony
Queen of Wands
Drive: Motion and transformation
Light: Independence, honor, spiritual visons, passion, adaptability
Shadow: Intolerance, despotism, jealousy, reckless passion
Keywords: water aspect of fire, self-knowledge, change, sympathy
Seven of Cups – Debauch
Drive: Delusion, desire, ecstasy, neutralized victory, illusionary success, lying error, promises unfilled, drunkeness, violence, selfish dissipation, deception in love and friendship, success often gained but not followed up.
Light: Realization of false promises and hapless hopes, sobering
Shadow: Drunkeness of mind, getting lost in illusions, wrath, vanity
Keywords: Venus in Scorpio, high activity, annoyance, disgust
IV – The Emperor
Drive: Mastery of the will over nature, a sense for law and order, plan and structure
Light: Creation, recognition, stability, realism, responsiveness
Shadow: Despotism, complacency, poorness of feelings, lack of fantasy; rationalism as a prison
Keywords: Aries, Pioneering, Discovery, Leadership, Initiative, Creative Wisdom, Outstanding Leadership, Call to Action, Boldness, New Beginnings, Paternity, Authority, Tenderness, Desire for Adventure
XIII – The Death
Drive: Death and Rebirth, end and begin, transformation and metamorphosis, inner wisdom, consequence
Light: Make place for something new, get rid of old loads and achieve new spaces
Shadow: Fear, loss
Keywords: Scorpio, death and rebirth, transformation, scorpion-snake eagle, liberation from old temptations, external changes, passing away, renewal
Card 1 – Past
- Energies and events that are in the past yet still effect you
- How your past either holds you back (blocks) or helps you move forward (growth)
- What you need to take from the past and use to your advantage today
Ace of Wands
Drive: The wish to create
Light: sudden illumination, enthusiasm, inspiration, creativity, spiritual hunger, vigor, energy
Keywords: fire, high or strong energy, transformation
Eight of Wands – Swiftness
Drive: Excessive force applied to suddenly, very rapid rush, violent but not lasting
Light: Progression, ideas, creativity, motion, changes, development
Shadow: Rashness, thoughtlessness, rapacious, insolent, jealousy
Keywords: Mercury in Sagittarius, clear, direct, fast communication, clearing up misunderstanding
VI – The Lovers
Drive: Devotion, melting into one another, being one with it, love
Light: Full-hearted confession, trust, optimism
Shadow: Displacement, repression, giving up on one’s self
Keywords: Gemini, love, attraction, rapprochement, relationship, relationship, dissolution of contradictions in love, becoming conscious through human relationships
Seven of Swords – Futility
Drive: List, trickery, cleverness
Light: Unmasking of illusions and disguises
Shadow: Treachery, deceit, illusion, amorality, evil tricks
Keywords: Moon in Aquarius, discouragement, despair, unsteadiness, fear of existence, negative expectations
Nine of Swords – Cruelty
Drive: Going into the depths of a subject, with all consequences
Light: Facing up facts, realizing truth
Shadow: Cruelty, pain, despair, lack of pity
Keywords: Mars in Gemini, cruelty towards yourself and others, self-accusation, self-punishment, self-torture, heartless passion, bigotry, revenge, martyrdom
Princess of Disks
Drive: Creation, growth, birth, making
Light: Generosity, kindness, love, faith, sensitivity and concentration
Shadow: Wasteful, prodigal, illogical, stubborn, all too dependent and changeable in her opinions
Keywords: earthly aspect of the earth, pregnancy, Mother Earth, birth, renewal, harmony
Prince of Swords
Drive: Idealism, intellectual agility
Light: Creativity, rich of ideas, intelligence, mastery of words
Shadow: Harsh, malicious, unreliable, cheating, crude
Keywords: airborne aspect of the air, creative thinking, cutting through all complex, backward issues, getting rid of limited thoughts and models, clear perception
Princess of Cups
Drive: The exploring of the inner worlds
Light: Intuition, sensibility, tenderness, fantasy, dreamy imagination
Shadow: Faking, abuse of feelings, selfish, luxurious, deviation, a flatterer
Keywords: earthly aspect of water, emotional freedom, overcoming jealousy, self-confidence
Four of Disks – Power
Drive: Stability, security, gain
Light: Assured material gain, rank, success, wealth, productivity
Shadow: Fear of loss, avarice, greed for more, over-estimation of material wealth
Keywords: Sun in Capricorn, domination, openness
Seven of Disks – Failure
Drive: Resignation, impatience
Light: The ability to wait
Shadow: Failure, disappointment, uneasiness, overhasty, stupid actions, unwise investments
Keywords: Saturn in Taurus, restraint, hesitation, resignation, hesitation, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, fear of failure
Card 2 – Present
- What is going on for you right now
- The energy of the present moment
- Opportunities and challenges that are currently being presented to you
Two of Wands – Dominion
Drive: Courage, determination, the will to conquer
Light: Power, creativity
Shadow: Destruction, shamelessness, revenge, restlessness
Keywords: Mars in Aries, warlike energy, dynamic pioneer, domination of the situation
XVIII – The Moon
Drive: Entering the underworld, exploring the depths of soul, confrontation with the dark side
Light: Intuitively, wisdom, maturity, deepest self-realization
Shadow: Illusion, hysteria, fear, rejection of reality
Keywords: Pisces, Final Trial, Bad Turns, Illusion, Delusions, Karma Fulfillment, Facing the Unconscious, Threshold for New Levels of Consciousness
III – The Empress
Drive: Devotion and maternity, Mother Nature, creating something new in connection of both inside and outside
Light: Maternity, love, trust, fluffiness, the joy of great abundance
Shadow: Greed, envy, jealousy, laziness
Keywords: Venus, beauty, love, motherhood, femininity, wisdom, the relationship of spirit and matter, inner and outer riches
XI – The Passion -Lust
Drive: Energy, passion, charisma, joy of life
Light: Power, vitality, unconditional devotion
Shadow: Weakness, dissatisfaction, depression
Keywords: Lion zodiac sign; passion, multidimensional creativity, talent, power, animal energy; overcoming old fears and innuendo
Six of Swords – Science
Drive: All-embracing thinking, science, research
Light: Success after anxiety and trouble, search for truth
Shadow: Too much rationalism, distrust
Keywords: Mercury in Aquarius, analytical skills, ability to unite thoughts, all-round vision, all-inclusive understanding, objectivity
XXI – The Universe
Drive: Entirety and competition, harmony between spirit and body
Light: Being home in one’s self, inner independence, the ‘mental paradise’
Shadow: False visions, being on a street to nowhere
Keywords: Saturn, completion, cosmic union, liberation from bondage, closure of karma
XVII – The Star
Drive: The guiding light, living the moment, confidence in nature and life
Light: Creative hopes, optimism, trust
Shadow: Destructive hopes, illusions
Keywords: Aquarius, stimulation, crystallization, self-knowledge, radiance, clairvoyance, self-confidence, relation to universal intelligence
XII – The Hanged Man
Drive: Devotion, acceptance of fate, maturity
Light: Overcoming the ego, changing life, a new sight of the world
Shadow: Standstill, rejection, loss of perspective
Keywords: congealment, ending a stuck situation or relationship, releasing, giving up, giving up, learning to see from a new perspective, the need to break old patterns of behavior
Seven of Disks – Failure
Drive: Resignation, impatience
Light: The ability to wait
Shadow: Failure, disappointment, uneasiness, overhasty, stupid actions, unwise investments
Keywords: Saturn in Taurus, restraint, hesitation, resignation, hesitation, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, fear of failure
Queen of Wands
Drive: Motion and transformation
Light: Independence, honor, spiritual visons, passion, adaptability
Shadow: Intolerance, despotism, jealousy, reckless passion
Keywords: water aspect of fire, self-knowledge, change, sympathy
Card 3 – Future
- Outcome of situation
- The direction that things seem to be moving in
- What you are wanting