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:
( If you get a duplicated navigate left or right one card )
XVI – The Tower
Drive: Breaking up structures, destroying the old, getting rid of obsolete loads
Light: Sudden realization of the truth, the will to change old ways, to recreate life and start something new
Shadow: Blind destruction
Keywords: Mars, profound transformation, healing, old destroys to make room for new, spiritual renewal, self-knowledge
Princess of Wands
Drive: Passion, joy of life
Light: Enthusiasm, courage, beauty
Shadow: Greed, arrogance, poverty of true feelings, superficial, theatrical, cruelty, instability, domineering, a gossip
Keywords: earthly aspect of fire, getting rid of fear, new beginnings, optimism, increased perception
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
Three of Swords – Sorrow
Drive: Melancholy, facing up a painful truth
Light: Understanding, sobering, losing beautiful but false illusions
Shadow: Disappointment, pain, sadness, separation, sorrows
Keywords: Saturn in Libra, annoyances, doubts, lack of light, lethargy, jealousy, depression, tripartite obsession, troubles, uncertainty, anxiety
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
Nine of Wands – Strength
Drive: Spiritual truth, realization
Light: Combination of the consciousness with the unconsciousness, great success but with strife and energy, victory preceded by apprehension and fear
Shadow: Conflicts, Contradictions
Keywords: Sun in Sagittarius, power, perfection from the combination of conscious and unconscious energies
Knight of Swords
Drive: Intellect, science, enlightenment
Light: Sharpness of mind, logic, intellect
Shadow: Coldness, Zionism, ambiguity
Keywords: airy fiery aspect, goal oriented, ambition, passion, ambition, flexible thinking
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
Four of Swords – Truce
Drive: Manifestation, balance of powers
Light: A chance to reflect, a rest from fighting, tolerance, generosity
Shadow: Cold truce which means no peace at all, isolation, forced restriction
Keywords: Jupiter in Libra, tranquility, focus, mental purification, integration, expansion, expansion, balance, clarity
THE THREE OF WANDS
Drive: Creativity, the will to begin, striving towards a goal
Light: Accomplishment, confidence, harmony of powers, pride, nobility
Shadow: Moodiness, overestimation of one’s self, conceit, rudeness, insolence, obstinacy, treachery pride, nobility
Keywords: Aries Day, Virtue, Integrity, Straightness, Honesty, Self-Confidence, Restart
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
I -The Magician
Drive: Self-realization, a strong will, the energy to have one’s way
Light: Activity, power of life, impulse, energy
Shadow: Aggressively, egoism, the abuse of power
Keywords: Mercury, communication, fun, easy communication with all possible forms of communication, flexibility, sharpness, genius
0 – The Fool
Drive: Changes, movement, the innocence of a child
Light: The positive break up of structures and limitations, selfless idealism, endless fantasy, optimism, trust to instincts
Shadow: The negative loss of structures, useless daydreaming, infantility
Keywords: Openness, trust, risk-taking, loyalty to ourselves, freedom, independence, creativity, performance, leapfrogging, follow-up of the heart.
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
XIV – The Art
Drive: Dissolve and combine
Light: Balance and harmony, fulfillment, creation, peace
Shadow: Getting into extremes, splitting up and tearing apart
Keywords: Sagittarius, reconciliation of contradictions, balance, inner change, transformation, alchemy, creative power, quality change
Eight of Cups – Indolence
Drive: Temporary success, but without further result, things thrown aside as soon as gained, nothing of lasting value, journey from place to place, searching for riches
Light: Transformation
Shadow: Depression, suicidal, whining, instability
Keywords: Saturn in Pisces, restraint, restraint, uncertainty, emotional inhibition, laziness, swamp, need for clear distinctions
Three of Cups – Abundance
Drive: Pleasure, healing, sensuality, conception
Light: Good luck, joy, satisfaction, passive success
Shadow: Greed, raw lust, excessive pleasure, over-abundance
Keywords: Mercury in Cancer, giving and receiving love, rare, valuable feelings and perceptions that can be passed on in confidence
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
Six of Cups – Pleasure
Drive: close, deep emotions,
Light: Balance and harmony through the return to the inner sources
Shadow: Mental standstill, being afraid to move to not lose the current values
Keywords: Sun in Scorpio, desire, enjoyment, pleasure in sexual relationships, rich in sexual and love-energy-giving, emotional renewal, sensuality
Nine of Disks – Gain
Drive: Wealth, well-being
Light: Material happiness, gain, riches
Shadow: Greed for more, materialistic thinking, dissipation, abuse, exploitation
Keywords: Venus in Virgo, Growth, Growth, Profit, Cuff of Love, Wisdom, Creativity, The More I Give The More I Get
Eight of Disks – Prudence
Drive: Consideration, prudence
Light: Realisation of coherences, ability to wait for the right moment
Shadow: Penny-wise and pound-foolish, hoarding, stagnity, immovableness
Keywords: Sun in Virgo, inner and outer riches, wisdom, development, care, caution
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
V – The Hierophant
Drive: Search for hidden truths, trust in inner instincts
Light: Wisdom and knowledge as an experience independent from dogmatism and science
Shadow: Intolerance, esoteric nonsense
Keywords: Taurus, Spiritual Leader, Teacher, Counselor, Initiate, Inner Leader, Supreme Transformation, Spiritual Father
Four of Cups – Luxury
Drive: Emotional richness, stability of feelings, love without risk
Light: Maternity, protection
Shadow: Possessive ‘love’, restriction of others in order to satisfy one’s self, or just for wrong intentions
Keywords: Moon in Cancer, love, tenderness, emotional richness, care
XIV – The Art
Drive: Dissolve and combine
Light: Balance and harmony, fulfillment, creation, peace
Shadow: Getting into extremes, splitting up and tearing apart
Keywords: Sagittarius, reconciliation of contradictions, balance, inner change, transformation, alchemy, creative power, quality change
XVI – The Tower
Drive: Breaking up structures, destroying the old, getting rid of obsolete loads
Light: Sudden realization of the truth, the will to change old ways, to recreate life and start something new
Shadow: Blind destruction
Keywords: Mars, profound transformation, healing, old destroys to make room for new, spiritual renewal, self-knowledge
Nine of Wands – Strength
Drive: Spiritual truth, realization
Light: Combination of the consciousness with the unconsciousness, great success but with strife and energy, victory preceded by apprehension and fear
Shadow: Conflicts, Contradictions
Keywords: Sun in Sagittarius, power, perfection from the combination of conscious and unconscious energies
Prince of Wands
Drive: Activity, energy, impulsiveness
Light: Energy, creativity, passion, swift, strong, rather violent
Shadow: Restlessness, impatience, destructive powers, cruel, intolerant, prejudiced
Keywords: airy aspect of fire, intensity, flourishing love, intuitive creativity, from darkness to light
Knight of Cups
Drive: Self-sacrifice, self-redemption, grace, poetry
Light: Compassion, solicitousness, sensibility
Shadow: Seducability, vanity, unsteadiness, sentimental obtrusiveness, artificial, untruthfulness
Keywords: fiery aspect of water, surrender to loved one, ability to give, reaching higher emotional levels, spiritual relationships, family of choice
I -The Magician
Drive: Self-realization, a strong will, the energy to have one’s way
Light: Activity, power of life, impulse, energy
Shadow: Aggressively, egoism, the abuse of power
Keywords: Mercury, communication, fun, easy communication with all possible forms of communication, flexibility, sharpness, genius
Knight of Swords
Drive: Intellect, science, enlightenment
Light: Sharpness of mind, logic, intellect
Shadow: Coldness, Zionism, ambiguity
Keywords: airy fiery aspect, goal oriented, ambition, passion, ambition, flexible thinking
Eight of Cups – Indolence
Drive: Temporary success, but without further result, things thrown aside as soon as gained, nothing of lasting value, journey from place to place, searching for riches
Light: Transformation
Shadow: Depression, suicidal, whining, instability
Keywords: Saturn in Pisces, restraint, restraint, uncertainty, emotional inhibition, laziness, swamp, need for clear distinctions
Card 3 – Future
- Outcome of situation
- The direction that things seem to be moving in
- What you are wanting