Tarot spreads for the year ahead
A year-ahead reading is less a forecast than a map of the terrain you’re walking into — the themes of each season, where the pressure and the openings sit. Read it as patterns in motion, not fixed events. These layouts run from a four-card quarter to a full thirteen-card year.
Year-Quarter Pull
4 cards · beginner
A four-card spread for the four seasons of the coming year — or the four quarters from the moment of reading. Lighter than the 13-card Year Ahead but offers a clear seasonal arc.
Wheel of the Year Sabbat Check-in
5 cards · intermediate
A five-card spread for any of the eight Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year (Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon). Frames the cards by what the seasonal moment is asking of the seeker.
Year Ahead Spread
13 cards · advanced
A twelve-card spread for the twelve months ahead, plus a thirteenth synthesis card. Best done at the new year, on a birthday, or at major thresholds.
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