Horse Shoe Spread

Difficulty: Easy
The Horse Shoe is a classic tarot spread. It is more advanced than the three-card reading, yet simpler than most other spreads. It is a versatile method that can be used for most queries, though there are other spreads which would go into more depth. Like the simple Past, Present, and Future spread, it contains these cards in positions #1, #2, and #7, but also has four other tarot cards that help the reader understand how to deal with the future better. The cards are to be read as follows:
- The Past: Past events affecting the question.
- The Present: The current state or approaching influence.
- Hidden Influences: Things the reader may not be aware of (or barely be aware of).
- Obstacles: This is the challenge: obstacles may be avoided or may have to be dealt with.
- External Influences: Attitudes and thoughts regarding people around the reader.
- Suggestions: Recommended course of action.
- Outcome: The result of following the suggestions.
Your Horse Shoe Reading
Obstacle![]() 3 of Wands |
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Hidden Influences![]() The Empress |
External Influences![]() Page of Wands |
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The Present![]() 10 of Pentacles |
Suggestion![]() 4 of Wands |
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The Past![]() The Sun |
The Outcome![]() 5 of Cups |
The Past represents past events that are affecting the question.
The Sun
Damn bright thing always vomiting heat and blinding light onto the populous. The artist of this deck isn't a fan.
The Present represents the current state or immediately approaching influence.
10 of Pentacles
The tree of life doesn't play out flawlessly like it does in the diagrams. It's actually far more distorted than that. Don't mistake the map for the territory and follow books blindly.
Hidden Influences - Things that you may not be aware of, or barely be aware of.
The Empress
Regime change in action, it happens more in the sewers than the senates. One goes out, another comes in.
Obstacle - This is the challenge.
3 of Wands
Two wands to keep them rowing in circles past death, one wand to put an end to it.
External Influences - Attitudes about this situation from people around the querent.
Page of Wands
If you're going to use a pool stick, first be sure that you aren't one of the balls.
Suggestion - The recommended course of action.
4 of Wands
If you lost the means to do what you will, try retracing your steps. You had them before, you should be able to find them again. Unless they fell into the sewer, that would totally suck.
The Outcome - What will happen if the suggestion is followed.
5 of Cups
The problem with a hand of glory is that wax melts and glory fades.