10 cards · 60 Grain

The Cross

Ten cards. The long one.

When to use it

When one question has been sitting on you for months and you want all of it laid out at once.

What it will not do

Ten cards will say more than you can act on. Take two things out of it, not ten.

The positions

1. The heartWhat the question is actually about.
2. What crosses itThe thing cutting across it — help or obstacle, both read the same way here.
3. BeneathThe root you did not choose.
4. BehindWhat has just passed and is still warm.
5. AboveWhat you are holding up as the goal — which may not be the real one.
6. AheadThe next thing to arrive, near enough to prepare for.
7. How you standThe stance you are taking, seen from outside.
8. What surroundsThe conditions around you that you do not control.
9. What you fear or hopeThe two are usually the same card here.
10. Where it landsThe shape it takes if nothing is forced — not a verdict.