Ten cards that map a whole situation: its core, its roots, where it is heading and what you bring to it. The most complete spread we offer, for questions that deserve more than a quick hint.
The Celtic Cross is read in three parts. The two crossed cards in the middle are the heart of the matter. The four cards around them show how the situation grew and where it can go. The column on the right shows you, the people around you and the overall direction.
The heart of what is happening now: the main energy of the matter you are asking about.
The card laid across the first. The main obstacle or tension, or something that needs to be faced and worked into the picture. It is not automatically a bad card.
The deeper root of the situation: what it grew from, often something you do not look at every day.
An event or mood that came just before the present and still shapes it.
The best that is possible here: what you can aim for and what is within reach.
The next step the situation is likely to take if things keep moving the way they are now.
How you see yourself in this situation, and how you react to it and take part in it.
Other people and outside circumstances: what supports you and what pulls in another direction.
What you hope for and what you are afraid of here. Often the two are closer to each other than they seem.
Where the whole situation tends to go if nothing changes. A tendency to notice, not a fixed fate.