Nine-Card Tarot Spread
When you’re a working Tarot reader, you will eventually find yourself reading in a busy environment like a festival, market, or restaurant. A successful event will provide you with back-to-back clients. Seeing a line of people waiting to read with you is both exciting and daunting, but you shouldn’t let these feelings push you into rushing someone’s reading. Clients are not less deserving of a meaningful message just because they found you in a hectic environment.
Instead, I suggest using a spread that will help you establish a connection quickly by providing a snapshot of the querent's situation. I use a 9-Card spread for efficiency. Other names for this spread are The Portrait, The Box, or 3x3 spread. This spread was popularized by the Lenormand, a different divination system (the Lenormand is not an oracle deck) that originated in France. The symbolism in the Lenormand is more literal, and therefore their spreads allow for more literal interpretations.
The client, or significator, is in the center of the spread. If the person is asking about a specific situation, it will represent the central theme of the situation.
