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A Six Card Reading

Birthday Tarot Spread

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A 6-card tarot spread for the year ahead, traditionally drawn on or near your birthday. The cards reflect on where you stand as the year turns, what you're releasing, the lessons you've earned, the gift this year offers, the challenge to embrace, and the energy of the months to come.

Your Reading

What is the Birthday Spread?

The birthday spread is a six-card year-ahead reading drawn on or near your birthday. It takes stock of where you stand, what you're releasing from the year past, the lessons earned, the gift this year offers, the challenge to face, and the energy of the months to come. A personal new-year ritual, drawn whenever your own cycle turns over.

Birthday Spread Positions Explained

  1. I
    Where You Are — Your standing as the year turns, the foundation of this birthday.
  2. II
    Releasing — What to leave behind from the year just past.
  3. III
    Lessons Learned — The wisdom you've earned, the part of last year that becomes part of you.
  4. IV
    The Year's Gift — What this year offers, the opportunity ahead.
  5. V
    The Challenge — What this year asks you to face, the growth-edge of the next twelve months.
  6. VI
    Year Ahead — The energy of the months to come, the tone of the year.

The Birthday Spread Layout

IWhere
IIReleasing
IIILessons
IVYear's Gift
VChallenge
VIYear Ahead