This spread explores hidden potential and how to use it in the future. It examines the influence of past experience, the problems it creates and what it is time to let go of.

Prepare for the ritual. Speak to the deck and shuffle thoroughly while picturing what you do well. Lay out five horizontal rows, bottom to top and left to right: three cards in the first and last rows, two in the second and fourth, and one in the third.

Place all cards face down to form an hourglass. Begin your interpretation, remembering that cards in the same row can influence one another.

• Cards 1, 2, 3 — past events affecting the present.

• Cards 4, 5 — recent situations or people that no longer have meaning for you and may be better left behind.

• Card 6 — the present, the here and now.

• Cards 7, 8 — events in the near future.

• Cards 9, 10, 11 — potential and opportunities in the next six months, arising from accepting the past and learning from the present. Further development depends on you.