This spread helps when you cannot decide which problem matters most. It explores challenges in personal life, your social circle, family, money, travel, health, leisure and work. It considers how the past influences the present and future, unavoidable obstacles and the eventual outcome.

Set aside distractions and concentrate fully on the reading.

Choose the card that best represents you, the significator, and place it at the lower right in the final row. Lay cards horizontally from left to right: eight in the first row, four in the next and three in the following row. Add one final card beside the significator to form a trapezoid.

Cards 1–7 and 9–11 identify areas where obstacles may arise. Card 8 describes future changes. Cards 12–16 complete the picture and link events to the past and present.

• Card S — the querent's card.

• Card 1 — the querent and possible personal-life difficulties.

• Card 2 — material affairs and money.

• Card 3 — your future social circle and related problems.

• Card 4 — parents and family.

• Card 5 — future leisure activities or warnings about troublesome ones.

• Card 6 — health and precautions.

• Card 7 — future enemies and rivals.

• Card 8 — significant life changes.

• Card 9 — upcoming travel or difficulties on the journey.

• Card 10 — professional life.

• Card 11 — relationships with friends or colleagues.

• Card 12 — serious obstacles or personal-life difficulties.

• Card 13 — how the past affects the present.

• Card 14 — how present experience affects the future.

• Card 15 — unavoidable events.

• Card 16 — the final outcome.