Sorry I don't know the author of some of these... but here's most of the two/three card spreads that I have collected.
Three Caskets Spread
(From Shakespeare Oracle: Let the Bard Predict Your Future)
1. Gold: What you desire
2. Silver: What you deserve
3. Lead: What you get
Deck of Shadows: "Desire - Defy - Escape" Spread
1) Desire: What you want
2) Defy: What you are fighting against
3) Escape: What you will leave behind
Eowyn's Stroke Of Good Luck Spread
1. Which is going to be your next stroke of luck?
2. How will it happen?
Glass Owl's 2 Card Advice Spread
1. This is what I should take a bit more seriously (embrace)
2. This is what I should take less seriously (let go of)
Rhiannon's Gopher Spread
1. Who have I been?
2. Who am I?
3. Who am I becoming?
Fishing Spread
1. What I offer the universe right now (worm)
2. What I may catch (fish)
3. What I can make with it (meal)
1. The situation
2. Don't do this
3. Do this
1. Problem/Issue
2. What Hinders
3. What Helps
1. Issue
2. Option One
3. Option Two
1. Id
2. Ego
3. Super ego
VoodooGyal's Creativity Spread
1. What skills do I bring?
2. Where I need to focus efforts
3. Benefit gained from skill growth
SaintOfScreams's Daily Spread
1--2-3--(4*)
1. What will be the positive part of my day?
2. What will be my challenge?
3. How do I positively overcome this challenge?
4*. What is one thing I need to do/complete today?
Head, Heart and Hands Spread:
1. What do I need to know today?
2. What do I need to embrace today?
3. What do I need to do today?
Taken from Tarot Dictionary and Compendium by Jana Riley
1-2-3
The Other Person/Yourself/A Third Party
Yes/No/Maybe
What I do to others/What others do to me/Synthesis of both
Person A's Perspective/My Perspective/The Situation (Satori changes to The Situation/Person A Perspective/My Perspective)
Satori Spread
1. Where I am Now
2. Where I am Heading
3. Pitfalls to look out for
Collected by Astraea Aurora:
*male --- female --- neutral
* mother --- father --- child
* thoughts --- words --- actions
* thoughts --- emotions --- desires
* what you want to do --- what you need to do --- what you can do in reality
* inspired by the image of a tree: bottom --- stem --- crown
* light (what's obvious) --- shadow (what's hidden) --- gray (what's real)
* inside --- outside --- advice
* outside --- doorstep --- inside
* inner self --- outer self --- advice
* strengths --- weaknesses --- advice
* blessings of the Gods --- blessings of the ancestors --- blessings of the elements
* what's moving --- what's standing still --- advice
* the key --- the door - the hand moving the key to the door
* querent --- question --- answer
* surface --- below surface --- DNA
* conscious --- subconscious --- depper than subconscious (the core)
* worm (what you offer to the Universe right now) --- fish (what you may catch) --- meal (what you could make out of it) (--> This is definately from AT, I remember finding it in the Reading Exchange.)
* idea --- challenge --- advantage
* challenge --- opportunity --- action
* something well-established --- a new breeze coming in --- how the new breeze improves and lightens the well-established thing
* what I feel --- what I think --- what I'm missing
* what you give --- what you receive --- your thanks
* what you wish for --- what you get ---- what surprises you
* nature of the issue --- cause --- solution
* hope --- inspiration --- guidance
* personal (self) --- interpersonal (relationships) -- transpersonal (humanity or morality) (--> This is by Leisa ReFalo.)
* emotional --- social --- spiritual (--> This is also by Leisa ReFalo.)
* the power to will --- the power to think --- the power to act
* yesterday --- today --- tomorrow
* the face you show --- the face you keep hidden --- your true self
PPF (Past/Present/Future)
Question/Querent/Probable Solution
Body/Mind/Spirit
Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow
Last Week/This Week/Next Week
Last Month/This Month/Next Month
Subconcious/Concious/Superconcious
Yes/No/Maybe
Querent/Partner/Outcome (For Love readings)
Illusion/Knowledge/Magic
Idea/Challenge/Advantage
Challenge/Opportunity/Action
Issue/Action/Outcome
Inner Self/Outer Self/Advice
Illness/remedy/recovery
Situation/Advice/Outcome (Major Tom)
Where I am/Where I need to be/How do I get there (Magecot)
Problem/Solution/Encouragement (Tallarico)
The issue/What is holding me back/What takes me forward (Quantum James)
Red Light/Green Light/Yellow Light Spread
Red Light - Don't do this
Green Light - Go ahead and do this
Yellow Light - Caution/be careful/be aware of this
CPU/Monitor/Keyboard
CPU - Querent's thoughts on the issue
Monitor - How the querent views the issue
Keyboard - What the Q can "input" so the issue will work in their favor
Sun/Moon/Stars
Sun - What you see clearly
Moon - What you're having a hard time seeing.
Stars - What you wish will happen.
I/Love/You
I - How the Q feels about a person or relationship
Love - What the Q loves most about the person or relationship
You - How the Q's partner feel about the Q or their relationship with the Q.
Maiden/Mother/Crone
Maiden - Where or in what the Q or their issue is just starting to develop
Mother - What is in "full bloom" or has a very robust energy.
Crone - What is coming to pass or lessening in energy
Gas/Liquid/Solid (Checking the status of what you're trying to manifest)
Gas - What's still in the form of pure energy or thought in your life/What's "hanging out" in the ethers.
Liquid - What's starting to flow and slowly come into your life.
Solid - What's completely manifested and visible to you.
Child/Parent/Adult
Child - Where in the Q's life they're like a child.
Parent - Where in the Q's life they're like a parent.
Adult - Where in the Q's life they're like an adult.
Sun/Moon/Rising (ascendant)
Sun - Your individuality
Moon - Your inner self
Rising - You outer personality
Found these at
www.hermitsvision.com/tarotspreads.htm1.The Nature of Your Problem
2. The Cause of Your Problem
3. The Solution to Your Problem
1. What You Need to Know About the Problem You Face
2. What You Can Do About It
3. Who or What can Help You
Daily Spread by astronautica
1. What will my challenge for today be?
2. How can I overcome it?
3. What lesson will I learn?
