Beyond the Three-Card Spread

Lesson 5 of 6 · ~2 min

Timing questions: where tarot struggles

Most readers agree tarot is bad at "when". The deck has no calendar.

If you must ask timing, use these soft conventions:

  • Wands — fast, days to weeks
  • Swords — moderate, weeks
  • Cups — slow, weeks to months
  • Pentacles — very slow, months to seasons
  • Majors — archetypal time, not clock time

But honestly, a better question than "when" is "what needs to happen first?" You'll get a much more useful answer.