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I don’t know
what to do…

A simple 3-card tarot spread for when your heart and head disagree.

Fox and Ferret explore three face-down cards beneath the title I don’t know what to do.
Fox and Ferret with examples of when to reach for tarot: love, crossroads, changing chapters and shared curiosity.

When might you reach for the cards?

Tarot meets you in more moments than you think. Here are a few…

  • Love has you wondering… Is this something I want to deepen?
  • You’re standing at a crossroads… Do I stay, go, begin, or wait?
  • A chapter is changing… A birthday. A new year. A new home. A new beginning.
  • Or you’re together and curious… A hen night, birthday, dinner with friends…
Three cards in a row: what’s really here, what am I not seeing, and what helps me move forward.

The 3-card spread

A simple way to move from confusion to clarity.

  1. 1

    What’s really here?

    What is happening beneath my hopes, fears or assumptions?

  2. 2

    What am I not seeing?

    What deserves my attention?

  3. 3

    What helps me move forward?

    What can I understand, ask, change or choose?

Think of your question. Shuffle. Draw three.
Look, feel and connect: Fox notices a card while Ferret peers over a tarot guidebook.

You turn over the cards… now what?

Before you reach for the guidebook, try this.

  1. 1

    Look

    What catches your eye first? A person? A colour? A symbol? A detail?

  2. 2

    Feel

    What was your immediate reaction? Comfort? Excitement? Unease? Confusion?

  3. 3

    Connect

    Return to the question you asked. What might this image be saying about it?

An upright and a reversed Star card with Fox sitting and Ferret lying on its back.

Upright, reversed… or neither?

Upright

Often read as the card’s energy being expressed more directly or outwardly.

Reversed

Some readers see the same energy as blocked, delayed, internalised, excessive or asking for attention.

Neither

And some readers don’t use reversals at all. They read the card through its position, surrounding cards, imagery, question and intuition instead.

There isn’t one compulsory way to read tarot.
Relationship example: The Lovers, Seven of Swords and Temperance in the three spread positions.

Let’s read together

Question: Should I commit to this relationship?

  1. 1

    What’s really here?

    The Lovers

    There’s genuine attraction and emotional connection here. Something meaningful could grow.

  2. 2

    What am I not seeing?

    Seven of Swords

    Something may be avoided or left unsaid. What truth are you — or they — not facing?

  3. 3

    What helps me move forward?

    Temperance

    Don’t rush. Patience, balance and honest communication will show you what this can become.

Now look at all three together… What story are they telling?

Jules and Rei read the three cards together as Fox and Ferret rest beside the spread.

So… what are the cards saying?

There’s something real here.

The Lovers shows genuine connection and the potential to choose each other.

But something needs to come into the open.

Seven of Swords asks what is being avoided, withheld — or perhaps not yet admitted, even to yourself.

Temperance says: don’t rush the answer.

Give the relationship room to reveal itself through patience, honesty and balance.

The cards didn’t make the decision.
They showed us what to consider before making it.
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