Easy Tarot Spreads

Good morning, everybody!   It's a cold morning here in GA. with a few snow flakes falling.  A great time to curl up by the fireplace, meditate, or do a reading for yourself.  I will show you a couple of simple tarot lay-outs today to get you started.
  The easiest lay-out for a beginner or anyone is just one card.  You can ask any question you like and the card is your complete answer.  Good, bad, or indifferent, the card is your answer.  So shuffle your cards, focus on your question, and lay out your card.  Of course, if you don't like the answer, or think you need more information, you can always add more cards.  In that case, maybe you should just start with a larger lay-out. 

  Here is an example of the one card lay-out: The card is the Empress, representing the female energy.  Fertility, pregnancy, romance, marriage, birthing new ideas, etc.  Let's say your question was about the possibility of a new child in the family or maybe a marriage.  If you draw the Empress as your card, you have a very positive answer. Since the Empress also represents the birth of new ideas and beginnings of all kinds, it would be a great answer to a question about a new start.
  The second spread is a simple three card layout. The first card, positioned on the left represents the past, or what has already happened.  The middle card represents the present, or the situation currently.  The last card, on the right represents the resolution to your question, or the future.

  Here is an example of the three card spread:
   In this case, the cards are the three of swords on the left, representing the past.  The Emperor in the middle representing the present, and the Star on the right, representing the future.  Let's say your question involved a problem with someone's health.  You have a direct answer here: the three of swords tells us about pain and suffering.  You can see it is a heart pierced by swords.  Never anything good there!  The middle card, the Emperor, represents the male energies, the father figure, maybe a very strong, opinionated man.  So far, I would say a dominating male is dealing with a serious health issue.  The last card, the Star, gives us the resolution to the question.  In this case, it's a good outcome, as the Star represents health improvement, hope, and all good things coming into the picture.
  Let's turn it around though, and say you asked a different type of question.
Maybe something about romance, a favorite question of mine!  Then the three of hearts would tell us you had suffered romantic problems in the past, were currently dealing with a romantic partner who is strong and can be controlling. Maybe this is the person who gave you those heart aches in the first place!  However, the Star card in the last position predicts better things to come, and that there is still hope for this relationship.
  More tomorrow on the Tarot, and then we will move on to other interesting metaphysical subjects.
  Blessings to you all from Psykiksister!