Celtic Cross - Step Three: Timeline
Position Five - What Lies Behind You: Placed to the left of the center cross. This is your recent past, and the influences that are receding. Position Six - What Lies Before You: Placed to the right of the center cross. This is the near future, what’s coming up, or the influences that will be entering the situation.
The cards here show a sequence, the energies and influences surrounding the situation. Card 5 is what lies behind you, your recent past. So this is what’s on its way out or what has recently left your situation and is no longer influencing you. Card 6 is what lies ahead of you. This isn’t “what’s going to happen in a week” but rather the energies that have already made their way into your situation. The influences that have already begun to affect you.
For my friends reading, the 9 of Pentacles was on its way out, with the 6 of Cups on its way in; easy enough to interpret. He’d lost a job recently so things were no longer going to be as financially sound. Coming up was a trip down memory lane in the form of visiting his mom in a couple weeks.
For my reading, in the Past position was the Queen of Swords. The Queen of Swords is who I’ve been recently, but not so much anymore. Over-thinker, practical, but maybe emotionally distant. Upcoming is The Lovers, which I’m reading as harmony and connection, which gives me some much-needed hope because man has there been a disconnect recently.
I see cards 5 and 6 as a more straightforward and easy to read part of the Celtic Cross. They give background to the reading. You can look at this part of the spread as a simple Past/Present/Future reading if it helps.
What Lies Before (Card 5) = Past Center Cross (Cards 1 + 2) = Present What Lies Ahead (Card 6) = Future
Spread | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 4 | Step 5
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