Storytelling Through Tarot
I’ve noticed that a lot of other witches also enjoy fiction and writing! Tarot itself tells a story, and you can do so much with using tarot to outline your story and characters! So here’s a 13 card spread that can be shortened down to six if you need to. The order in which you lay them really depends on if you’d rather do a six or thirteen card spread.
1-6 are the main points of the story.
Beginning - What are things like at the beginning of the narrative? Where do your characters start?
Climax of Act One - Something has drastically changed in your MC’s life. What is it? What do they need to do now?
Midpoint: big twist! - Need a plot twist? Someone is hiding a secret? Things aren’t going as planned? This is where something unexpected happens.
Climax of Act Two - It looks like the bad guy is winning, nothing is going right. What does the most intense part of your story look like?
Wrap up - What loose ends need tied up?
End - Where are things now at the end of the story?
Now, the other cards go in between those main six points.
Inciting Incident - What happens that shakes up the status quo?
Second Thoughts - What’s your character thinking now with these events looming on the horizon?
Obstacle - No one said this journey was easy
Obstacle - Yup, more things to keep your hero from meeting their goal
Obstacle - Getting frustrated? Good.
Disaster - The “oh shit” moment
Crisis - The “no no no no no this isn’t happening” moment
And there you go! Hope this helps!
