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Three-Card Tarot Spread Introduction

 

This practical three-card spread diagnoses creative stagnation and provides a clear path forward by identifying what’s blocking your writing process, what resources you already possess but aren’t utilizing, and the specific action needed to restore momentum. Unlike general inspiration spreads, this layout focuses on concrete solutions to real creative challenges, helping writers move from paralysis back to productive work. This spread works particularly well when you know what you want to write but can’t seem to access the flow state that makes writing feel natural and energizing.

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Card 1: Current Block

What’s Stopping Your Creative Flow

•  Reveals the specific obstacle, fear, or mental pattern that’s preventing you from  accessing your  creative potential

•  Shows the internal resistance, external pressures, or limiting beliefs that are creating  stagnation in your work

•  Represents the shadow side of your creative process, perfectionism, self-doubt, or avoidance  behaviors

•  Consider how this block might actually be protecting you from something deeper or serving a  hidden purpose

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Card 2: Hidden Resource

An Overlooked Strength/Approach

• Shows the untapped talent, forgotten skill, or alternative perspective that’s already available to you

• Reveals the creative gifts you’ve been undervaluing or the approach you haven’t considered trying

• Represents the key that can unlock your current creative challenge, often something you already possess but aren’t using

• Consider how this resource might transform your relationship to your work and dissolve the apparent block

 

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Card 3: Next Step Forward

The Immediate Action/Shift Needed

• Indicates the specific, practical action you can take right now to move your creative project forward

• Shows the mental reframe, behavioral change, or new approach that will restore your creative momentum

• Represents the bridge between where you are and where you want to be, the immediate path through your block

• Consider how this step might be smaller, simpler, or more playful than you expected, requiring courage rather than perfection