This spread is good for asking about a project. The basic question that will be answered is “What is to be done? The Ellipse Spread is shaped as the letter V., it can answer you question about a current situation or project that you are working on. This tarot card layout consists of 7 cards where the first three cards focus on time and the rest of the cards focus on your situation and project and your feelings towards it.

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Card 1:

The Past
This card reflects the past and the major influences it has had on you.

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Tarot Cards - The Page of Pentacles

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Card 2:

The Present
This card reflects the present and all the influences there is in your live at the moment.

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Tarot Cards - The Nine of Cups

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Card 3:

The Future
This card shows the future and what influences is coming in to your life.

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Tarot Card - The Sun

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Card 4:

The Path
This card shows what path that you should take and what you should do.

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Tarot Cards - The Eight of Swords

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Card 5:

Outside Influences
This card reflects all the outside influences around and what kind of influences they are.

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Tarot Cards - The Page of Cups

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Card 6:

Hopes & Fears
This card reflects your hopes or fear that you have.

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Tarot Card - Temperance

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Card 7:

The overview
This final card gives a concluding impression of the cards.

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Tarot Cards - The Eight of Swords

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Important Note:
This section is a guide only.  Interpreting tarot cards takes many years of practice, and depending upon the way in which the cards fall or are laid out in a spread has great bearing on their individual meaning.  The meanings given below therefore should not be taken in isolation.

This Deck of Tarot Cards is from Universal-Waite Tarot Deck reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA,  Copyright 1990 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.  Universal Waite is a registered trademark of U. S. Games Systems, Inc.  Further reproduction prohibited.
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Source:  Sources of Information for this article about tarot card meanings:
Discover Tarot – Emily Peach – The Aquarian Press 1990, An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77-85 Fulham Palace Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB – ISBN: 185538048X
Sacred Symbols The Tarot – Thames and Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QP – ISBN: 0500060193
Tarot – David V Barrett – Dorling Kindersley Limited 1995, 9 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8PS – ISBN: 0751302201
The Key to the Tarot – Jane Lyle – Studio Editions Ltd 1993, Princess House, 50 Eastcastle Street, London W1N 7AP – ISBN: 185891 003X
The Tarot – Alfred Douglas – Penguin Books Ltd 1972, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England – ISBN: 0140037373