The Celtic Cross is telling a story about a question. What is its history? How did you get to where you are now? Where do you go from here? Who's involved? What's scary and what's not? When you want to know a question from every angle, a Celtic Cross is the spread to use.

Card 1:  "This covers you" This card represents the Querent and describes your current situation with the question you asked. It often reveals the substance of the question, the problem at hand, the present influences, the current state of the Querent, Heart of the matter, and the general atmosphere now surrounding the matter. Consider this card as representing where the Querent is at, with regard to the question.

Card 2:  "This crosses you for good or ill" (This card will cross the #1 card forming a 'T' or cross and is usually always read upright) This crossing card shows the nature of obstacles and opposition or lack of them - Helping or Hindering Forces. What problems or difficulties are in the way? This card will show conflicts, hang-ups, challenges, difficulties, and issues you need to confront, but will also show opportunities and resources. A positive card here means few obstacles to overcome and can point to areas of support, growth, and opportunity. A negative card will reveal factors that challenge, block, or modify the situation. To interpret this card, ask yourself what is the nature of the challenge or asset represented by the card. What is helping or hindering the Querent?

Card 3:  "This is beneath you" This card represents the Querent's energy and shows past influences affecting the matter, past experiences, repetitive behavior, motivations, internal factors, deeper meanings, unconscious influence, and the roots or foundations of where the question comes from. Shows where the Querent is coming from.

Card 4:  "This is behind you" Here's your past experiences regarding the question. It is either passing away or has already gone. This card can refer to events, feelings, communications, situations, a resolved factor, quality to let go of, or even dreams during the past few weeks. It can also describe how you got into this situation.

Card 5:  "This crowns you" It shows the Querent's ideals, goals, options, intentions, and avenues of development, possibilities, opportunities, attitudes and beliefs, and your conscious influences. It is the energy around you and this energy may manifest itself in the future, but it's a free will energy, so it manifestation is up to you. It can also give you new directions and often the best possible outcome. Given the challenges and assets of card two, the crowning card helps us to see how the Querent might resolve the situation, where the question might lead, and what options are open for growth and resolution.

Card 6:  "This is before you" The before or immediate future card reveals forthcoming circumstances and influences coming into being in the near future or unresolved factors and a quality to embrace. This card shows what will happen with in the next few weeks in the matter. The happenings referred to by the 6th card will require attention or action to resolve the matter inquired after. This card along with the 10th card can also indicate timing.

Card 7:  "This is yourself" This card symbolizes where you stand on the issue. It reveals your state of mind, your self-view, your feelings, attitudes, secret wishes and how you see the current situation. You as You are, You as You could be, You as Your present self, You as You see Yourself. This card can also show your fears regarding the question.

Card 8:  "This is your environment and those around you" The environment card shows how those around you view the matter as well as your interactions with these people in your life. It can represent the opinions of family, friends, coworkers and others involved in the matter. It also reveals how outside influences and environmental factors, including your residence, might affect the outcome.

Card 9:  "This is your hopes, fears and expectations" This card can help clarify what you fear as well as what you expect or want from the current situation. Positive cards show your hopes and wishes, and negative cards show your fears and doubts. This will also be your guidance card. You've got to get through whatever the ninth card represents to get to the tenth. Sometimes this card reveals unexpected factors that will influence the outcome.

Card 10:  "This is what to come, your outcome" The final outcome card symbolizes the most likely future result - where the spread has been leading, the final resolution of the matter. You should compare the final outcome card with both card 5 and card 6.