Revisiting The Vera Sibilla/Sibilla Della Zingara Crescent Spread

Friday 21st March 2025

As we mentioned yesterday with the Star Spread, the very simplest layouts of all are what are called “positional” spreads; where you have a single card appearing in position to signify what that position is said to be. For example, when you have a position for “The Past”, “Advice”, “What Helps You” “Obstacles” and so on.

Personally, I tend to find positional layouts a little too restrictive and not really my natural way of reading oracle cards (it’s why you’ll more often see me using more than one card in each position in these types of layout, as it tells more of a story, which is my preferred way of reading). Nonetheless, positional spreads like the one we’re looking at here, the Crescent are an excellent way of getting to grips with individual card meanings, both upright and reversed, and applying them to contexts and situations. If you’re a Tarot reader, you’ll likely find the areas represented by the positions familiar.

Here’s how it looks

Want to find out what the positions mean an…