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Spread · 3 cards

Situation, Action, Outcome

The most practical three cards in the deck: what is true, what to do, and where that doing tends. It treats a problem like a sentence with a verb in it.

When it helps: When you have described the problem enough times and want to move.

The positions

  1. 1

    Situation

    The shape of what you are in, named plainly.

  2. 2

    Action

    The move available to you — what doing something would look like.

  3. 3

    Outcome

    Where that action leans — the tendency it sets in motion, not a guarantee.

Ways to ask

  • What should I do about the apartment decision?

  • How do I handle this conversation with my manager?

  • I keep circling this — help me act.

Lay it for yourself

The composer opens with this draw ready to send — add your own context, then let the deck answer.