Origin No documented originator or date; circulates as a standard modern, decision-oriented alternative to the Past-Present-Future three-card layout.
Situation-Action-Outcome is a three card layout distinct from the far more common Past-Present-Future spread in what it tracks: rather than a timeline, its three positions name the current situation, the recommended course of action, and the likely outcome of taking it, making it a decision-oriented spread suited to questions about what to do next rather than questions about how a matter arose or where it stands.
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Origins
Origin PeriodNo documented originator or date; circulates as a standard modern, decision-oriented alternative to the Past-Present-Future three-card layout. 1 Origin of the NameNamed directly for its three positions, the situation, the action, and the outcome, distinguishing it from the more common Past-Present-Future three card spread. 1 Attributions
PurposeA decision-oriented reading naming a course of action and its likely result 1 Key PositionsSituation, action to take, likely outcome 1 Connections
Sources
1. The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume I
Stuart R. Kaplan, U.S. Games Systems, 1978on decision-oriented three card layoutsView the Source A History of the Occult Tarot
Ronald Decker and Michael Dummett, Duckworth, 2002on the development of modern three card spreadsView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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