Tarot Spread API

{
  "spread": "Three-Card",
  "question": "What do I need to know about my career?",
  "seed": "reading-2f9c1a",
  "positions": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "name": "Past",
      "interpretation": "What has led to this situation and the foundational influences at play. Shows the events, decisions, and energies that have brought you to where you are now. Understanding the past provides context for the present.",
      "card": {
        "id": "eight-of-wands",
        "name": "Eight of Wands",
        "arcana": "minor",
        "suit": "wands",
        "number": 8,
        "position": 1,
        "reversed": false,
        "keywords": [
          "swift movement",
          "momentum",
          "rapid news",
          "air travel",
          "aligned action"
        ],
        "meaning": "The Eight of Wands is the one pip in the suit of Wands with no human figure in it. In the Rider-Waite-Smith image, eight leafed wands fly in parallel through clear open sky above a green country with a river and a distant house, angled downward as though nearing the end of a long flight. Waite called the card motion through the immovable, a flight of wands drawing to the term of their course, and read it as activity, swiftness like that of an express messenger, great haste, and speed toward an end that promises assured felicity. He also named the wands the arrows of love.\n\nIn a reading, the Eight of Wands marks the moment when obstruction clears and everything begins to move at once. The struggle and standoff of the Seven of Wands resolve, the path opens, and events accelerate. Messages arrive, plans advance, and progress that had stalled now travels fast. This is rapid, directed energy rather than chaos: the wands fly in formation, all pointing the same way, which is the card asking for resources and attention to be aligned on a single aim so the momentum is not wasted.\n\nThe instruction is to move with the current rather than against it. The window is open now and will not stay open indefinitely, so this favours acting while the energy is high, answering the message, taking the trip, committing to the project that has suddenly gained speed. Because the wands are about to land, the card also signals that something long anticipated is at hand and may already be on the threshold.\n\nThe Eight of Wands often points to literal travel, particularly air travel or a short, fast-paced trip taken for business or pleasure. More broadly it favours communication that crosses distance, quick decisions made on sound footing, and the satisfaction of seeing effort convert into visible motion. Strike while the conditions hold, keep the aim singular, and let the speed carry the work to its conclusion.",
        "love": "A relationship moves quickly, with messages, attraction, and developments arriving in rapid succession. The card favours romance that crosses distance, travel to meet a partner, or a sudden warming after a stalled stretch. Waite named these wands the arrows of love. Enjoy the pace, but let depth and understanding keep step with the speed so the connection has substance once the rush settles.",
        "career": "Work accelerates as obstacles clear and projects that were stuck begin to move. Communication speeds up, opportunities arrive in quick succession, and progress becomes visible. The card favours decisive action while conditions hold rather than waiting for a calmer moment that may not come. Keep effort aligned on the central goal so the momentum converts into finished results rather than scattered activity.",
        "finances": "Money and financial matters move at speed: payments clear, transactions complete, and returns arrive faster than expected. The card favours acting promptly and deliberately on a developing opportunity while the momentum is fresh. Direct the energy toward one clear aim rather than several at once, and let the swift movement work in favour of resources rather than rushing decisions that warrant more care.",
        "health": "Vitality returns quickly and the body responds well to treatment or a change in routine. The Eight of Wands favours a rapid improvement after a flat or stalled stretch, energy rising and recovery gathering pace. Channel the surge into active movement while it is strong, but pace the effort so the gains hold rather than burning the new vigour out in a single push.",
        "spirituality": "Spiritual insight arrives swiftly, with sudden clarity, synchronicities, and a sense of momentum on the path. The card favours acting on genuine intuition while the energy is alive rather than deliberating it into stillness. Stay receptive to what is moving toward you, and trust the impulses that arrive aligned and clear. Direct the quickened energy into practice so the insight grounds into something lasting.",
        "imageUrl": "https://roxyapi.com/img/tarot/minor/eight-of-wands.jpg"
      }
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "name": "Present",
      "interpretation": "The current energy, circumstances, and challenges you are experiencing right now. This card shows what is happening in this moment and what you need to be aware of. It represents your current state of being.",
      "card": {
        "id": "four-of-swords",
        "name": "Four of Swords",
        "arcana": "minor",
        "suit": "swords",
        "number": 4,
        "position": 2,
        "reversed": true,
        "keywords": [
          "exhaustion",
          "burnout",
          "restlessness",
          "avoided rest"
        ],
        "meaning": "Reversed, the Four of Swords sounds an urgent call for the rest that is being refused. The reserves are running low, perhaps already on empty, drained by long hours, by carrying others, or by a demanding and stressful undertaking that has gone on too long. The reversal warns that continuing to push leads to collapse, the burnout that renders a person ineffective and unable to help anyone, least of all themselves. The rest the upright card recommends has become not optional but necessary.\n\nOften the body asks for stillness while the mind refuses to grant it. There is a restlessness, a drive to do everything at once, that overrides the signals of fatigue and pushes through a long list of tasks until wellbeing pays the price. The remedy is plain and difficult: stop. Withdraw from the clamour, take the retreat, the quiet weekend, the daily pause for the mind to settle, and let the reserves refill before they are gone entirely.\n\nThe reversal can also mark a stagnation that masquerades as recovery, time spent withdrawn that has stopped restoring and started to stall. Where rest has tipped into avoidance, the counsel is to re-emerge gently, integrating the calm solitude has given rather than hiding within it. Even a brief, genuine pause re-balances the energy, but the pause must be real. Force the rest the situation has refused, and let recovery, not endurance, become the priority.",
        "love": "Exhaustion is straining matters of the heart, or a needed pause from romance is being refused. The reversed Four of Swords warns that pushing on while depleted leaves nothing to give a partner or a new connection. Step back and restore yourself before re-entering the world of love. Re-engage slowly once rested, rather than forcing closeness from an empty reserve.",
        "career": "Burnout looms, and the rest the work demands is being avoided. The reversed Four of Swords warns that long hours and unrelenting pressure are draining you toward collapse. A restless drive to do everything at once overrides the clear need to stop. Force the break now, withdraw from the noise, and refill the reserves before exhaustion makes you ineffective at the work entirely.",
        "finances": "Depletion is clouding financial judgement, or a needed pause from money pressure is being denied. The reversed Four of Swords cautions against acting while exhausted, when restlessness pushes for decisions the situation does not require. Step back, let the picture settle, and resist forcing financial moves from a drained state. Recovery first, then clear-headed action, protects resources better than strained effort.",
        "health": "Exhaustion has reached a point that demands attention, and rest is being refused at real cost. The reversed Four of Swords warns that ignoring the body signals leads to collapse. Restlessness drives activity that fatigue cannot sustain. Stop, withdraw, and let genuine recovery take priority over the long list of tasks, before depletion forces a far longer and harder convalescence.",
        "spirituality": "Spiritual reserves are running dry, or a withdrawal has stalled into stagnation. The reversed Four of Swords warns against pushing the mind onward when it plainly needs stillness, and equally against hiding in solitude past its restorative point. Take the real retreat the situation requires, quiet the restless drive, and let calm re-gather before re-emerging into active practice with renewed clarity.",
        "imageUrl": "https://roxyapi.com/img/tarot/minor/four-of-swords.jpg"
      }
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "name": "Future",
      "interpretation": "The likely outcome or energy that lies ahead if you continue on your current path. This is not set in stone, your free will and actions can shape this future. Shows potential developments and where things are heading.",
      "card": {
        "id": "lovers",
        "name": "The Lovers",
        "arcana": "major",
        "number": 6,
        "position": 3,
        "reversed": true,
        "keywords": [
          "disharmony",
          "misaligned values",
          "difficult choice",
          "self-love"
        ],
        "meaning": "Reversed, The Lovers points to a loss of harmony, most often within close relationships. Communication grows difficult, partners feel out of step, and it may seem that shared values no longer hold. The card asks for a return to the reason the bond exists. Where love is genuine, the discord is usually a passing storm best met with patience and compassion. In other cases it reveals that two people have simply grown apart, and that an honest, respectful parting is the kinder course.\n\nThe reversal can also describe feeling that is not mutual, one person more invested than the other, a gap that breeds insecurity, or a reluctance to open the heart at all for fear of being hurt.\n\nOn another level, the reversed card turns toward self-love and self-respect: how fully one honours ones own worth and accepts ones own nature, rather than admiring in others the very qualities one overlooks within.\n\nThe Lovers reversed frequently marks a choice mishandled, a decision of real consequence met with the temptation to cut corners or decide from fear and outside pressure rather than from genuine values. The card urges the opposite: choose the path most in keeping with what is true, however demanding it proves. It can also signify inner conflict, a person at war with themselves rather than any external force. The way through is to articulate ones own values clearly and let that clarity guide better choices in time.",
        "love": "Disharmony, temptation, or values that no longer align are creating strain in a relationship, and a difficult choice in matters of the heart may be unavoidable. Avoidance only widens the distance. The reversed card calls for honest communication and a willingness to face what is misaligned, whether that means repair or a respectful release.",
        "career": "A conflict between personal values and the demands of the work is breeding dissatisfaction, or a choice between competing opportunities is pressing. The reversal warns against deciding from external pressure rather than genuine conviction. Reconnect with what you actually stand for, and let that, not expedience or fear, settle the direction.",
        "finances": "Money choices made from fear or out of step with ones values tend to backfire, and partnerships where aims do not truly align can lead to disputes. The reversed Lovers counsels reassessing what genuinely matters before committing resources, and ensuring that any shared financial venture rests on real agreement rather than convenience.",
        "health": "Inner conflict or emotional turmoil may be surfacing as physical symptoms, and there may be a gap between what is known to be healthy and what is actually practised. The card asks for attention to that disconnection: aligning daily choices with genuine wellbeing, and addressing the emotional roots rather than only the symptoms.",
        "spirituality": "A crisis of faith or a sense of disconnection from ones core values may be present, with belief and action out of step. The resulting inner conflict is the signal. The reversed Lovers invites a return to what feels authentically true, the patient work of clarifying values so that inner and outer life can come back into accord.",
        "imageUrl": "https://roxyapi.com/img/tarot/major/lovers.jpg"
      }
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Your past (Eight of Wands) has shaped your present situation (Four of Swords reversed). The future (The Lovers reversed) suggests challenges to overcome if you continue on this path."
}