Yearly tarot spread quiz: thirteen cards
A quiz on Tayna's yearly spread: the theme of the year and twelve months, suits and Major Arcana, the general forecast and the Year card. With a review.
- 5 questions
- ≈ 2 min
- +5 bronze keys for a flawless run
What does the yearly spread quiz test?
This quiz checks how the yearly spread works on Tayna: thirteen cards, where the first sets the theme of the year and the other twelve run from January to December. The questions cover the theme card, what suits and Major Arcana say in the months, and how the general forecast differs from your own reading.
It is tempting to turn a yearly spread into a list of predictions, but it reads better as a story. The theme of the year is the key to every month, and December is worth comparing with it: that is how you see whether the year forms a whole.
The quiz does not promise events or scare you with hard cards. A hard card on an important month is a hint about where you will need strength and support, and there is a question about that too.
The general forecast and your own spread
At the top of the spread page sits Tayna's general forecast for the year, the same for everyone. The server draws its cards, and on November 1 the page switches to the coming year. Below it you can lay your own thirteen cards for a personal question, and they do not have to match the general backdrop.
A yearly spread is done once and revisited. Save it to the Book of Secrets and reread each month's card together with the theme at the start of the month. Do not confuse it with the Year card, which is calculated from your birth date rather than drawn from the deck.
Most people do it in late December or the first days of January, but a birthday or the start of a big chapter works too. The twelve months then count from that point.
Rules
Each round draws five questions from a pool of twelve, and the options are reshuffled every time. Answers are final, but you can replay as often as you like. Your first flawless round earns five bronze keys.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. How many cards are in the yearly tarot spread?
Right answer: Thirteen
One card for the theme of the year and twelve more, one for each month from January to December.
2. When does Tayna's general yearly forecast switch to the next year?
Right answer: November 1
From November 1 the page shows the coming year: the server draws new cards and the text is written automatically.
3. How should you read the Theme of the year card?
Right answer: As the key to every month
The theme is the year's main lesson and mood. Read the months through it and compare December with it.
4. It is best to redo the yearly spread every month.
Right answer: Myth
Do it once and keep coming back: save it to the Book of Secrets and reread it at the start of each month.
5. Three months of your year show Major Arcana. What do they mark?
Right answer: Turning points
Major Arcana in the months mark turning points, while reversed cards mark months to slow down.
6. Which card as the theme of the year speaks of a second chance?
Right answer: Judgement
Judgement as the year's theme means review: old questions return so you can close them and answer a new call.
7. How is the yearly spread different from the Year card?
Right answer: It is drawn from the deck
The Year card is calculated from your birth date and stays fixed. The yearly spread is drawn for your question.
8. Cups keep repeating in your yearly spread. Which area leads the year?
Right answer: Feelings and people
A repeating suit names the year's main area: Cups feelings and people, Pentacles work and money, Swords decisions.
9. What do reversed cards in the months of a yearly spread mean?
Right answer: Time to slow down
Reversed cards mark months when it is wise to slow down and not push against circumstances.
10. A hard card falls on an important month. How should you take it?
Right answer: As a hint, not a verdict
A hard card shows where you will need strength and support. Knowing it early helps you not overload that month.
11. The theme of the year and December echo each other. What does it mean?
Right answer: The year forms a whole story
When the first and last cards answer each other, the year comes together as one complete story.
12. You can also do the yearly spread on your birthday.
Right answer: True
Most do it in late December or early January, but a birthday works too: the months then count from that day.