Planning your year with Tarot cards can help you better understand and define your decisions and the direction they may lead you to, giving you an opportunity to overcome possible challenges and take the best advantage of opportunities. This spread break down a year into individual months helps you focus on what every month has in store for you. Here's how to do it properly.

1. Identify Your Intentions

Take some time, even before reading through these readings, to reflect on what you are seeking for the year ahead. Write down your intentions, whether career development, personal growth, or enhancing relationships. This creates clarity in your readings and helps frame information you are seeking for.

2. Design Your Month-by-Month Spread

Place the twelve cards in a row or even in a circle, one card for each month. Or you can place them in rows, three rows deep, with four cards to a row, as this also fits the four seasons. With each card that you pull, listen in to its energy and themes for that month.

3. Interpret the Cards

Now take time to reflect on the card for the month it signifies. That is, consider the imagery, symbolism, and traditional interpretations of the card, then think about its relevance to your intent. So, for instance, if you receive The Fool for March, perhaps it is a new start and a call to adopt changes.

4. Reflect and Write Down Your Insights

Keep a journal specifically for recording your interpretations and any intuitive insights that may come to you. Writing it all down allows you to go over it with greater depth and sight of your path through the year.

5. Reflect and Refine

You know by the end of each month that you have to reflect on your reading and see how well the energy of the card was manifest. This will help you know the right time to change your plans so that you stay on track.

This structured approach through the use of Tarot empowers you to go into the New Year knowing exactly where you stand and what to expect, guiding you through each month's unique opportunities and challenges.