Choices & dilemmas
Decision / Dilemma Reading
Three cards for each option — what supports it, what it costs, and where it may lead.
When to use this spread
Three cards for each option — what supports it, what it costs, and where it may lead.
Why this spread
A big decision deserves more than one card per side. Three cards per option give it room: what supports it, what it costs, and where it leads, so you compare whole paths rather than headlines. Best when the options are evenly matched and a mistake would be expensive.
The positions and what each one means
- 1
A · Support
What pulls you toward the first option - 2
A · Challenge or cost
What this path asks of you - 3
A · Where it leads
The direction that opens if you choose it - 4
B · Support
What pulls you toward the second option - 5
B · Challenge or cost
What this path asks of you - 6
B · Where it leads
The direction that opens if you choose it
What sets it apart
Example questions
What supports, challenges, and may result from each option?
Open with this questionTwo job offers — what is the real difference between them?
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