One of my all time very favorite spreads was published on the now defunct Tarot Passages website (the site www.tarotpassages.com is still up and filled with great information but has not been updated for quite a while). This spread, called The Hourglass Spread, was created by Teresa Michelsen, author of The Complete Tarot Reader and Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads, and is particularly illuminating when you are both looking back and looking ahead: The spread is read from
the bottom to top as follows: Base Level (cards 1, 2, and 3):  This level represents the sands that have already fallen, and the cards in this level represent things to reflect on about the past year: