Balanced Depth
Five-Card Cross
When three cards are too few and ten are too many, the Five-Card Cross balances root, challenge, support, and action.
Useful when
- The issue has several layers
- You need root and support
- You want an actionable ending
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- Present core
- Main challenge
- Root of the matter
- Available support
- Next action
The root card offers one useful lens, not the only possible cause.
Step 1 of 1
Give the layered question a clear center.
Reduce it to one sentence, then let the spread open outward from the center.
Keep one situation in the spread; the five positions will open it up.