Career Crossroads
Six cards on where you are at work and where the work is asking you to go.
A work decision where the obvious path and the called path aren't the same.
Work questions tend to come with a lot of practical context · salary, family responsibilities, market conditions. This spread holds the practical alongside the vocational. Useful when you're sitting on a job offer, contemplating a pivot, or trying to decide whether to start the thing you've been talking about for years.
Modern, built from variations on Mary K. Greer's career spreads.
Lay 1 at the top (the current role), 2 in the centre (what's calling), 3-4 to the left and right of centre (the practical, the vocational), 5 below (the next step), 6 at the bottom (the lesson regardless of which path).
What each card means
- 1Where you are
The current role, accurately seen.
- 2What's calling
The pull · the thing you'd do if practicality wasn't a factor.
- 3The practical truth
What's actually required, financially and logistically.
- 4The vocational truth
What the soul-level work is asking. Often quieter than the practical voice.
- 5The next step
What to do this week. Not the whole plan. Just the next move.
- 6The thread
What this whole season is teaching you about work, regardless of which path you choose.
Clients at a career inflection point. Founders considering shutting down or pivoting. Anyone weighing a vocation against a paycheque.
Clients in acute employment crisis · those need practical guidance more than a card spread.
A three-card version (where / calling / next step) for shorter sessions.
- How many cards in the Career Crossroads?
- 6 cards.
- How long does a Career Crossroads reading take?
- About 45 minutes when read attentively. Some readers go longer.
- What is the Career Crossroads best for?
- A work decision where the obvious path and the called path aren't the same.
- Who shouldn't use the Career Crossroads?
- Clients in acute employment crisis · those need practical guidance more than a card spread.