"Stalemate" Spread

stone_lotus

I came up with this spread today to gain some insight onto why my friendship with an ex isn't moving forward, as I'd thought it would.

For the moment I'm calling it the "stalemate" spread because that popped into my head, but I'm not thrilled with this title so if you have any ideas, suggestions welcome! Something like "Standstill", maybe?

Also, please let me know if there's anything you'd tweak -- I'm fairly new at inventing spreads and very open to input/feedback. I'm posting this one here because the results were illuminating for me and it seems to work well. : )

....[3]....[6]............
[1]....[4]....[7]....[8]
....[2]....[5]............

[1]: How Partner feels about situation
[2]: What's holding Partner back from action
[3]: What Partner really wants
[4]: How Querent feels about situation
[5]: What's holding Querent back from action
[6]: What Querent really wants
[7]: What Querent can do to break the stalemate
[8]: Likely outcome
 

ana luisa

Excellent spread !! Keeping it in my files :thumbsup: thanks for sharing !
 

kat13

like it...changed order

.........3..................6...........
1................7....................4
.........2...................5..........
..................8.....................
 

stone_lotus

Thanks kat13, I like your re-ordering! The balance is better.
 

Virgo26

Nice spread - think it read very clearly.