"A problem shared" spread

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I was just laying some cards down while thinking about some financial and business issues that my partner has been facing and thinking about how I could help him more in his current state of anguish.

As I lay the cards down I came up with a spread that I know I will now use again. It is a relatively simple concept even though it involves 9 cards.

Layout can be seen below and I thought an apt name for it might be "A problem shared" spread

6--2--8

4--1--5

7--3--9

1- The current issue or problem shared or being faced by the two people.
2- The main concerns for the first person.
3- The main concerns for the second person.
4- A general influence from the past.
5-Ageneral influence of the future.
6- What the first person (ie card 2) needs to learn from the past.
7- What the first person (ie card 2) needs to learn in the future
8- What the second person (i.e. card 3) needs to learn from the past.
9- What the second person (i.e. card 3) needs to learn in the future.

I found the card reading to be very insightful, not in a divinatory perspective, but more in the light of getting some good guidance.

At the end of the reading I thought that if the lesson cards (ie 6,7,8,9) needed clarification another card could be laid on top of them to provide this. another possibility would be to lay a card across them to gain insight into obstacles or difficulties in learning the lessons.