I love the Celtic Cross spread. I modified it. And a wonderful thing happened.

The first three cards, named Self-Cover-Cross become Self-Situation-Turning Point/Crux. The Behind/Ahead or Past/Near Future pair are The Extended Present. The Foundation/Far Future cards are pretty much the same–and those 7 cards make the first sentence.

The next three cards are the second sentence. They are called the tower because that is what it is modeled after (a short stone icon the Celts used). These three cards also are labeled Self-Situation-Turning Point/Crux. This duplicate position naming makes the first and second sentence parallel. Try it, you will get very comfortable with it.

This Celtic Cross is even more focused and powerful. The outcome becomes three cards (and you can add one). They make the third sentence. And they make three sentences possible.

To the extent the three sentences repeat and support one another, your spread is accurate.

In ancient history, I read of only one Tarot system that indicated how accurate its answers were. I do not know of a modern one.