| The Shadow Truth spread provides insight into your attitudes and hidden feelings. This spread is used when you are having trouble confronting something, or fear that you are concealing something from yourself. The Russian Tarot of Saint Petersburg is the final commissioned work of Yuri Shakov, a master in the lost art of Russian miniature painting. The rich, dark images lend themselves to questions regarding the struggle of the human spirit in trying times. If you would like your own copy of the Russian Tarot of Saint Petersburg, you can buy it now! |
 | The card in the center represents the attitude you assume. Wheel of Fortune: Destiny. Fortune. Fate. Outcome. Culmination. Approaching the end of a problem. Good or bad luck, depending on influences of nearby cards. Inevitability. The Wheel suggests the course of event from beginning to end. Advancement for better or worse. |
 | The card to the right represents the thoughts and feelings that underly your attitudes. Five of Cups (Disappointment): Partial loss. Regret. Friendship without real meaning. Marriage without real love. Inheritance. Incomplete union or partnership. |
 | The card at the top represents how your attitude is evolving and will evolve in the future. Ten of Cups (Satiety): Home. Joy. Pleasure. Peace. Love. Contentment. Good family. Honor. Esteem. Virtue. |
 | The card to the left represents how others perceive your attitude. The Emperor: Worldly power. Confidence. Wealth. Stability. Authority. Indomitable spirit. War-making tendencies. Father. Brother. Husband. Male influence. Domination of intelligence and reason over emotion and passion. Patriarchal figure. |
 | The card at the bottom represents what you cannot confront or are hiding from yourself. The Hanged Man: Life in suspension. Transition. Change. Reversal of the mind and of one's way of life. Apathy and dullness. Abandonment. Renunciation. The changes of life forces. The period of respite between significant events. Sacrifice. Repentance. Readjustment. Regeneration. The approach of new life forces. |
