Hi Christin!!! You're awesome, thanks so much for clarifying a few things for me. Good question. I actually usually use 3 cards, but I read somewhere about a spread with 5 having more "detail" in regards to time. So the first would be far past, second immediate past, third present, fourth, near future, fifth far future... Whether or not the cards read that way all the time, I am not sure. Good to know knights and kings could resemble me. I'm well aware of the field itself, including nursing in general, my ultimate challenge is the schooling and being able to get my foot in when it comes to that for the time being. I don't usually let things like competition stop me from pursing something because if that were the case I should just quit "life" right now. Almost everything career related is a competition. That's just the reality. I should probably the cards about school itself? I can't get to point be without going through point A first.