Free practice guide · Xiyue Sansan
Prepare an Information Sheet before a Decision Spread
Give the session a practical job
Before choosing a spread, write the action you can currently take. A wish to join an activity may require an inquiry before it can become a registration decision. Use one small arrangement and allow fifteen minutes. The finished output is an information sheet and a next check, rather than a prediction. You can complete the exercise without a deck.
Separate four information states
Use K for confirmation within a source's scope, E for an estimate, A for an assumption, and U for an unknown. These are working labels for your notes, not a tested psychological scale. Give each statement its own row, with its source and date. A price from last year's notice may be historical confirmation without establishing this year's price.
In a fictional example, Ren considers a weekend drawing session. The current notice confirms Saturday morning and says materials are provided. Ren estimates twenty minutes for travel. Ren assumes the provided materials include a sketchbook to take home. The finish time is unpublished. Those four statements have different statuses even though they concern one event.
Check what the source actually supports
The notice supports materials being provided. It does not yet support taking a sketchbook home. Ren changes that assumption into a question if it matters to participation. A vivid card showing a bound book might remind Ren to ask, but supplies no answer from the organizer. Keep the visible detail and association beside the ledger rather than inside the organizer's words.
Ren also records the travel duration as an estimate. Calling it K because the route is familiar would lose its status. A later actual journey can supply an observation for that journey without proving every future trip takes exactly as long.
Match the gap to the action
If Ren needs the finish time to protect an existing commitment, that unknown prevents registration now. It need not prevent sending a specific inquiry. The message asks the finish time and, if relevant, what participants may keep. It does not claim that a reading has already confirmed availability.
End by writing which answer is needed, who can supply it, and whether the request is drafted, sent or answered. A planning date belongs to Ren unless the organizer actually agrees to it. Stop after this record; a second spread cannot create the missing reply. The complete handbook develops ten layouts for subsequent stages. Its first two chapters are free and teach task and information preparation in full.