Hi shakuni,
you can read past/present/future in a three card cut. the method can also be used to provide greater insight into a single question or issue. hoping this helps
that said, an experience from last night which was a first for me reminded me of this thread; particularly of a comment in it that Mary Bee made:
MaryBee wrote:For me, when I read for a client or even for myself, the cards kind of turn on a radio signal that open up to Spirit.
and I was wondering how others' experiences relate to this.
While I'd read tarot passingly as a teenager, without much seriousness, the practice dropped out of my life until about six months ago after a 15 year hiatus. I thus began giving myself a 4-card cut every evening as a way of relearning the meanings and to begin putting together the messages in the cards. Not very long after I was (and am!) listening to the Rootwork hour, adding like Devi mentioned so well, new depth and richness to the cards and to the practice of reading.
Last night, we had a girls' club meeting after work (when there are only about 10% women at the mine-site of 600 and you're there for 21 days: you stick together

) and, feeling ready, I brought the tarot deck with me and offered a 3 card cut to each woman as my gift (we all bring gifts for each other). I specified that I was a beginner but that I'd do my best. Turns out,
I, did nothing.
It was there first time that I literally
felt Spirit Speak/Move. Words and situations arose in my mind's eye in a fashion that it never had when reading for myself. The words and the readings slipped off my tongue like water over bedrock. It was a truly humbling and profound experience. Upon returning to my room I showered rubbing myself down, cleansing, and also praying thanks. It was Strange, a little unsettling, Moving and Beautiful. It cemented the relationship I was beginning to develop with the cards and has opened the door on a very interesting road to walk.