/v1/tarot/spread

Draw a spread: single (1 card), three (past/present/future), or celtic (10-card Celtic Cross). Seed-reproducible.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/tarot/spread?type=three&seed=42" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Query parameters

Checked against the API: a parameter is marked required when the request fails without it.

Name	Required	Example	Description
`type`	yes	`three`
`seed`	no	`42`

Response (200 OK)

The real response to the example request above, generated from the API itself. Long arrays are trimmed to their first two items. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "type": "three",
  "topic": "general",
  "seed": 42,
  "cards": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "label": "Past",
      "card": {
        "id": 47,
        "name": "Knight of Cups",
        "number": "Knight",
        "suit": "Cups",
        "element": "Water",
        "archetype": "The romantic idealist riding toward the object of love — passionate and imaginative",
        "keywords": [
          "romance",
          "charm"
        ],
        "keywords_reversed": [
          "moodiness",
          "jealousy"
        ],
        "meaning": "The Knight of Cups rides calmly on a white horse, holding a cup before him like an offering, with wings on his helmet and heels — the messenger of the water element. Unlike the charging Knights of Fire or the advancing Knight of Earth, he moves with the flowing, receptive qual…",
        "meaning_reversed": "The Knight of Cups reversed marks the romantic idealism turned moodiness, jealousy, or the disappointed retreat when reality fails to match the imagination's standard. The sensitivity that is the Knight's gift becomes a liability when it prevents genuine engagement with what i…",
        "yes_no": "yes"
      },
      "reversed": true,
      "interpretation": "[Past] The Knight of Cups reversed marks the romantic idealism turned moodiness, jealousy, or the disappointed retreat when reality fails to match the imagination's standard. The sensitivity that is the Knight's gift becomes a liability when it prevents genuine engagement with…"
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "label": "Present",
      "card": {
        "id": 13,
        "name": "Death",
        "number": "XIII",
        "suit": "Major Arcana",
        "element": "Water",
        "archetype": "The ending that creates the only possible space for genuine new beginning",
        "keywords": [
          "endings",
          "change"
        ],
        "keywords_reversed": [
          "resistance to change",
          "inability to move on"
        ],
        "meaning": "Death rides a white horse past figures of every station — pope, king, maiden, child — none immune to the scythe. But the sun rises in the distance behind the towers, and a boat crosses the water in the background. This is the most misunderstood card in the deck: it rarely spea…",
        "meaning_reversed": "Death reversed marks the clinging to what has already ended — the refusal to allow the necessary completion of a chapter that is genuinely finished. The old form is maintained at the cost of everything that could grow in the space its departure would create. Grief is natural; …",
        "yes_no": "maybe"
      },
      "reversed": false,
      "interpretation": "[Present] Death rides a white horse past figures of every station — pope, king, maiden, child — none immune to the scythe. But the sun rises in the distance behind the towers, and a boat crosses the water in the background. This is the most misunderstood card in the deck: it r…"
    }
  ]
}

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://lifeastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

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