"I was expecting it to just mean general hindrance, tough choices, physically being blocked from doing things, that sort of thing?"

"—and I guess that's what he meant by 'vague.'"

"Yeah. And when we already know about the catastrophe being likely and being due to a bunch of cards, this isn't really surprising."

"Maybe you could try a six-card spread?"

"Sure," he says. "Are six-cards specially focused somehow, like the three-card thing, or…?"

"They give more information."

"… Uh-huh."

Okay, so, six-card spread?

The spread has one card in the middle, one on top of it and laid horizontally, and the four other cards are above, below, to the left, and to the right of the central two.

What does he get?

The first one he turns up represents himself. Change: a change of heart, refreshment, evolution, progress.

"… Me."

Next card?

The next card, "the issue," which was on top of the previous one, is the Libra, reserved: loss of control.

"… And the issue is losing control?" he says.

Next card!

"The issue is the disaster, isn't it?"

"Yes. Something about the disaster involves that."

The next card, external influences, is the one above the first two, and it's the Create, reversed: an unexpected disaster, binds, something that cannot be changed or controlled.

"Unexpected disaster, apparently… immutable? And uncontrollable."

"Clow was sure very thoughtful, considerate person."

Internal influences, the card below, is the Shadow: the reason for and solution to the problem.

"… The reason for and the solution to the problem are related to internal influences? But I'm not clear if that's internal to me or, like, things inherent to the problem?"

"No, they're internal to you."

"Meaning I am the reason for and the solution to it? Or?"

Shrug.

(Sigh.)

Next card?

Limitations, the Wood, reversed: unexpected side effects.

"Limitations include unexpected side effects, yep."