---
title: "Situation-Action-Outcome Spread — The 4th Tarot"
url: https://4thtarot.com/spreads/situation-action-outcome
description: "Practical problem-solving spread. Where you are, what to do, and what results to expect."
lang: en
---

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# Situation-Action-Outcome

Sthiti-Karma-Phala — State-Action-Result

Practical problem-solving spread. Where you are, what to do, and what results to expect.

## Positions

1. 1
   ### Situation
   Question: What is the current situation?
   The reality of where you are now. The circumstances, energies, or conditions you're working with.
2. 2
   ### Action
   Question: What action should I take?
   The best course of action, approach, or attitude to adopt. What you can do to move forward.
3. 3
   ### Outcome
   Question: What will be the result?
   The likely outcome of taking this action. The resolution, conclusion, or where this path leads.

Jungian

Conscious agency

Fourth Way

Intentional doing

Sanskrit

Kriyā-yoga (yoga of action)

## Related Concepts

### Conscious Labor

Fourth

Working at any task with full attention and presence—deliberately injecting consciousness into normally mechanical activity, creating internal unity.
https://4thtarot.com/glossary/conscious-labor

### Conscious Faith

Fourth

Faith arising from consciousness brings freedom; from feeling brings weakness; from body brings stupidity.
https://4thtarot.com/glossary/conscious-faith

### Conscious Love

Fourth

Love arising from consciousness evokes the same in response; from feeling evokes the opposite; from body depends on type and polarity.
https://4thtarot.com/glossary/conscious-love

### Conscious Hope

Fourth

Hope arising from consciousness is strength; from feeling is slavery; from body is disease.
https://4thtarot.com/glossary/conscious-hope

### Intentional Suffering

Fourth

Voluntarily enduring discomfort for transformation—resisting impulses, bearing difficulty without self-pity—as inner alchemy that conserves and transforms energy.
https://4thtarot.com/glossary/intentional-suffering

## Other Spreads to Sit With

### Conscious Shock

1 card

Disturbance/agitation
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/conscious-shock

### Alignment & Intention

1 card

Intention/resolve
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/alignment-intention

### Daily Manifestation

3 cards

Desire creation
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/daily-manifestation

### Intentional Adjustment

3 cards

Cessation-Beginning-Continuation
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/stop-start-continue

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