One-Card Draw

When you have one specific question and want a single image to answer it — a quick check-in, or a one-line reply. It is what most people mean by a daily card, except that here the card answers what you ask rather than the date.

The one-card draw is the oldest and simplest use of the deck — readers have opened books at random, drawn stones, and turned single cards for as long as tools of contemplation have existed.

Nuanced questions with multiple moving parts. A single card collapses too much into one image; use a three-card or larger spread instead.