Prefate lets you choose a one-, three-, five-, seven- or ten-card spread before drawing from its 78-card deck. The spreads include a five-card cross, seven-card horseshoe and Celtic Cross. After the draw, each card appears with its position, upright or reversed orientation, keywords and a short interpretation. Separate card, spread and beginner guides help you look beyond the first result. The original deck illustrations were made with AI generation and human direction and revision.
The AI step is optional and happens outside Prefate. Select ‘Copy prompt for your AI’ to preview and edit a prompt containing your question, the spread, positions and drawn cards. You can paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another assistant. Copying the prompt does not send it to an AI service; you decide whether to send it. Prefate’s own paid AI interpretations are currently paused.
Drawing cards and previewing, editing and copying the prompt are free without an account. Your question and drawing state stay in your browser until you reset the reading or clear local storage. An external AI service may have its own account requirements, limits or fees. Prefate is an independent project operated by Bruce Du and is available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and German.
