I tend to see time frames in seasons, because my guides are quite ancient and deal with seasons and moon phases, and not in months and weeks for some reason! So thats how I am given my info..

 

A celtic cross spread is perhaps the best to use when trying to solve a question about time being of the essence of a query, as the precise layout runs on a time line, i.e. past, present, future outcome.

 

 Here are the corresponding time frames I’ve used according to the major arcana and the minor arcana in any tarot deck:

 

(“By The” refers to an event occurring by the next moon phase indicated;)

 

Major Arcana

 

Magician: by the New Moon
High Priestess: by the  Crescent Moon
Empress: by the  Full Moon
Emperor: by the  Quarter Moon
Hierophant: By Winter Solsitice
Lovers: By Spring Equinox
Chariot: By Summer Solstice
Strength/Justice: By the Autmnal Equinox
Hermit: in a few days
Wheel of Fortune: within a year

 

 

Minor Arcana

 

 

 

This is very basic, and for me, a little too simplistic to keep to for every reading or person.

A full reading will involve many random factors, people and situations wich may potentially change in future according to the free will and actions of the querent from that moment on.I don’t really like dealing with time frames much as time is fluid, just as our actions are. What you can give is a sense of what order things will occur and perhaps an idea of "soon-ness" i.e. months or years – with me seasons tend to be this or next year’s, no farther ahead unless I am given additional info from my guides.