While shuffle the cards keep saying to yourself "What my spirit guide wants me to know?" either loud or in your mind...if you want to find out about a ghost or something that hangs around you, just say " I want to know what the entity wants to tell me" be careful though, if you contacting an uknown entity, don't take for granted everything he/she says, they might playing you.

Card 1: It tells you a little info about your spirit (ghost or spirit guide or any entity that hangs with you and needs to talk to you-in this case if you do this reading for an unknown entity, don't take for granted anything he/she says)
Card 2: It tells you why they are with you right now
Card 3:It tells you what they want you to know
Card 4: It tells you what you can do to help them
Card 5: Outcome of the whole reading!
I hope it helped, it works for me, I post this to the spirit guide section because thats what I meant to do, so I kindly ask the moderators to NOT move it...just for this little exception. thanks
*This spread is from the aeclectic tarot forum, so I will not take the credits