The Love Triangle Layout
Difficulty: Complicated
Casually referred to as the Love Triangle, this layout can be used to determine the dynamics of the relationship between three people, regardless of whether romance is involved. This layout is arranged in the form of a hexagram, consisting of several large and small triangles. This layout may seem somewhat complicated, but it is not entirely that difficult.
The first step is to interpret the ogham for each individual position in the layout. Generally, one might ask about a relationship they are involved in, but this does not have to be the case. Ordinarily, the reader's representative ogham is #1, their main person of interest is #2, and the other person would be #3.
The second step fills in the downward triangle and involves further examination of the individuals through their views of the other people. Each person has two more oghams showing the way they see and relate to the other members of the triangle. For example, Ogham #6 indicates how Person #3 relates to Person #1, while Ogham #9 stands for Person #1's attitude toward Person #3.
The next step completes the upward triangle and the hexagram, focusing on oghams #10–13. It also completes the many smaller triangles and hints at the potential for each relationship. The final ogham, #13 can be considered the significator of the reading, which suggests the overall potential for this three-way relationship.
Your Love Triangle Reading
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1: Person #1
- Tree/Plant: Hawthorn
- Kenning: ‘Thorn of Protection’
- Spiritual Lesson: True protection is conscious, not reactionary.
- Reflective Question: What am I defending, and is it truly sacred?
- Affirmation: ‘I protect without imprisoning.’
2: Person #2
- Tree/Plant: Honeysuckle
- Kenning: ‘Hidden Sweetness’
- Spiritual Lesson: Not all that tempts is treasure—but real treasure rarely announces itself.
- Reflective Question: What unseen blessing have I ignored?
- Affirmation: ‘I follow sweetness hidden in shadow.’
3: Person #3
- Tree/Plant: Vine
- Kenning: ‘Binding of Intoxication’
- Spiritual Lesson: True connection uplifts; false ties consume.
- Reflective Question: Where am I entangled in illusion?
- Affirmation: ‘I choose sacred union, not bondage.’
4: Person #1's view of #2
- Tree/Plant: Heather
- Kenning: ‘Flower of Dreams’
- Spiritual Lesson: Dreams demand roots as much as wings.
- Reflective Question: What fragile dream do I need to protect and nourish?
- Affirmation: ‘I dream with rooted hope.’
5: Person #2's view of #3
- Tree/Plant: Reed
- Kenning: ‘Voice of the Waters’
- Spiritual Lesson: The purest messages are the simplest.
- Reflective Question: What truth needs my voice right now?
- Affirmation: ‘I am the voice of clear waters.’
6: Person #3's view of #1
- Tree/Plant: Elder
- Kenning: ‘Death’s Gateway’
- Spiritual Lesson: True rebirth demands true mourning.
- Reflective Question: What am I still carrying that must be laid to rest?
- Affirmation: ‘I bless the ending and welcome the new.’
7: Person #2's view of #1
- Tree/Plant: Double Hazel / ‘Lover’s Vine’
- Kenning: ‘The Sacred Pair’
- Spiritual Lesson: True connection is mutual transformation.
- Reflective Question: What relationship calls me to become more than myself?
- Affirmation: ‘I grow through sacred union.’
8: Person #3's view of #2
- Tree/Plant: Rowan
- Kenning: ‘Delight of the Eye’
- Spiritual Lesson: True insight demands patience, not desperation.
- Reflective Question: Where am I mistaking wishful thinking for true intuition?
- Affirmation: ‘My spirit sharpens to the truth.’
9: Person #1's view of #3
- Tree/Plant: Blackthorn
- Kenning: ‘Blade of Trials’
- Spiritual Lesson: Pain refines, not defines.
- Reflective Question: What suffering is trying to carve me into something better?
- Affirmation: ‘I transform pain into power.’
10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2
- Tree/Plant: Silver Fir
- Kenning: ‘Pillar of Resilience’
- Spiritual Lesson: True resilience bends without breaking.
- Reflective Question: What inner root keeps me alive through winter?
- Affirmation: ‘I endure, evergreen and steadfast.’
11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3
- Tree/Plant: Oak
- Kenning: ‘Door to Strength’
- Spiritual Lesson: Power without purpose is decay.
- Reflective Question: Where must I claim authority—or surrender pride?
- Affirmation: ‘I am the door that withstands all storms.’
12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3
- Tree/Plant: Hazel
- Kenning: ‘Wellspring of Wisdom’
- Spiritual Lesson: Wisdom must be lived, not stored.
- Reflective Question: What hidden knowledge am I being invited to embrace?
- Affirmation: ‘I drink from the sacred well.’
13: Overall 3-way Relationship
- Tree/Plant: Ivy
- Kenning: ‘Tenacity of the Green Path’
- Spiritual Lesson: Persistence must serve true growth.
- Reflective Question: What am I climbing toward—and is it worth it?
- Affirmation: ‘I cling to the light that feeds me.’