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

P#3		3to2	2+3	2to3		P#2
	3to1		Overall		2to1
1+3		1to3		1to2		1+2
			P#1

1: Person #1

Gort

Tree/Plant: Ivy
Kenning: ‘Tenacity of the Green Path’

Ivy is persistence incarnate. It climbs, winds, and survives where others perish. Gort urges you to endure, adapt, and climb steadily toward your light. Tenacity, not brute strength, wins the marathon of life. Let your spirit be evergreen, no matter how dark the stone you cling to.

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.’

2: Person #2

Tree/Plant: Heather
Kenning: ‘Flower of Dreams’

Heather carpets the wild hills, a dreamscape of resilience and mystery. Ur asks you to trust in subtle magic: quiet dreams, soft longings, secret hopes. Nourish them patiently. Some dreams need slow seasons to grow before they break into bloom.

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.’

3: Person #3

Beith

Tree/Plant: Birch
Kenning: ‘Brightest of Trees’

The path clears before you, washed clean by the rains of old griefs. Beith marks the sacred threshold: a pure beginning, unburdened by yesterday’s debris. You are given leave to start again—with clarity, with lightness. This is the white bark of renewal, sacred to Druids as the tree of purification and rebirth. You are called to honour your beginning without apology, even if it feels fragile. Innocence is not weakness. Every ancient forest was once a single trembling sapling.

Spiritual Lesson: Purification requires surrender; beginnings require mourning.
Reflective Question: What old story must I finally lay to rest to allow my rebirth?
Affirmation: ‘I welcome the purity of the unknown.’

4: Person #1's view of #2

Iphin Blocked

Tree/Plant: Gooseberry
Kenning: ‘The Tang of Life’

When Iphin is blocked, bitterness overrides renewal. You may be fixating on what stings instead of what it awakens. Don't let the sourness of the moment poison the sweetness of your path.

Spiritual Lesson: Life stings—but it stings to wake you.
Reflective Question: What bitterness must I bless so it can become my medicine?
Affirmation: ‘I rise refreshed from the bite of truth.’

5: Person #2's view of #3

Ruis Blocked

Tree/Plant: Elder
Kenning: ‘Death’s Gateway’

Blocked Elder is stagnation, refusing to grieve, refusing to grow. You may cling to rotted branches, mistaking them for life. Stop embalming your own dead. Surrender the corpse of old identities, dreams, and loyalties.

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.’

6: Person #3's view of #1

Quert

Tree/Plant: Apple
Kenning: ‘Fruit of the Otherworld’

Quert is the sweet fruit hanging just beyond reach, the Otherworld’s promise of abundance, beauty, and healing. You are called to enjoy life's sweetness without shame or fear. Taste joy fully, live fully, love fully. Gifts are meant to be accepted. Pleasure, properly honoured, is a spiritual act.

Spiritual Lesson: True abundance is joyful, generous, and reverent.
Reflective Question: Where am I denying myself the blessings of life?
Affirmation: ‘I taste joy without fear.’

7: Person #2's view of #1

Muin Blocked

Tree/Plant: Vine
Kenning: ‘Binding of Intoxication’

Blocked Vine is clinging, addiction, or entanglement in illusions. Are you chasing connection so hard you’ve lost yourself? Beware false intoxications: relationships, substances, ideas that promise bliss but deliver bondage. Choose sacred connection over entrapment.

Spiritual Lesson: True connection uplifts; false ties consume.
Reflective Question: Where am I entangled in illusion?
Affirmation: ‘I choose sacred union, not bondage.’

8: Person #3's view of #2

Fearn Blocked

Tree/Plant: Alder
Kenning: ‘Shield of the Warriors’

When Alder is blocked, the call to act becomes a coward’s retreat or a reckless charge. You may be standing in the wrong battle, wasting blood for pride. Or worse, refusing a battle that desperately needs your presence. Beware false peace. Some bridges must be burned before the right ones can be built. Know what you are fighting for—and what you are willing to surrender.

Spiritual Lesson: Strength is found not in stubbornness, but in sacred resilience.
Reflective Question: What cause truly deserves my courage right now?
Affirmation: ‘I am the bridge and the battleground.’

9: Person #1's view of #3

Nion

Tree/Plant: Ash
Kenning: ‘World-Tree of the Ancestors’

Ash roots into the underworld and crowns into the heavens. Nion is the ladder between realms—initiation, connection, growth beyond the self. You are called to think larger: your actions ripple beyond your little life. A decision made today weaves into the bones of your descendants. Rise into responsibility. Carry the vision of the ancestors with you, but blaze new trails they could only dream of.

Spiritual Lesson: True growth demands humility before the unseen web of life.
Reflective Question: What legacy am I weaving with my daily choices?
Affirmation: ‘I walk the worlds rooted and crowned.’

10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2

Duir Blocked

Tree/Plant: Oak
Kenning: ‘Door to Strength’

Blocked Oak crumbles into tyranny or weakness. You may either dominate when you should lead, or abdicate when you should stand firm. Know the difference between stubborn pride and rightful authority. Strength unused is strength lost. Step up—or step aside.

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.’

11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3

Huathe

Tree/Plant: Hawthorn
Kenning: ‘Thorn of Protection’

Hawthorn is the guardian hedge—neither hostile nor tame, but fiercely loyal to its sacred task. Huathe asks you to protect what is holy: your heart, your dreams, your boundaries. Sacred spaces need walls. Not everything and everyone deserves access to your inner garden. Wield your thorn wisely—defend, but do not imprison yourself.

Spiritual Lesson: True protection is conscious, not reactionary.
Reflective Question: What am I defending, and is it truly sacred?
Affirmation: ‘I protect without imprisoning.’

12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3

Eadha Blocked

Tree/Plant: Aspen
Kenning: ‘Shield of Courage’

Blocked Aspen freezes in terror or arrogance. Do you hide from necessary risks? Or charge recklessly to drown out your fears? True courage honours fear without surrendering to it. Feel it. Face it. Then walk through it.

Spiritual Lesson: Courage is trembling action.
Reflective Question: What fear am I called to face and outgrow?
Affirmation: ‘I tremble, but I move.’

13: Overall 3-way Relationship

Saille

Tree/Plant: Willow
Kenning: ‘Sweeping Elegance’

The Willow bends but does not break. Saille teaches the mastery of emotion—the art of yielding without defeat. Here, grief is not an enemy but a river to be crossed, danced with, and honoured. Your feelings are powerful allies, not burdens. Dreamtime, prophecy, and creativity surge through the Willow’s domain. Trust your tears, your visions, your poetic instincts. They are the currents carrying you toward deeper wisdom.

Spiritual Lesson: Mastery of emotion is achieved through movement, not denial.
Reflective Question: Where am I refusing to let grief or inspiration flow?
Affirmation: ‘I bend; I do not break.’