The Love Triangle Spread

 

 

Difficulty: Complicated

Casually referred to as the Love Triangle, this spread can be used to determine the dynamics of the relationship between three people, regardless of whether romance is involved. This spread is arranged in the form of a hexagram, consisting of several large and small triangles. This tarot spread may seem somewhat complicated, but it is not entirely that difficult.

The first step is to interpret the card for each individual position in the spread. 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 card 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 cards showing the way they see and relate to the other members of the triangle. For example, Card #6 indicates how Person #3 relates to Person #1, while Card #9 stands for Person #1's attitude toward Person #3.

The next step completes the upward triangle and the hexagram, focusing on cards #10–13. It also completes the many smaller triangles and hints at the potential for each relationship. The final card, #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

Nine of Hearts

'Happiness'

Jupiter in Pisces

A feeling of perfect happiness and well-being.

 

 

 

2: Person #2

Four of Diamonds

'Power'

Sun in Capricorn

Earthly power, dominion, law and order, material success, skill in confrontation.

 

 

 

3: Person #3

Eight of Clubs

'Swiftness'

Mercury in Sagittarius

Action, explosive energy, electricity, fast communication, gain of rapid speed, light, quickness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4: Person #1's view of #2

Eight of Diamonds

'Prudence'

Sun in Virgo

Industriousness, agriculture, building, construction, intelligence in material affairs.

 

 

 

5: Person #2's view of #3

Ten of Hearts

'Satiety'

Mars in Pisces

Pleasure fulfilled yet incomplete.

 

 

 

6: Person #3's view of #1

Queen of Spades

Libra

A confident, gracious, just, perceptive, graceful, elegant woman.

 

 

 

7: Person #2's view of #1

Four of Clubs

'Completion'

Venus in Aries

Solidification of a work. Harmony. Conclusions drawn from previous knowledge. Rest after completion of a work. A goal fulfilled.

 

 

 

8: Person #3's view of #2

Jack of Spades

Aquarius

A pure intellectual, clever but unstable of purpose, a mind full of various contradictory ideas and opinions. He kills his ideas as fast as he creates them.

 

 

 

9: Person #1's view of #3

Four of Hearts

'Luxury'

Moon in Cancer

Giving in to desire. Excess, luxury, insatiability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2

Ten of Diamonds

'Wealth'

Mercury in Virgo

Material prosperity. Completion of material building. Old age.

 

 

 

11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3

Queen of Clubs

Aries

A calm attractive woman. Strength relaxed. Persistent, adaptive, but intolerant of opposition.

 

 

12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3

Two of Clubs

'Dominion'

Mars in Aries

Fire in its strongest form. Influence, courage, boldness, fierceness.

 

 

 

13: Overall 3-way Relationship

Two of Hearts

'Love'

Venus in Cancer

Perfect harmony between male and female radiates warmth and ecstasy. Love, union, friendship, warmth, comfort, passion, affinity, intercourse.