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
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1: Person #1
Leo
A young man, just, noble, generous, impulsive, humorous, strong.
2: Person #2
Scorpio
A man who moves in shadows, who ambitiously lusts for great wisdom and power. His calm appearance masks an ocean of passion.
Ill-dignified: a merciless man of insatiable ambition.
3: Person #3
'Luxury'
Moon in CancerGiving in to desire. Excess, luxury, insatiability.
4: Person #1's view of #2
'Change'
Jupiter in CapricornConstant change, likely a pleasant change, visit to friends, wandering.
5: Person #2's view of #3
'Debauch'
Venus in ScorpioLoss or lack of moral values. Deception, shameless indulgence, lust, fornication, intoxication, delusion, promises unfulfilled.
6: Person #3's view of #1
'Oppression'
Saturn in SagittariusBrute force with no apparent spiritual source. Lies, repression, cruelty, malice. The element of fire in its most destructive form.
7: Person #2's view of #1
'Happiness'
Jupiter in PiscesA feeling of perfect happiness and well-being.
8: Person #3's view of #2
'Gain'
Venus in VirgoInheritance, increase in wealth, material fortune, accomplishment.
9: Person #1's view of #3
'Strife'
Saturn in LeoStruggle, competition, opposition, violence, quarrelling, lust and carnal desire.
10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2
'Completion'
Venus in AriesSolidification of a work. Harmony. Conclusions drawn from previous knowledge. Rest after completion of a work. A goal fulfilled.
11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3
'Indolence'
Saturn in PiscesSuccess abandoned, apathy, misery, transience, instability, a small victory. Sometimes means abandonment of materialistic pursuits in favour of the spiritual.
12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3
'Virtue'
Sun in AriesRealisation of hope. Noble cause. Pride and arrogance.
13: Overall 3-way Relationship
Taurus
A young man with skill in practical matters, reliable, and perhaps dull. He resents spiritual types, being beyond his scope.