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

Jack of Clubs

Leo

A young man, just, noble, generous, impulsive, humorous, strong.

 

 

 

2: Person #2

Jack of Hearts

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

Four of Hearts

'Luxury'

Moon in Cancer

Giving in to desire. Excess, luxury, insatiability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4: Person #1's view of #2

Two of Diamonds

'Change'

Jupiter in Capricorn

Constant change, likely a pleasant change, visit to friends, wandering.

 

 

 

5: Person #2's view of #3

Seven of Hearts

'Debauch'

Venus in Scorpio

Loss or lack of moral values. Deception, shameless indulgence, lust, fornication, intoxication, delusion, promises unfulfilled.

 

 

 

6: Person #3's view of #1

Ten of Clubs

'Oppression'

Saturn in Sagittarius

Brute 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

Nine of Hearts

'Happiness'

Jupiter in Pisces

A feeling of perfect happiness and well-being.

 

 

 

8: Person #3's view of #2

Nine of Diamonds

'Gain'

Venus in Virgo

Inheritance, increase in wealth, material fortune, accomplishment.

 

 

 

9: Person #1's view of #3

Five of Clubs

'Strife'

Saturn in Leo

Struggle, competition, opposition, violence, quarrelling, lust and carnal desire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2

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.

 

 

 

11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3

Eight of Hearts

'Indolence'

Saturn in Pisces

Success 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

Three of Clubs

'Virtue'

Sun in Aries

Realisation of hope. Noble cause. Pride and arrogance.

 

 

 

13: Overall 3-way Relationship

Jack of Diamonds

Taurus

A young man with skill in practical matters, reliable, and perhaps dull. He resents spiritual types, being beyond his scope.