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

Two of Clubs

'Dominion'

Mars in Aries

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

 

 

 

2: Person #2

Jack of Clubs

Leo

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

 

 

 

3: Person #3

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4: Person #1's view of #2

Nine of Diamonds

'Gain'

Venus in Virgo

Inheritance, increase in wealth, material fortune, accomplishment.

 

 

 

5: Person #2's view of #3

King of Hearts

Pisces

A very sensitive, yet shallow man, who is quick to respond to attraction.

 

 

 

6: Person #3's view of #1

Ace of Diamonds

The Root of Earth

Materialistic concerns, contentment, earthly power and success.

 

 

 

7: Person #2's view of #1

Ten of Spades

'Ruin'

Sun in Gemini

Reason divorced from reality, the end of sanity, disaster, failure. Spiritually may mean the end of delusion.

 

 

 

8: Person #3's view of #2

Three of Hearts

'Abundance'

Mercury in Cancer

Fulfilment, conclusion, plenty, fertility, hospitality, kindness, creation.

 

 

 

9: Person #1's view of #3

Ace of Spades

The Root of Air

Invoked force, conquest, strength through tribulation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2

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.

 

 

 

11: Overall relationship between persons #2 and #3

King of Spades

Gemini

An active, skilful, witty, clever, fierce man.

 

 

12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3

Five of Clubs

'Strife'

Saturn in Leo

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

 

 

 

13: Overall 3-way Relationship

Ace of Clubs

The Root of Fire

Energy, natural force, strength, creation, invention, pioneer spirit, enterprise, source, beginning, birth.