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
'Dominion'
Mars in AriesFire in its strongest form. Influence, courage, boldness, fierceness.
2: Person #2
Leo
A young man, just, noble, generous, impulsive, humorous, strong.
3: Person #3
'Love'
Venus in CancerPerfect harmony between male and female radiates warmth and ecstasy. Love, union, friendship, warmth, comfort, passion, affinity, intercourse.
4: Person #1's view of #2
'Gain'
Venus in VirgoInheritance, increase in wealth, material fortune, accomplishment.
5: Person #2's view of #3
Pisces
A very sensitive, yet shallow man, who is quick to respond to attraction.
6: Person #3's view of #1
The Root of Earth
Materialistic concerns, contentment, earthly power and success.
7: Person #2's view of #1
'Ruin'
Sun in GeminiReason divorced from reality, the end of sanity, disaster, failure. Spiritually may mean the end of delusion.
8: Person #3's view of #2
'Abundance'
Mercury in CancerFulfilment, conclusion, plenty, fertility, hospitality, kindness, creation.
9: Person #1's view of #3
The Root of Air
Invoked force, conquest, strength through tribulation.
10: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #2
'Oppression'
Saturn in SagittariusBrute 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
Gemini
An active, skilful, witty, clever, fierce man.
12: Overall relationship between persons #1 and #3
'Strife'
Saturn in LeoStruggle, competition, opposition, violence, quarrelling, lust and carnal desire.
13: Overall 3-way Relationship
The Root of Fire
Energy, natural force, strength, creation, invention, pioneer spirit, enterprise, source, beginning, birth.