3-Card Tarot Spreads
So, you want to do a short tarot reading, but need some ideas as to where to start. You've come to the right place!
3-Card Readings--long list!
You can do 1-2-3 in these readings or 1-3-2 (the order in
which you lay the cards down, and the order in which you read them).
Anything that feels right IS right with the tarot. Remember that, and don't let anyone ever tell
you "You're doing this wrong".
There is no wrong in tarot reading.
* male --- female
--- neutral
* mother --- father
--- child
* thoughts --- words
--- actions
* thoughts ---
emotions --- desires
* what you want to
do --- what you need to do --- what you can do in reality
* inspired by the
image of a tree: bottom --- stem --- crown
* light (what's
obvious) --- shadow (what's hidden) --- gray (what's real)
* inside --- outside
--- advice
* outside ---
doorstep --- inside
* inner self --- outer
self --- advice
* strengths ---
weaknesses --- advice
* blessings of the
Gods --- blessings of the ancestors --- blessings of the elements
* what's moving ---
what's standing still --- advice
* the key --- the
door - the hand moving the key to the door
* you ---
question --- answer
* surface --- below
surface --- DNA
* conscious ---
subconscious --- deeper than subconscious (the core)
* worm (what you
offer to the Universe right now) --- fish (what you may catch) --- meal (what
you could make out of it)
* idea --- challenge
--- advantage
* challenge ---
opportunity --- action
* something
well-established --- a new breeze coming in --- how the new breeze improves and
lightens the well-established thing
* what I feel ---
what I think --- what I'm missing
* what you give ---
what you receive --- your thanks
* what you wish for
--- what you get ---- what surprises you
* nature of the
issue --- cause --- solution
* hope --- inspiration
--- guidance
* personal (self)
--- interpersonal (relationships) -- transpersonal (humanity or morality)
* emotional ---
social --- spiritual
* the power to will
--- the power to think --- the power to act
* yesterday ---
today --- tomorrow
* the face you show
--- the face you keep hidden --- your true self
3 Card Relationship
Spreads By James Ricklef
To get clarification
1. Insights about
your perspective of this relationship
2. What you should
know about the relationship
problem itself
3. What you need to
understand about your partner’s
perspective
To find resolution
1. Insights about
your needs in the relationship
2. A way to resolve
the problem that addresses both of
your needs
3. What you should
understand about your partner’s
needs in the
relationship
1. What strengths
can help you?
2. What weaknesses
do you need to overcome?
3. Who or what can
help you?
General Relationship
Spreads
1. What you should
be thankful for in this relationship
2. What you should
apologize for
3. What you should
forgive (either yourself or your partner)
1. The foundation of
your relationship
2. The challenges or
problems of it
3. What you need to
know or do about those problems
1. The current state
of your relationship
2. A recommended
action to improve the situation
3. A likely outcome
of that action
1. What are the
strengths of this relationship?
2. What problems in
this relationship do you need to be aware of?
3. What can you do
to improve this relationship? OR:
How can the
strengths of this relationship be used to overcome its problems?
1. The blessings you
bring into your relationship
2. The blessings
that your significant other brings into it
3. Blessings that
the Universe is bringing to you both
1. What is the
importance of Love in my life?
2. How can I become
better at manifesting Love in my life?
3. What is the
biggest obstacle to my experience of Love?
Inspired by a
"Teeter Totter" spread used by TheGuidingHermit and a section in
Nicholas Lore's book "The Pathfinder" I thought this would be a
useful "living fully in the present moment", illuminating 3-card
spread:
1...2
..3..
1 The Physical
Universe
The physical
environment around you. You become nothing more than a clockwork of gears
turning predictably and automatically if you constantly live in the physical
universe.
2 The Realm of
Possibility and Invention
The dreams, ideas,
and goals in your head. You will become a dreamer who does not get much
accomplished if you're constantly in the realm of possibility and invention.
3 How to Dance on
the Edge of the Sword
The balance point,
the Middle Path. Living in BOTH realms at once allows you to dream AND
accomplish those dreams, allowing you to live fully and with purpose.
Three Caskets Spread
(From Shakespeare
Oracle: Let the Bard Predict Your Future)
1. Gold: What you
desire
2. Silver: What you
deserve
3. Lead: What you
get
Deck of Shadows:
"Desire - Defy - Escape" Spread
1) Desire: What you
want
2) Defy: What you
are fighting against
3) Escape: What you
will leave behind
Eowyn's Stroke Of
Good Luck Spread
1. Which is going to
be your next stroke of luck?
2. How will it
happen?
Glass Owl's 2 Card
Advice Spread
1. This is what I
should take a bit more seriously (embrace)
2. This is what I
should take less seriously (let go of)
Rhiannon's Gopher
Spread
1. Who have I been?
2. Who am I?
3. Who am I
becoming?
Fishing Spread
1. What I offer the
universe right now (worm)
2. What I may catch
(fish)
3. What I can make
with it (meal)
PPF
(Past/Present/Future)
Question/Querent/Probable
Solution
Body/Mind/Spirit
Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow
Last Week/This
Week/Next Week
Last Month/This
Month/Next Month
Subconcious/Concious/Superconcious
Yes/No/Maybe
Querent/Partner/Outcome
(For Love readings)
Illusion/Knowledge/Magic
Idea/Challenge/Advantage
Challenge/Opportunity/Action
Issue/Action/Outcome
Inner Self/Outer
Self/Advice
Illness/remedy/recovery
Situation/Advice/Outcome
Where I am/Where I
need to be/How do I get there
Problem/Solution/Encouragement
The issue/What is
holding me back/What takes me forward
Red Light/Green
Light/Yellow Light Spread
Red Light - Don't do
this
Green Light - Go
ahead and do this
Yellow Light -
Caution/be careful/be aware of this
CPU/Monitor/Keyboard
CPU - Client
thoughts on the issue
Monitor - How the client views the issue
Keyboard - What the client can "input" so the issue will work in their favor
Sun/Moon/Stars
Sun - What you see
clearly
Moon - What you're
having a hard time seeing.
Stars - What you
wish will happen.
I/Love/You
I - How the client feels
about a person or relationship
Love - What the client
loves most about the person or relationship
You - How the client's
partner feel about the client or their relationship with them
Maiden/Mother/Crone
Maiden - Where or in
what the client or their issue is just starting to develop
Mother - What is in
"full bloom" or has a very robust energy.
Crone - What is
coming to pass or lessening in energy
Gas/Liquid/Solid
(Checking the status of what you're trying to manifest)
Gas - What's still
in the form of pure energy or thought in your life/What's "hanging
out" in the ethers.
Liquid - What's
starting to flow and slowly come into your life.
Solid - What's
completely manifested and visible to you.
Child/Parent/Adult
Child - Where in the
client's life they're like a child.
Parent - Where in
the client's life they're like a parent.
Adult - Where in the client's life they're like an adult.
Sun/Moon/Rising
(ascendant)
Sun - Your
individuality
Moon - Your inner
self
Rising - You outer
personality
-1--2--3
or could be laid out
as
----3
--2--
1----
1. Present: Here I
am
Current state or
situation.
Could represent
something underneath the surface.
2. Past: This is
where I was
Aspect of the past
that is influencing what is happening now. May represent a stumbling block or
something that needs to be addressed because it is stopping you from moving
forward
3. Future: Where I
am heading
A glimpse into what
is to come, based on the current conditions.
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1)The issue
2)What is holding me
back?
3)What takes me
forward?
In regards to the
Issue
1-What have I
released?
2-What do I still
cling to?
3-What will help or
aid me in releasing the rest?
Boyfriend spread
1..2..3
What he likes
What he doesn't like
Where he sees the
relationship going
They always want
future readings so I came up with this
1..2..3
Expected
Unexpected
Near future
1..2..3
Hidden influence
Advice
Likely outcome
Past Influences
Spiritual
Forces***********Influence of Others
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