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Whether you are a Tarot neophyte, a skilled reader, or you just want to select the best reading spread to fit the purpose of your question, 3-card Tarot readings are essential to answer concisely any questions.
One-card readings are ideal for a daily pull to receive guidance and inspiration for the day ahead. It can also open a door for creative and imaginative types of visualisation or meditation. Two-card readings are useful to compare two different options or choices when making a decision. It can help to compare, oppose, or complement two different ideas. But the real magic, my friends, begins with the 3-card spreads, and we can receive so much more with just three cards.
Sometimes we find ourselves at a crossroads or overwhelmed by contradictory thoughts. Perhaps, we are about to embark on a new endeavor and want to foresee the energy and insights for that specific period of time. In these cases, a concrete but in-depth answer is needed. Three-card Tarot readings can provide those answers quickly and efficiently. I’m a professional tarot interpreter for a decade now, and I can guarantee you that 3-card tarot reading spreads are one of my favorites among many other reading spreads.
The number three is a powerful and magical number in itself. Since ancient times, the concept of three is very strong. Religion and mysticism identify with the power of the holy or divine trinity. Psychology recognises the three states of consciousness. For the alchemists, it is mercury, sulfur, and salt. For the scientist, they are electrons, neutrons, and protons. The third month of the year marks the end of winter and the promise of spring. The earthly cycle of life, death, and rebirth is epitomized in eternity with the number three. Even in art, we have important epic trilogies in literature, painting, and cinema. Three is the number that breaks dualities, brings harmony, expansion, creativity, and communication.
In Tarot, three is represented by the authority and feminine figure of the Empress. The Empress III represents the love and nurturing that a mother figure can give. Our mother tongue comes from this archetype, which facilitates the capacity to express ourselves in the world. The Empress also represents desire, fertility, sensuality, imagination, and the gift to enjoy the good things in life, as to perpetuate life itself.
When I use the three-card Tarot reading system, I divide it into two groups. One group belongs to the chronological and sequential type of spreads, and the second belongs to the informational and transformative way – which establish a definition of each individual card, its position in the spread, and visual aspects when looking at them. Let me explain better what I mean in the following paragraphs, the differences when reading in these very different ways, and how to apply this system to answer all your questions.
What we want to know, how we prepare for a reading, and how we formulate our question, obviously, is of great importance in order to gain the right answers, clarity, and insights. But, it’s also important how we position and spread the cards across the table.
I’ve seen many times before and from really seasoned readers, using 3-card Tarot reading spreads in the same way and for each single question. I personally find it a bit simplistic. If we think about it, the tarot is a storyteller and the major arcana and court cards, the protagonists. These protagonists look, interact, and talk to each other, in a similar way the protagonists of a film, animation, or theatre play would do. On top of that, Tarot is a visual artefact, and the reading spreads are no less visual than the cards themselves. In this way of thinking, it will only make sense to place the cards on the table in the best way that fits answering the question. For example, if we want to know how the energy for the next three months is, we should do a chronological spread.
Chronological reading spreads are extremely useful for forecasting the energy of a specific period of time. The upcoming energy of the next three days, weeks, or months can be easily displayed with a 1, 2, 3 tarot or oracle spread. The sequential type of spread focuses on the steps, responses, or actions that are needed to take in an ordered manner. I find sequential spreads very helpful when I have many different and fragmented tasks to accomplish and don’t know where to start or what to tackle first, second, or third. If I am unsure of what to choose or have too many options, this reading brings clarity and helps me decide where to focus on the first three best options or steps forward, and where to begin.
On the other hand, we can have a sequential three-card spread as a system to clear out the obstacles that are preventing us from reaching our goal. Sometimes, before focusing on what we have to do, it is good to clear the space for the new things to come. Sometimes too, those three steps are bad habits to be cleared out, that we create subconsciously and the Tarot is definitely here to make us see, in a conscious way, what we can’t see otherwise. Those best three steps forward can actually be cutting off, clearing out, and letting go of something or someone.
Another way to use the sequential type of readings is to focus on the current situation at hand by receiving the three most important things we need to know in order to bring a resolution or improve any situation.
Please, let me know in the comments below if you have benefited from 3-card tarot readings and how. How do you use 3-card reading spreads?.
The informative or transformative type of 3-card spreads differ from chronological and sequential readings in the way the cards are placed to be read. Chronological and sequential cards are placed as 1, 2, 3, as explained earlier, but with transformative spreads, it is a completely different thing. Why is that? The key to the answer is in the type of question we ask. For example, whether we ask for answers in a predictive manner with a ‘Past, Present, Future’ reading, or in a more evolving type with a “Cause, Effect, Resolution” type of reading… there is a central point in common in these two very different questions, and that is the present moment, effect, or how we are placed in the now.
That present moment is always the first card, my friends, and it goes in the center. From that center point, we can look at what lies behind, below, above, and beyond – resulting in a more informative, resolutive, and even transformative reading. Therefore, giving more accurate answers for the type of question we ask. In that order, the cards are placed in the following way: the first card represents the person, situation, present, or effect and is placed in the center and middle of the space to read, the second card is placed on the left-hand side, or below from the first card, and the third card goes on the right-hand side, or above from the first, central card.
This is because in this type of spread, the first card always indicates the present, the person, the situation, the here and now, or the current state of circumstances. The second card represents the past, the cause of the current situation, or where we are coming from. This second card can be placed below the first card, representing what lies underneath, what we don’t know or can’t see. And the third card represents the solution, probabilities in the future, where to put our focus, or how we could progress. The third card can also be placed above the first card, representing something that is crowning the situation, or we are heading to, or is overlooking the present. In this way, we can have a very different panoramic view of the reading, facilitating a better analysis and definition of the messages the Tarot has to respond to our questions.
The informative/transformative 3-card spread is great for any type of question, especially when we want to delve into details and understand any type of situation further. It can be used for both types of readings, either the forecasting type or the more evolving one. Please tell me in the comments below which type of 3-card Tarot reading you prefer; I really want to know! Thanks.
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