Unlike the other spreads I have listed, the 3-Card tarot spread is very different as there is not one fixed purpose or meaning to each card position. Instead, it is completely dynamic depending on the purpose of the reading, and the question being asked. Here are a few of the many ways it can be utilized:

1. Past/Present/Future
2. What helps you?/What hinders you?/What are your realized and unrealized potentials?
3. Current situation/Challenges/Guidance
4. What you think/What you Feel/What You Do
5. You/Your Partner/Your relationship
6. Strengths/Weaknesses/Advice
7. Mind/Body/Spirit

You can even assign your meaning to each position of the three cards you draw. I often use this spread when I’m struggling to make a choice and I assign a decision to the first two cards, for instance, the first card will be the outcome if I do go on holiday with my friends, the second is the outcome if I don’t go. Then, for the final card, I ask for any help, insight, and guidance the tarot spreads can give me regarding the decision.