Here is one spread, that is fairly (faerily
) simple. In my case credit goes to faeries (well, who else, I suppose!).
......7.....
......2.....
......1.....
3..........4
5..........6
1 is supposed to represent the 'center' of the triangle formed by 2-3-4.
1. Your present actions (behavior) in core.
2. What your action will result in shortly (or, to be more precise, what you are heading to, when you are behaving like that).
3. A possible outcome if you change your beviour according to motivation in pos.5.
4. A possible outcome if you change your beviour according to motivaion in pos.6.
5. Available motivation to head for result in pos.3.
6. Available motivation to head for result in pos.4.
7. Your motivation (basis) for your present behavior.
A bit of explanation on how I use it.
As I said, faeries provided me with this spread. I find it useful when I need to see a wider perspective of what my actions can be. And I check what personal motivations I can rely on when choosing to act a specific way. I experienced some psychological difficulties dealing with spreads (for myself) that include an 'advice' position. It's hard for me to change my behavior on one advice without minor rebuilding in other areas of life. This spread doesn't give you an advice, but rather a choice. If you continue to do what you do (1), you will get a result (2), but be sure that you know what (7) drives you. There is also 2 other points you can get to from now (3 and 4), but you need to be sure that you structurize your behavior according to your motivation (5 and 6), otherwise, it's a pretence. That's what faeries told ME. It can different for others.
As I realized, this is quite a tricky spread, because doing it sometimes I keep in the back of my mind what I would want to see in one or another position. And when I open cards, I see a confusing picture, because what I wanted is actually lying in 3rd or 4th position. Thus, faeries are telling me that if I want something, I'd better get different reasons for my behavior. If I continue, then I should not complain that I have not been warned.
So, this triangle is actually a perfect playground for Topsy-Turvets (you can look at it from any angle
).
Good luck!