Classic method3 cardsSource type: Teaching consensus

Three-Card Yes/No Method

Mary K. Greer’s traceable three-card voting method: upright means Yes, reversed means No, and the center card carries twice the weight.

Questions this spread is best for

Read each card through the role of its fixed position. A card does not mean the same thing in every place in a spread.

1
Past
A previously formed condition that affects the current Yes/No tendency; its orientation counts as one vote.
2
Present
The most decisive factor at present; its orientation counts as two votes, making it the method’s center of weight.
3
Future
A factor that may strengthen or change the answer tendency if current conditions continue; its orientation counts as one vote.

Source type: Teaching consensus

This page uses Greer’s published version. It is one documented modern method, not a universal Yes/No standard across tarot practice.

References

Mary K. Greer, “Three-Card Spreads: The Essentials (and more).”
Mary K. Greer, The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals, printed pp. 20–21, 215–216, 229–239.

1Ask one closed question that can honestly be answered Yes or No, without combining several conditions.
2Draw Past, Present, and Future with upright or reversed orientation preserved: the outside cards count as one vote and the center as two.
3Count upright as Yes and reversed as No, then interpret all three cards to understand the conditions behind the tendency.

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