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Equation with Three Unknowns

Seven cards in a triangle for a triangle of people. It takes apart the bond between you, your partner and the third figure, and finds the value that resolves the equation.

Choose it when a real third party is involved — not necessarily a rival, but a force with weight.

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How to read it

Read the three corners first: cards one, two and three are the participants, and each shows not the person's character but their unknown role in the story. The third corner is not necessarily a rival; it can be a relative, a job, a child, or the past. Then read the sides: cards four, five and six explain what binds each pair and which bond is the strongest. The weakest side of the triangle shows where everything will fall apart first. Card seven in the centre is the solution: the condition under which the situation stops being unsolvable.

Positions

  1. First unknown: you

    Your real role inside this triangle and the part of it you refuse to admit.

  2. Second unknown: your partner

    What your partner truly wants and what the present arrangement gives them.

  3. Third unknown

    Who or what holds the third corner: a person, family, work, a child, or the past.

  4. The bond of you two

    What genuinely holds the two of you together despite the third party's presence.

  5. Your bond with the third

    What ties you to the third party: dependence, duty, rivalry, or your own choice.

  6. Their bond with the third

    How strong the partner's bond with the third party is and what keeps feeding it.

  7. The solution

    The condition that resolves the triangle: whose step, and precisely which one, changes it.

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