--- title: "Triamazikamno (Law of Three) — Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) | 4th Tarot Glossary" description: "The fundamental law that every phenomenon results from three interacting forces: Active, Passive, and Neutralizing (Affirming, Denying, Reconciling)." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DefinedTerm", "@id": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary/triamazikamno-law-of-three", "name": "Triamazikamno (Law of Three)", "description": "The fundamental law that every phenomenon results from three interacting forces: Active, Passive, and Neutralizing (Affirming, Denying, Reconciling).", "url": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary/triamazikamno-law-of-three", "inDefinedTermSet": { "@id": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary#termset", "@type": "DefinedTermSet", "name": "4th Tarot Glossary", "url": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Glossary", "item": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Triamazikamno (Law of Three)", "item": "https://4thtarot.com/glossary/triamazikamno-law-of-three" } ] } ] --- [The 4th Tarot](/) [Single Reading](/temple)Explore[About](/about)[Tara](/tara)[Philosophy](/philosophy)[Privacy](/why-no-data)[FAQ](/faq)[Chronicles](/blog)[Shared Readings](/videos)[Ask at the Temple](/waitlist) [Back to Glossary](/glossary) Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) # Triamazikamno (Law of Three) Gurdjieff's cosmological principle that every real event in the universe requires the interaction of three forces: an Active or Affirming force, a Passive or Denying force, and a Neutralizing or Reconciling force. No process with only two forces present can complete. The third force, which Gurdjieff noted is the most difficult to perceive, is what transforms opposition into creation rather than mere conflict. In the 4th Tarot, the Law of Three is the structural basis for the three-card Law of Three spread and the reorganization of the Celtic Cross into three nested triads. ## Appears in These Spreads [ ### Emotional Triad 3 cards Feeling-state triangle ](/spreads/positive-negative-neutralizing)[ ### Inner Family 3 cards Family threesome ](/spreads/masculine-feminine-child)[ ### Law of Three 3 cards Three qualities ](/spreads/law-of-three)[ ### Three Brains Functioning 3 cards Three staffs/supports ](/spreads/intellect-emotion-body) ## Related concepts three forces trinity Threes in Tarot resolution synthesis third factor balance of forces ## More in Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) - [A, B, C Influences](/glossary/a-b-c-influences) - [Being-Partkdolg-Duty](/glossary/being-partkdolg-duty) - [Buffers](/glossary/buffers) - [Chief Feature](/glossary/chief-feature) - [Conscious Faith](/glossary/conscious-faith) - [Conscious Hope](/glossary/conscious-hope) - [Conscious Labor](/glossary/conscious-labor) - [Conscious Love](/glossary/conscious-love) - [Considering (External)](/glossary/considering-external) - [Considering (Internal)](/glossary/considering-internal) - [Endlessness](/glossary/endlessness) - [Enneagram](/glossary/enneagram) - [Essence](/glossary/essence) - [Exioëhary](/glossary/exioehary) - [False Personality](/glossary/false-personality) - [Fifth Striving](/glossary/fifth-striving) - [First Striving](/glossary/first-striving) - [Five Being-Obligolnian Strivings](/glossary/five-being-obligolnian-strivings) - [Food for the Moon](/glossary/food-for-the-moon) - [Formatory Apparatus](/glossary/formatory-apparatus) - [Fourth Striving](/glossary/fourth-striving) - [Fourth Way](/glossary/fourth-way) - [Gurdjieff Movements](/glossary/gurdjieff-movements) - [Hanbledzoin](/glossary/hanbledzoin) - [Helkdonis](/glossary/helkdonis) - [Heptaparaparshinokh (Law of Seven)](/glossary/heptaparaparshinokh-law-of-seven) - [Higher Emotional Center](/glossary/higher-emotional-center) - [Higher Intellectual Center](/glossary/higher-intellectual-center) - [Holy Planet Purgatory](/glossary/holy-planet-purgatory) - [Hydrogens](/glossary/hydrogens) - [Identification](/glossary/identification) - [Imagination](/glossary/imagination) - [Intentional Suffering](/glossary/intentional-suffering) - [Irankipaekh](/glossary/irankipaekh) - [Kesdjan Body](/glossary/kesdjan-body) - [Knowledge and Being](/glossary/knowledge-and-being) - [Kundabuffer](/glossary/kundabuffer) - [Law of Accident](/glossary/law-of-accident) - [Magnetic Center](/glossary/magnetic-center) - [Mechanicalness](/glossary/mechanicalness) - [Merciless Heropass (Time)](/glossary/merciless-heropass-time) - [Multiple I's](/glossary/multiple-is) - [Negative Emotions](/glossary/negative-emotions) - [Objective Art](/glossary/objective-art) - [Personality](/glossary/personality) - [Ray of Creation](/glossary/ray-of-creation) - [Real I](/glossary/real-i) - [Remorse of Conscience](/glossary/remorse-of-conscience) - [Sacred Being-Impulses](/glossary/sacred-being-impulses) - [Second Striving](/glossary/second-striving) - [Self-Calming](/glossary/self-calming) - [Self-Observation](/glossary/self-observation) - [Self-Remembering](/glossary/self-remembering) - [Shocks](/glossary/shocks) - [The Absolute](/glossary/the-absolute) - [The Work](/glossary/the-work) - [Third Striving](/glossary/third-striving) - [Three Lines of Work](/glossary/three-lines-of-work) - [Trogoautoegocrat](/glossary/trogoautoegocrat) - [Vanity](/glossary/vanity) - [Waking Sleep](/glossary/waking-sleep) - [Will (Real Will)](/glossary/will-real-will) Copyright © 2026 Robert V. 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