Card 52 • swords

Three of Swords

Brief Description

Three of Swords signifies a period of acute emotional pain and heartbreak. It encourages acknowledging the hurt and using the experience as a lesson. The card urges you to accept your loss, release the pain, and move forward with the past behind you. Reversed, it points to healing and releasing pain, or alternatively a refusal to let go that can lead to loneliness.

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Animal

Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Meaning

Three of Swords indicates a time of pain and heartbreak. However, it encourages you to use this pain as a lesson learned. Accept your loss, release the pain, and move on with the past behind you.

Keywords

Heartache, grief, love triangles, separation, rejection, emotional release

Reversed keywords

Healing, releasing pain, refusal to let go, loneliness

Visual Description

A small bird hangs limp in midair, its body pierced by three gleaming swords that sink into its chest. Rain streaks diagonally across a stormy, gray sky behind it, and a bare, crooked branch is barely visible to the right. The swords have ornate golden hilts and bright, reflective blades. The scene is centered within a narrow white border and the Roman numeral III appears at the top.

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