Three of Swords
This card depicts a scorched battlefield where a triumphant warrior stands over a kneeling, wounded knight pierced by three swords, symbolizing acute emotional and physical pain. It signals betrayal, rejection, and a period of questioning one’s choices, producing streams of grief and hurt. Reversed, the card urges release and healing, encouraging you to let go of the past and move beyond physical and mental suffering. The Bind Rune highlights understanding the cycles in your life and the promise that better days are coming with persistence.
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Description
Two warriors stand on a scorched battlefield. The victor stands tall. An axe appears in their hand, a large shield in the other. They swing it up to pass judgment on the warrior kneeling below. This warrior wears a plate mail set of armor. Three swords pierce through the chain mail of the armor, sending streams of blood down to the earth. The knight holds onto a spear with a tattered red emblem. The trees around the place have been burnt; their ash-filled husks bear no life. The dying knight points down at the Rune glowing red in front of them.
Upright
Emotional release, physical pain, betrayal, rejection from peers, questioning your choices.
Reversed
Let go of the past, heal your mind, hang in there, move beyond the physical pain to heal, better days are coming.
Bind Rune
Understand the cycles appearing in your life.
Visual Description
A bloodied knight kneels in chainmail and a closed helmet, three swords thrust into his back and helmet area. Behind him a warrior in fur and a horned helmet raises a heavy axe as if delivering the strike, and a round shield is partially visible. A tattered red banner on a pole stands to the right, and bare trees and misty hills fill the background. At the top of the card a stylized '3' sits above a small sword motif, and faint glowing crossed lines lie on the ground in the foreground.
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