Card 52 • swords

Three of Swords

Brief Description

The Three of Swords signifies emotional pain and heartbreak, encouraging you to honor your feelings and take the time to heal. It reminds you that it's okay to cry and that processing grief is a vital part of recovery. However, if reversed, it suggests you might be stuck in your sorrow, resisting healing and the acceptance that it is time to move on.

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Key Phrase

It's okay to cry.

Emotional Healing

"Is it absurd to cry when a story comes to an end?" the witch asks you between sniffles. Remember in Gilmore Girls when Lorelai kept trying to convince Rory to let herself wallow after her breakup with Dean, because she knew that would be the only way Rory would be able to fully process it? If you're experiencing a Rory-level heartbreak, then consider this card your own personal herald. They say the heart heals with time, but if you don't use that time wisely, it might not. You have to take part in your own healing, so go get the ice cream & tissues, make a sad playlist & listen to it on repeat until the tears run out. Keep doing it until one day it no longer hurts as much. You have other suit to do.

Reversed Meaning

You'd been in your wallowing stage for a long time, but it's almost like you don't want to heal because you don't want to believe the thing is actually over. Without sounding too harsh . . . it's time to move on & give your attention to something else.

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