Card 52 • swords

Three of Swords

Brief Description

The Three of Swords signifies heartbreak, betrayal, and unwanted isolation. It often represents emotional pain stemming from personal, intimate, or professional sources. The card invites reflection on whether we are the victim or the perpetrator in causing pain. It calls for healing, making amends, and learning from the suffered heartache.

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Heartbreak; Release; Lessons; Isolation

Heartbreak and Betrayal

Heartbreak, betrayal, unwanted isolation. Three swords pierce a lonely, dull heart, with no refuge or aid in sight.

Emotional Pain

The Three of Swords represents a time of pain, usually emotional, and can be from a personal, intimate, or professional area. It is an unexpected loss.

Reflection

Within this card lies an important question: Are we the heart, or the sword? The Three of Swords asks if we have wronged others as often as we have been wronged. Make amends, heal, and realize what suffering can be brought upon others so that you are not the perpetrator.

Healing

This card is also a calling to heal, come to terms with the heartbreak, and learn a lesson from it.

Symbolism

The knives represent straight-bladed versions of Moroccan Koummya daggers, the early 1900s.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Arthur Wang

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