What does the Three of Swords tarot card mean?

The Three of Swords always brings to light issues of incompatibility and excessive harshness in communication. The card is generally bleak; it foreshadows a tense and unpleasant time. With it, a multitude of quarrels and anxieties, bitterness, and conflicts of interest enter one's life. This is a card that tests your emotional resilience (pardon the bluntness, but it's accurate). It brings an unpleasant life lesson. If Cups are the "suit of the heart," then Swords are the "suit of the head."

What does the Three of Swords reversed mean?

It is still a rupture of partnerships, alienation, although in this case, the crack in the relationship is not so large. Resistance to pain, an unwillingness to acknowledge sadness, and this hinders healing. The heart "freezes"; it is broken, but feels nothing, not even pain.

What does the Three of Swords mean in love?

The broken heart meaning of the Three of Swords is clear to everyone, even to those seeing Tarot for the first time – the torments of love. Sometimes the card simply shows that the querent has these kinds of anxieties, a fear of pain and loss, although there might not be any special grounds for it. The traditional meaning of the card: the collapse of an alliance, and it usually manifests very noticeably. This is a card of separation, cooling off, discord, parting, and the rupture of personal relationships.

What does the Three of Swords mean for career?

Opposition to enterprises, delays. Bad prospects. Swords, as already mentioned, are the "suit of the head" - under the Three of Swords, a headache is guaranteed. Failures, losses, deficits. The threat of bankruptcy. Dismissal. The severing of business relationships. Termination of contracts. Fragmentation of power.

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Three of Swords

Swords — Minor Arcana

Grief, Sorrow

"Lord of Sorrow"

"Three sorrows"

The second decan of Libra from October 3 to October 12.

Astrological equivalents: Saturn in Libra, Aquarius, and the Seventh House.

Mars/Moon as a symbol of hurt feelings.

In aspect with Mercury - a decision made contrary to feelings.

Occult meaning – rupture.

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