Three of Swords

Minor Arcana · Swords

Three of Swords

Three of Swords is a Minor Arcana · Swords card of the tarot deck. Its keywords are: Heartbreak, Sorrow, Loss, Pain. Read below what it says upright and reversed.

  • Heartbreak
  • Sorrow
  • Loss
  • Pain

What does Three of Swords mean upright?

Heartbreak, painful truth and a wound that is fresh. Something has hurt, and pretending otherwise will not shorten it. Let the grief have its passage — clarity often arrives with it. The Three of Swords is honest about pain, which is the beginning of moving through it.

What does Three of Swords mean reversed?

Healing beginning, or pain held onto past its time. The wound is closing whether or not you are ready. Forgive what can be forgiven, including yourself. Carried grief eventually becomes identity.

Where to next?

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