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Three of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Three of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of heartbreak, grief, painful truth; reversed, of healing, forgiveness. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Three of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAirSaturn in Libra

Upright meaning

“Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion, and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and obvious to call for specific enumeration”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: heartbreak, grief, painful truth, sorrow, honest pain.

Reversed meaning

“Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: healing, forgiveness, releasing hurt.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): first synthesis — growth through cooperation of psychic forces.

Astrology

Decan: Saturn in Libra. Air triplicity (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius).

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