Tarot Card Meaning Dictionary · Swords
Three of Swords Three of Swords
The Three of Swords belongs to the Swords among the 78 Rider-Waite tarot cards. Suit of Air — thought, judgment, conflict, and communication If you drew this card while dealing with that kind of flow, use the meanings below as a reference.
The Symbolism on This Card
Beneath a grey, rainy sky, a single heart is pierced by three swords. The composition that shows the heart plainly, without hiding it, represents the need to face pain rather than avoid it, and the falling rain represents sorrow that needs to be let out.
Upright Meaning
Keywords: Heartbreak · Pain of separation · A painful truth
A card of three swords piercing a heart. You're facing something painful, or a truth that hurts, but it also means that pain, felt precisely, is what heals precisely.
Reversed Meaning
Keywords: Healing begins · Letting the pain flow through
A deep wound is beginning to heal. Rather than trying to erase the pain by force, let it flow through and recovery comes faster.
Interpretation by Topic
Love A time to be careful of words that wound. Even a painful truth can be said with warmth.
Money Even if a loss hurts, facing the cause head-on is what prevents it from happening again.
Work A disappointing result or an unfair-feeling review may come up. Try separating the emotion from the facts.
Tarot card readings are reference and entertainment content based on traditional symbolism, and do not predict actual future events.