Three of Swords

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Three of Swords ("tre di spade") from an Italian deck
Three of Swords from the Rider–Waite tarot deck

Three of Swords is the third card of the suit of swords. The suit is present in Italian, Spanish and tarot decks.

Card reading[]

This card depicts a fundamentally sorrowful experience— tarot readers suggest this may be in the form of a lost relationship, an accidental death, or some other form of not just depression or malaise but deeply emotional sorrow. When the card appears "reversed" in a spread, this is not usually read as meaning the "opposite" of sorrow, but rather a sorrow that is somehow mitigated by its circumstances or that is not as bad as it could have been. It is among the most negative cards within the tarot deck.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Raven Willowmagic (15 July 2010). Tarot: Tips of the Trade: Tying It All Together. Raven Willowmagic. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-4536-4855-1.


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