Three Of Swords

Card Number: 47

Card Name: Three of Swords

Core Attributes

• ✨Astrological Correspondences:✨♄ Saturn in Libra
• ✨Element:✨🌬️ Air
• ✨Direction:✨🧭 East
• ✨Numerology:✨3️⃣ 3
• ✨Archetype:✨🎭 The Heartbroken, The Mourner, The Truth Revealed
• ✨Energy:✨⚡ Heartbreak, sorrow, betrayal, painful truth, grief
• ✨Keywords:✨🗝
  • Upright Keywords for The Three of Swords:
  • Heartbreak
  • Sorrow
  • Loss
  • Betrayal
  • Separation
  • Painful truth
  • Emotional release
  • Disappointment
  • Mourning
  • Grief
  • Necessary Pain
  • Reversed Keywords for Three of Swords:
  • Recovery
  • Forgiveness
  • Releasing pain
  • Healing heartbreak
  • Acceptance
  • Moving on
  • Reconciliation
  • Hope returning
  • Emotional resilience
  • Lessons learned
  • Suppression of grief
• ✨Basic Meaning:✨📖 In the upright position, the Three of Swords represents heartbreak, grief, and painful truths. It signifies betrayal, separation, or sorrow that pierces the heart, bringing emotional release through tears and mourning. It is a card of endings and the lessons of pain. In the reversed position, the Three of Swords indicates recovery, forgiveness, and healing after heartbreak. It suggests acceptance, reconciliation, or resilience, showing that sorrow can give way to hope and renewal.

Symbols & Associations

• ✨Gemstones:✨💎 Rose Quartz (healing love), Rhodonite, Black Obsidian, Smoky Quartz, Amethyst
• ✨Herbs:✨🌿 Willow Bark, Cypress, Rue, Yarrow, Rose
• ✨Runes:✨ᚠ Hagalaz, Nauthiz
• ✨Tree:✨🌳 Cypress, Willow
• ✨Chakra:✨🌀 Heart

Cultural and Mythological Links

• ✨Deities:✨👑 Aphrodite, Hecate, Kali, Anubis
• ✨Sabbats:✨🎃 Samhain
• ✨Archangel:✨👼 Raphael, Azrael
• ✨Shem Angel:✨🪽 Lauviah, Haaiah
• ✨Native American Totem Animals:✨🦉 Raven, Crow, Black Dog, Swan
• ✨I-Ching:✨📜 23 Po – Split Apart
• ✨Tree of Life:✨🌲Binah

Additional Details

✨Timing (When it should come about):✨⏳ 3 days, 3 weeks

✨Season:✨🍂 Autumn

✨Month:✨📅 October

✨Day of the Week:✨🗓 Saturday

✨Time of the Day:✨🌞 Twilight

✨Yes/No Answer:✨✅❌ No

✨Count:✨#️⃣ 3

✨Colors:✨🎨 Gray, Black, Deep Red, Indigo, stormy blue

✨Aura Colors:✨🌈 Dark red, Gray, Smoky purple, dull green

✨Moon Phase:✨🌙 Waning Crescent

✨Weather:✨⛅ Rain, Stormy skies, Lightning

✨Metal:✨⚙️ Lead, Iron

✨Scents:✨🌸 Myrrh, Cypress, Patchouli, Bitter herbs

✨Chocolate:✨🍫 Extra Dark Chocolate with Coffee

✨Candle Type:✨🕯️Figural Candle

✨Common Associations:✨🔗 Heartbreak, grief, sorrow, betrayal, painful truth, loss, separation, mourning, disappointment, regret, emotional release, lessons of the heart, forgiveness, healing, resilience, recovery, acceptance, moving forward

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