Three of Swords

Swords · Air

Uprightpain · truth · liberation

Reversedavoidance · lingering wounds

Upright meaning

It looks as if three swords are piercing your heart. Painful words or disappointments have piled up at once, making even breathing feel heavy. However, this pain is also a process of revealing the truth.

Reversed meaning

You are either holding onto the pain or trying too hard to force yourself to forget it. Neither approach lasts long. While time acts as a remedy, you should focus on comforting yourself.

Readings by topic

Love

Upright — It feels as if painful words have pierced your heart. It is a day where disappointments pile up and make it hard to breathe, and the best way is to acknowledge that pain first. Do not hide it.

Reversed — You are either holding onto the pain or trying too hard to force yourself to forget it. Since neither lasts long, it is better to just leave things as they are.

Work

Upright — This is a situation where swords are piercing your work. It is a day where results different from your expectations have piled up, and it will hurt less if you accept those words as mere facts. Put your emotions aside.

Reversed — It seems your hands have stopped because you are dwelling on painful matters. You are not exhausted; you simply haven't moved past those words yet, so take your time.

Money

Upright — This is a situation where disappointments regarding money have piled up. The pain is not in the numbers, but in having to accept things that differ from your expectations, so do not look only at the figures.

Reversed — It seems your hands have stopped because you keep counting painful decisions regarding money. You are not exhausted; you simply haven't moved past those numbers yet, so take your time.

Choices

Upright — This is a situation where painful words have met at a crossroads. It feels like a day where you might lose both paths, but if you accept those words as facts, your choice becomes lighter. Look at both paths again.

Reversed — It seems your decision-making is becoming heavy because you are dwelling on painful choices. You are not exhausted; you simply haven't moved past those words yet, so take your time.

In the past, present and future positions

When you draw three cards and read them as past, present and future, this card reads like this in each position.

Upright

Past — In the past, you suffered after hearing painful words during your life process. Disappointing events piled up all at once, making even breathing feel heavy. That pain remained as a weight on your life.

Present — Now, you are in a painful state, as if a knife has been plunged into your heart. You feel suffocated as disappointments pile up. Right now, you must know that this pain is a process of revealing the truth.

Future — From here on, your heart will be released as the truth of your life is revealed. Through pain, you can realize the truth and meet liberation in life. You can prepare the courage to accept the truth in advance.

Reversed

Past — In the past, you kept holding onto the pains of life. Or, you had a hard time trying to force yourself to forget the pain. That method only made your heart more exhausted.

Present — Now, you are in a state of either holding onto pain or trying to force yourself to forget it. Neither of these two ways can hold your heart for long. Right now, you should spend time comforting yourself.

Future — From here on, things will heal naturally as time passes. You will find peace at the end of the process of comforting yourself. You can prepare an attitude of soothing your own heart in advance.

As your card of the day

Upright — Today, instead of swallowing painful words, try listening to them slowly just one more time. If you write down why those words hurt in a single line, the pain may feel a little lighter.

Reversed — It is better not to keep dwelling on things that hurt you today. If you replay the same words more than three times, the pain only deepens.