3 of swords

[DanielJUK]

Let's get this thread back on topic to the 3 of Swords 😀

 

In the opening post, @RosieBlack started the discussion on the mental aspects of heartbreak with this card and what this card means

[katrinka]

My bad. 🕊️

 

It's not a happy card by any means. While I wouldn't read it as anything profoundly heart-rending without context/other cards to support that, it's always disappointing. Sometimes you just break a knickknack, but you really liked that knickknack.

[Guest]

On 11/1/2021 at 6:27 PM, WaltQuan said:

 

'i don't have his book with me at the moment but i think it goes something on the lines of:

 

if this is all a process of moving forward (rather than being stuck in the energy that the card describes), then the only way to truly go forward after betrayal, heartbreak, sorrow, is forgiveness....  not even necessarily forgiving the other (although that'd likely be beneficial) but forgiving oneself, giving the self permission to grieve and let the anger/hurt go ('coz really, hanging onto it is not good for self...) and to forgive and move on...

 

i think when 3S comes up for me as i read, I note that it's 'only' a #3, so there's 7 steps more to go in the suit of swords plus the court, so the journey through swords is reallly early stages, so carrying that broken heart through another 7+4 steps is gonna make those steps/stages reallllly hard...

 

so I like Elliott's perky approach (I think the book is "How to Give a Positive Reading in Any Situation") helps me a lot with 3S when it appears and I/querent gets that swift intake of breath after seeing th'image.

 

here's Hanson Roberts

 

Walter

Thanks for answering. And apologies, I didn't intend to spark rage in others by getting you to elaborate!

 

That's an interesting angle to the card. It's funny, looking at the image you've provided (Hanson Roberts Walter?) I can't help but just see how painful those swords in the heart look. Forgiveness is probably a stretch too far for me (but intuitive reading and how we individually, personally connect with the cards as the reader is totally valid imo).

 

For me, this card is always going to be about real, sore, pain- right where it hurts the most. But it's also, as has been said by you and others, a 3. It's the early stages of a journey. It's temporary, unlike, say the 10 of the same suit. If I was reading for someone in a lot of distress, feeling very anxious over a relationship (or other life issue) and I drew this card, I probably wouldn't want to exacerbate their mental state by not thinking about how I deliver the message, regardless of how much a messenger of the cards I see myself to be. I'd probably (and have done so) say that things are gonna be tough, it's going to really hurt, but that it won't be forever, and it's probably necessary (relating this to other cards in the spread). In my experience, many people who seek readings tend to be suffering and therefore vulnerable. Compassionate reading - especially with tough cards that don't deliver cheerful messages- is important in my view. So thanks for giving me something to think about in relation with the 3 of swords, even if I don't wholly agree with the interpretation. 

 

 

[katrinka]

29 minutes ago, lastlight said:

And apologies, I didn't intend to spark rage in others by getting you to elaborate!

Nobody's enraged by internet debates. It's sport. 😕

[WaltQuan]

39 minutes ago, lastlight said:

That's an interesting angle to the card. It's funny, looking at the image you've provided (Hanson Roberts Walter?) I can't help but just see how painful those swords in the heart look. Forgiveness is probably a stretch too far for me (but intuitive reading and how we individually, personally connect with the cards as the reader is totally valid imo).

 

For me, this card is always going to be about real, sore, pain- right where it hurts the most. But it's also, as has been said by you and others, a 3. It's the early stages of a journey. It's temporary, unlike, say the 10 of the same suit. If I was reading for someone in a lot of distress, feeling very anxious over a relationship (or other life issue) and I drew this card, I probably wouldn't want to exacerbate their mental state by not thinking about how I deliver the message, regardless of how much a messenger of the cards I see myself to be. I'd probably (and have done so) say that things are gonna be tough, it's going to really hurt, but that it won't be forever, and it's probably necessary (relating this to other cards in the spread). In my experience, many people who seek readings tend to be suffering and therefore vulnerable. Compassionate reading - especially with tough cards that don't deliver cheerful messages- is important in my view. So thanks for giving me something to think about in relation with the 3 of swords, even if I don't wholly agree with the interpretation. 

 

 

 

the universe has a wondrous sense of humour...

 

for my reading practise on another platform, today's question was about "fully healing within a relationship"... in my 11 card celtic cross, bingo, what was the final outcome card but 3 Swords and yup, Hanson Roberts!   and I KNOW that other folks wouldn't give 'forgiveness' as the reading culmination necessarily but that's why we're all different and folks are drawn to us (or we're assigned as the case may be) for what we have to offer...   So I held forth about forgving herself first and letting go of whatever betrayal (it's a mind card, not a sword or a pentacle or rod!) was hanging around and in order to move forward, _I_ advise workin' the forgiveness...

 

folks are supposed to provide feedback so I'll see if that hit a mark for her...

 

no rage, but I did want to clarify Theresa Reed's words from Elliot Adam's...

 

 

 

[Grizabella]

I once saw a reader say she had seen a surgical procedure on female organs in the 3 of Swords.  Something like a hysterectomy or c-section.  I've forgotten the specifics as it was a long time ago. It all depends on the question, positions and surrounding cards what will come to the experienced reader's mind. 

[chongjasmine]

For me, I agree with the OP, as in, I think it is more to do with mental than heart break. Still, it depends very much on the surrounding cards.