HEARTBREAK LONELINESS BETRAYAL
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FEELING HEARTBREAK causing heartbreak suffering emotional pain hurting inside being disappointed getting some unsettling news having your feelings hurt hurting someone's feelings receiving little solace Reversed Early Phase: You may suffer pain in the future. You could be heading toward some heartbreak. You may begin feeling vulnerable emotionally. It's possible you could hurt someone in the future. Late Phase: The heartbreak is behind you. The pain is dulling somewhat. You're coming to terms with your disappointment. You're no longer hurting someone. |
FEELING LONELY being separated wandering far from home being spurned or rejected feeling isolated from those you love being deserted in time of need feeling lost Reversed Early Phase: You may begin feeling lonely. A time of separation may be approaching. You may decide to reject someone, or be rejected. Your friends and loved ones may start pulling away. Late Phase: You're no longer feeling lonely. Loved ones are less distant. A separation is ending. You're putting a rejection behind you. Isolation is becoming less of a problem. |
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discovering a painful truth finding your trust misplaced being let down/letting someone down getting stabbed in the back breaking your word turning or acting against |
Reversed Early Phase: You may begin feeling less trustful. You may be betrayed in the future. Someone may turn against you. You may start seeing signs of dishonesty. You're thinking of breaking your word or vows. Late Phase: A betrayal has passed. The period of lying and deceit is ending. The painful revelations are behind you. You let someone down, but have resolved to mend your ways. |
Description
You open the door to find your partner in the arms of someone else. You overhear your best friend laughing at you behind your back. Your business partner has been cheating you. Your world has been turned upside-down. You're stunned, disbelieving, and heartbroken.
The image on the Three of Swords clearly pictures this sudden pain. You literally feel as if someone has taken a sharp object and jabbed it through your heart. Even something as minor as a snippy remark can feel this way. Notice how this card contains just a heart and three swords. When your heart is breaking, you feel as if that is all you are—an open wound.
In readings, the Three of Swords often represents the nasty little curveballs that life can throw sometimes. Betrayal, abandonment, rejection, separation, a reversal of fortune. These hurts are painful because they hit you when you least expect them. If you have drawn this card, it is likely there is something amiss in your life that you are unaware of or unwilling to acknowledge. Curve balls hit us when we're looking the other way. Examine your situation carefully. Don't take anything for granted. Listen to your inner voice; it will help you locate the problem.
It is also possible that you are contemplating hurting someone else. With this card I think it is important to remember we're all human—we all make mistakes, sometimes serious ones. In the end, trust in the goodness of life and try to live up to that ideal. When you slip, forgive yourself, and try to forgive others in turn, but, even better, head off trouble before it arrives.
Some Possible Opposing Cards
Lovers—intimacy, feeling love
Three of Cups—companionship, trust
Ten of Cups—joy, love, peace, togetherness
Some Possible Reinforcing Cards
Five of Cups—separation, loss of love, heartache
Nine of Swords—anguish, heartbreak
Five of Pentacles—rejection, separation, lack of support
