3♄︎ ♎︎Three of SwordsSorrow (Saturn in Libra)THOTH *

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Three of Swords

Thoth · Sorrow (Saturn in Libra)

Essence: Three swords pierce a yellow rose whose petals fall against a stormy background, sadness, melancholy, pain that turns the mind grey

General meaning

sorrowpainmelancholyheartbreaksadness

↕ Reversed: Sorrow that drags on, ruminating on what hurt, not letting it heal

Love: heartbreakbreak-upsadnesswounded heartpainful separation
Friendship: broken friendshipbetrayaldistancepain over a friendfalling out
Family: family sorrowgriefseparationupsetshared sadness
Career: dismissalloss of a postprofessional disillusionbad newsgrief at work
Work: farewellupset at worksad atmosphereloss of positionbad news
Studies: painful failurediscouragementfailsadness about the goalburden
Money: losspainful expensebad financial newssadness over what was losttight spot
Pets: griefillnessfarewellsadness over an animalloss
Health: paindeep sadnessanxietyhead or heartslow recovery
Choices: a decision that hurts but freesaccept the losschoose despite the sadnesscutown it
Creative projects: a project that hurtsabandonmentsadnesspainful lessonending
Creativity: work born from painmelancholysad poetryblockcatharsis

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

With Cups, it's heartache. Example: Three of Swords (Sorrow) + Two of Cups (Love) is a painful separation.
With healing cards, the wound closes. Example: Three of Swords + The Star is healing little by little after the sadness.
With creative cards, pain becomes art. Example: Three of Swords + Princess of Cups is writing or creating from what hurt you.

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