Minor Arcana · Swords
Three of Swords
Card Code
S3
Suit
Swords
Rank
Three
Description & Symbolism
Three of Swords
Three swords piercing a heart; cloud and rain behind.
Divinatory Meaning
Upright
Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion, and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and obvious to call for specific enumeration.
For a woman, the flight of her lover.
Reversed Meaning
Reversed
Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
A meeting with one whom the Querent has compromised; also a nun.