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Three of Swordsfor Virgo

Three of Swords tarot card

"Heartbreak isn't the question. What you do next is."

Six quick picks first, then your reading

On the card

Three swords piercing a heart; cloud and rain behind. Swords represents knowledge and the three card represents collaboration. Together these cards mean a lot of incoming thoughts and ideas (not all positive) are coming at you from yourself and others.

Upright
HeartbreakSorrowGriefPainful Truth

You are dealing with cyclical thoughts and intense emotions related to a change you made recently (perhaps a breakup or a fight with a friend/parent or a project went poorly). Perhaps friends/family/exes are disappointed in you and letting you know. If you hold emotions in your chest-- imagine spreading the emotion to your thighs, hands, feet and giving your heart a breather.

Reversed

You are blocked by your fear of pain. Making mistakes and messing up is a part of life. You have the tools to handle sadness. Sometimes grieving things and giving them their time allows you to move on.

Its place in the deck.

Minor ArcanaNumber card
One of the 56 Minor Arcana. They are about what is happening in ordinary life right now. Each belongs to one of four suits, numbered Ace to Ten, plus four court cards.
SuitSwords ยท Air
Swords are the suit of Air: mind and language. A Swords card is always, underneath, about what you think, and the story you keep retelling yourself.
NumberThree
The numbers tell a story inside each suit, from a seed at the Ace to the full expression at Ten. Three is first expression outward: it becomes visible to other people and stops being private.

Where it shows up.

In the stars
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AirElement
Thoughts, words, and conflict. In tarot: Swords.
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Three of Swords for Virgo

The Analyst

Virgo is an Earth mutable sign ruled by Mercury, whose natural subject is work, routine, health, service, the daily how. Swords are the air suit, so the Three of Swords sits in Libra. Libra sits directly beside Virgo, the one relationship a sign cannot see clearly because it is too close to get any distance on. What it asks for is this: write the sentence down and stop rewriting it. The difficulty is noticing it is being asked at all. Virgo is mutable: it adapts, and this is a card about beginning, so the start will be easy and the shape of it will keep changing. The card works in ideas where the sign deals in what is physically in front of it. The idea will not survive without a concrete first step. Upright, it has become visible to other people, which is the part that makes it real.

Where is this showing up for you?

WorkRelationshipSelfHealthWealthMy Future

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