Three of Swords

Three swords pass through a heart under rain clouds, and Waite barely comments, saying the design is too obvious to need it. His words are removal, absence, division and rupture. The card points to a painful truth or a parting that has already made itself felt.

After a breakup or a falling out, name the hurt plainly to someone who will listen. The rain in the picture keeps falling for a while. Grief has its own pace, so give it room before you decide what comes next.

Here the hurt has gone inward and turned into muddle. Waite writes of error, distraction, disorder and confusion, the state where you replay an old argument and lose track of what happened.

Write down the facts of the situation, apart from the story you tell about them. Hold off on big choices about the relationship until your head clears. When the confusion stays or gets heavier, a counselor or doctor can help.