52-Three of Swords Upright Golden Work Tarot Reading

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Career, Work Or Retirement:

Your feelings or ego may be quite bruised by something that happens with relation to work. Try to keep this in perspective. Your whole life is not (or should not be) what you do professionally. You may need some assistance to find a better approach to work. Don’t hesitate to ask. If you’re looking for work, this too may show a need to look in a different way or in a different field than the one you’ve been pursuing. Hang in there.

Card Meanings: Sorrow, Upheaval, Serious Misunderstandings, Disorder, Sadness, Alienation, Absence, Division, Loss, Depression, Loneliness, Unhappiness, Disillusion, Conflict, Confusion, Removal, Distraction, Trauma, Civil War, Upset, Grief, Heartache, Betrayal, Heartbreak, Separation, Broken Relationship, Ill-Health

Regardless of the way that the Three of Swords card is depicted, know that it is not all bad. Although there is an element of sorrow that is undeniable when this card appears, what lies on the other side of this sorrow can be enhanced understanding and joy. Allow yourself to fully experience any sorrow or pain that comes up now, so that you can move beyond it.

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Reversed Cards: The Three of Swords in the shadow aspect could very well be a warning card. This card could be telling you that you are responsible for someone else’s grief and misery. You may not have done this intentionally, though the shadow aspect does hint to some level of awareness on your behalf. We are all guilty of wishing someone ill, just as we are all guilty of saying things we know we really shouldn’t say. The point here is that this sort of negativity has a huge vortex of pain, misery, and grief around it. And if you are creating it, it will show up in your life as well. Remember, what goes out also comes in. The shadow aspect of this card is letting you know that you may be on the receiving end of your own intentional negativity.

Portable Magic: Once it is realized that playing cards were in common use at the time the Tarot was invented, it is easy to see that the suit cards of the Tarot were based on playing cards. The four suits of the Tarot have almost the same structure as the four playing card suits. The major difference is that the Tarot suits have four court cards each, whereas playing card suits have only three court cards. The other difference is in the suit symbols. Playing cards adopted the new suit symbols developed in France around 1470, the familiar Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. Tarot decks continued to use the older suit symbols in use in Europe before the invention of the French suit symbols.

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Portable Magic: Taking up the pile of cards that contains the Aces of the altar, she lays them out in order: the Ace of Swords in the east, the Ace of Wands in the south, the Ace of Cups in the west, the Ace of Pentacles in the north. Interlacing the bases of the cards so that they are tipped, and stand up from the surface of the table slightly, she