52-Three of Swords Upright Rider Waite 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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Complete Book of Tarot: Trump 10: The Wheel of Fortune. No matter how virtuous or hardworking we are, sometimes bad things just happen and there is nothing we can do about it.

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Reversed Cards: The Three of Swords is linked to the planet Saturn. Saturn is the planet of limit and restriction. In the upright position, we could explore the limit of Saturn being expressed via grief or sorrow, but here we see it’s blocked. There is no way to release it from this position. You are locked in. You made your decision in the Two of Swords, and now you are stuck with that decision here in the blocked aspect. And guess what? It sucks! It is causing you all sorts of pain and anguish. But under Saturn’s cruel gaze, you are going to have to suck it up and just get on with it. Despite how much pain this is causing you right now, you have no choice but to see it through to the end.

Complete Book of Tarot: Ruled by Venus the goddess of love, Libra comes seventh in the zodiac. Libra the Scales of Justice, an active initiatory cardinal sign, is associated with Justice, trump XI. (Note that in older decks Justice is trump VIII, but the Golden Dawn changed the numbering to make the tarot trumps match the order of the astrological zodiac.) The Queen of Swords falls largely under Libra, a sign whose natives are characterized by these traits:

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Complete Book of Tarot: Card 5, the possible outcome, was the Five of Wands, a group of young men engaged in rivalry and competition. This card suggests that he and his girlfriend were likely to be at odds about having a baby at this time. He agreed, adding that it would be very disruptive to his career to start a family just now.