Three of Swords Art and Meaning
About the Deck
A modern digital cartoon deck featuring traditional symbolism in a whimsical stick-figure style.
Provenance
Damian Cugley. Web, 2002. Used with permission of the artist.
Meaning of Three of Swords from the Alleged Tarot Deck
Upright
sorrow, destruction, strife
Reversed
prolonged conflict, pain, destruction
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Hatred.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
For a woman, the flight of her lover.
Reversed
A meeting with one whom the Querent has compromised; also a nun.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A Nun, Separation, Removal, Rupture, Quarrel
Reversed
Error, Confusion, Misrule, Disorder.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
victory over an adversary; you will take a sea voyage, and on ship-board become acquainted with some one who will have great influence upon your happiness; when you reveal your secret to a certain person, the wish will be obtained which you cherish in the most secret corner of your heart.