“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.”
-Patti Roberts
Heartbreak, betrayal, emotional pain, painful truth
Overview
Heart Break
There’s no other interpretation to this card other than what it is, heart break and betrayal. You trusted someone with your vital organ and instead of holding it with tenderness, they took a huge bite out of it and tossed it aside as if it were rotten. They left you wounded, bleeding, and alone to your devices.
Symbolism
A grey sky envelopes the entire image, as rain drips from the clouds at the top. The Depiction is very simple; a heart, with three swords stabbed directly through it, all crossing one another.
Meaning
Broken
Eventually it all rains down like tears from heaven; this is one of the worst cards in the deck. Knowledge or enlightenment has come to you that has struck your glass heart with a sledge hammer. It all caught up to you finally, and you are left in the wake of disappointment and despair.
Betrayal
Those vicious heathens got you when your back was turned. They were supposed to have your six, but they aimed for your 12. Even though the wounds are not on your skin, you can feel them in the arrhythmia of your heart. It tries to beat through the trauma.
Despair
Right now there is no doubt that you are in a deep depression, and feel sorrow in your core. There is a darkness rising in you, dark crimson and throbbing. This loss is completely unavoidable. If can’t change the ocean’s tides, you cannot change a humans mind
Bluntly, Heart Break
There’s not much more to say here. Its literal definition is heart break. The Truth-seeking missile was critical and opened your eyes to the cruelty of humanity. Reality cornered you, and left you beaten and in shambles.
The Three of Swords Reversed
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.”
-Nicholas Sparks
Healing, Forgiveness, Recovery, Acknowledging pain, Processing emotions, lacking closure
As with most reversed cards, the meaning can be negated, enhanced or not yet arrived. It can also be the influence of someone else involved in the reading, especially in the presence of any court cards.
Meaning
Not the Worst Heart Break
I’m sure this is shocking to you, but you can honestly say that you’ve had it worse before. While the stars aligned in a way that should have fully shattered you, it seems you just shrugged it off. To someone who was hoping to see you destroyed, this maybe extremely disappointing. Don’t be surprised if they try to take it farther than it needs to go to get the reaction they’re hoping for.
Healing / Recovery
In the case of Negation, it says you have successfully navigated this darkness and are finding yourself healing and relief. You have forgiven the people who have cause you pain. Out of your stalemate, you are slowly learning to get out from under your dark cloud.
Taking heartbreak too far
This can also say that you are taking something to heart that is trivial. It is best to figure out if this is an appropriate response and why it hurts so much.
Forgiveness
There may even be a resolution, reconciliation, and compromise in the situation. It will bring peace back to the relationship but won’t fix it. There will be damage from this that all parties will have to work on, lest they make each other miserable through reflecting their insecurities on one another.
Self-Sabotage
On the enhancement side we see someone who is stuck in their rut to the point of sabotage. Instead of moving on, they refuse to see anything more than their darkness.
Feeding the pain
Misery, loving company so much is more than happy to keep you transfixed on the darkness of the world. They dance the stars before your eyes keeping you focused on the abyss, unrelenting in their grip on your soul. This is a hard grip to shake from.
Lacking Closure
A lack of closure and resolution could be the reason for your downward spiral. Try to see the entire situation from a third perspective. Look for the warning signs. Liberate yourself with the most logical justification you can create. Then bury it.
