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Archival Source:1909 Rider-Waite-Smith
Artist:Pamela Colman Smith ('Pixie')
Rights Status:Public Domain
500-Year Historical Lineage
Minor Arcana · #3
TRADITIONAL CORRESPONDENCEThree of Swords
Lord of Sorrow · The Pierced Heart
🜁air· The Pierced Heart
Element
air
Astrology
Saturn in Libra (2nd Decan)
Hebrew Path
Minor Pip
Chromatic Tone
Storm Grey & Bleeding Crimson
Upright Hermeneutic (Dynamic Principle)
The surgical pain of unavoidable truth. A necessary emotional pierce that shatters comforting illusions.
Inverted Hermeneutic (Friction & Shadow)
Release of pain, healing after heartbreak, forgiving past betrayal.
Iconographical Motifs
Heart Pierced by Three SwordsStorm Clouds and Driving Rain
Celestial Timing & Ephemeris Resonance
The moment of tragic anagnorisis.