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==General description== | ==General description== | ||
In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicts the Three of Swords as three swords piercing a red heart with a cloud and rain behind. | In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicts the Three of Swords as three swords piercing a red heart with a cloud and rain behind. | ||
The [[Vlad Dracula Tarot]] uses the Three of Swords to depict the story of [[Vlad the Impaler]] nailing the turbans of the Turkish envoys to their heads. In some versions of the story, the envoys were Italian. In either case, assaulting a diplomatic messenger would be considered a serious offense, one that could cause even allied nations to turn against him. | |||
==Divinatory meaning== | ==Divinatory meaning== | ||
The element of | [[File:Three Swords.jpg|300px|thumb|Three of Swords in the Vlad Dracula Tarot]] | ||
The element of [[earth (element)|earth]] on the Third house acts in the way of the mind and mental processes, and must appear as troubles because it gives the feeling of the mind being burdened, which might easily go as far as oppression. If the burden becomes too heavy, either the body or the soul may suffer severely, and pain, affliction or mental aberration may ensue. | |||
This card may generally mean bad news too, the message which brings news of the affliction. It may be a corrective to a too easy and volatile imagination. It will in most cases denote some sickness, as a result of the pressure or oppressed feeling in the mind or in circumstances in general. It may be the result of worrying. The house of [[Gemini]] also suggests some suffering on account of distance, separateness, being far from one other. | This card may generally mean bad news too, the message which brings news of the affliction. It may be a corrective to a too easy and volatile imagination. It will in most cases denote some sickness, as a result of the pressure or oppressed feeling in the mind or in circumstances in general. It may be the result of worrying. The house of [[Gemini]] also suggests some suffering on account of distance, separateness, being far from one other. | ||