Gazel
balenciaga said:You know, I do not disagree that there is a lesson to be learned,ultimately, from the 3 of SW, but first I can feeeel the pain in this card! The swords pierce the heart - it is a visual image of what it feels like when someone tells you the truth that you do not want to know. The pain of betrayal (ugh, that is the worst!) Maybe the lesson comes later, after you have rested in the 4's and gotten the last word in the 5, but the 3 HURTS now!
Well, I think it can be both - both the hurting now, and the enduring knowledge and experience of the heart. I do think these two understandings applies to the card regarding the circumstances for and other cards in the actual reading.