Haunted Wood
The first time I looked at this card I thought that the tree was something of a magic tree, the three notches are where you put the swords, and doing this unlocks the stone heart somehow, like a key in a way. I imagine the stone heart opening up like one of those heart locket necklaces. And that works for me because I personally don't find the 3 of swords to mean heartbreak, I see it as opening up the heart. Sometimes I have seen it as a message that I am being too closed off, that I am my own worst enemy in many ways. That the way I communicate is sending out the wrong impression, that I'm coming across too cold...most likely because of a fear of showing my emotions, of putting myself out there and taking a risk when it comes to affairs of the heart. It's a fear of letting someone see how I really feel and of telling them my innermost thoughts because I'm afraid that they won't understand, or in the case of matters of the heart and love afraid that they won't reciprocate my feelings. A great deal of the time my fears are unfounded. It's my own mind which perpetuates it though, sometimes I talk myself out of taking a chance with something by thinking of all the negative things that could happen as a result. When really, there's just as likely a chance that something positive could happen.