Step 7 of 12 · Sorrow and Healing
3 of Swords
Why this step
On this site the Three of Swords is a broken promise: trust extended and not honoured, a disappointment that is real and deserves to be acknowledged rather than minimised. Its reversed reading is an old hurt carried past its use. The entry says that at some point the carrying becomes its own separate burden, distinct from whatever caused it.
From the Lorebook
Questions to sit with
- Is there a hurt you are still carrying? What has the carrying itself come to weigh?