Every card has both good and bad sides. When I first started learning Tarot, I used to really dread the 3 of Swords. It was the first card that seemed to "stalk" me. No matter how I shuffled the deck, I kept catching glimpses of it, and sure enough, it was always the card I’d end up pulling in readings. I’d secretly "pray" not to get it, but of course, I always did.
One day, I asked myself, why am I so afraid of this card? I realized it was reflecting my own fears—rejection, abandonment, betrayal, being cheated on or left behind. Then I thought, okay, what if I do pull the 3 of Swords and something bad happens, like my boyfriend leaves me? Well, if he does, he’s probably not that great anyway, and eventually, I’ll move on and look back, thinking, “Wow, good riddance!”
That’s when I started to see the 3 of Swords differently. It became a card about overcoming pain—whether it’s heartbreak, loss, betrayal, or sadness. Once I made that shift, the card stopped scaring me, and it actually stopped "stalking" me, too. Now when I see the 3 of Swords while shuffling or pull it in a reading, I’m almost amused. I think the reason it stuck around so much was to teach me that Tarot, like life, isn’t just black and white—it’s full of shades of gray.
