Three of Swords and Five of Cups

Three of Swords is any sort of fight, and also means rejection and divorce. Five of Cups is losing and regretting … sorry I ever did that.

Lost the war.

Losing battle.

Lost the lawsuit.

Sorry I fought it.

Hurting … depressed.

Sorry about hitting…

The battle with drinking.

You get nasty, you lose.

Heartache over a divorce.

Loss of blood due to a cut.

Oh, the pain of past regrets.

Regrets not getting along in the past.

Marooned in the past after a heart attack.

Three of Swords and Page of Cups

Three of Swords is being aggravated, and Page of Cups asks why, or is strange, or just doesn’t fit in.

Goofy snarly kid.

Why am I aggravated?

Inappropriate hostility.

Those foreigners hate us.

I just hate those weirdos.

How can you be against that?

A very strange idea is resented.

Ask questions they hate you for.

Only a fool would be against that.

Hostile reception to the comedian.

They dislike you when you’re a misfit.

You don’t get it: This is a hostile environment.

Makes you a VIP to achieve the impossible by any means possible.

A manipulator has the ability to use whatever is against the plan to further the plan.

Leadership is personal self-control as well as getting the task done no matter what.

A ruthless achiever who has a LOT of sex appeal.

A politician who was a war hero.

This truck driver’s sexual charisma.

Three of Swords and Five of Pentacles

Three of Swords is abuse and Five of Pentacles is abused. Three of Swords is the enemy, and Five of Pentacles lost it all. A picture of war refugees, even. Three of Swords is the trauma and Five of Pentacles is the stress disorder from that.

PTSD.

War refugees.

Fighting poverty.

Pain gets you down.

Street life is so hard.

Street people are hated.

Your enemy is destitute.

Beaten down from abuse.

Lost my house in a lawsuit.

On crutches due to an injury.

Life is hard when you’re poor.

Lost everything to the enemy.

A stroke leaves a person weak.

You’re hated when you’re down.

Feel inferior in a cold cruel world.

The pain of Dark Night of the Soul.

Difficult times for a handicapped person.

Everything’s against you when you’re broke.

Three of Swords and Seven of Pentacles

Seven of Pentacles doubt and questions, and that’s about it. It’s one of the ‘Duh!’ cards, I call it. It’s easy to apply. Self-doubt, and doubt about the outcome, are in its purview.

Should I quit?

Will there be a war?

Pondering a divorce.

Maybe he will be fired.

How can we compete?

Maybe it’s heart trouble?

Don’t know how to fight.

Wonder why they are hostile.

So why does this hurt so bad?

Ask questions of the opponent.

I had no idea they were against me.

Doubt about the outcome of a conflict.

Three of Swords and Nine of Pentacles

The antagonistic Three of Swords now pairs with the content survivor, Nine of Pentacles. Here you find the ‘heartache’ in a humorous context too.

Ignore the flak.

Hostile possession.

A survivor of conflict.

Life after divorce is good.

Comfortable in a war zone.

You ride out the storm at home.

Is jealous of her, she is doing so well.

She is at ease in an adverse situation.

Successful in agriculture in spite of it all.

She doesn’t need you; break up with her.

Is antagonistic to skilled successful women.

In a cold cruel world, you live alone and love it.

It breaks his heart that she can take care of herself.

Frankly, my dear, she doesn’t give a damn that you hate her.

Y’all can give me a hard time, but I have the pleasure of my own company.

Three of Swords and Knight of Pentacles

Horse is injured.

It’s painful for sure.

He is toughing out the pain.

Hard times are my specialty.

Trouble with the macho man.

Gotta focus on the hard part.

Take a good look at the damage.

He is sure you’re gonna hate this.

A tough guy when it comes to a fight.

His Number One is giving him trouble.

Divorce is uppermost on (your) mind.

You got his attention when you split up.

He is determined to disagree, an ‘aginner.’

Three of Queen of Pentacles

A contrarian investor.

The bookkeeper quits.

Jealous of his devoted wife.

She invests in troubled ones.

Bites the hand that feeds him.

Here’s a woman who can fight.

She uses her clout against them.

He resents her possessive ways.

She nurses her guy through a surgery.

She’s taking good care of a guy who hates her.

She’s the one with the money and he hates her for it.

When everything goes against me, my woman is all for me.

Three of Swords and Four of Swords

Three of Swords is minor to major hostilities (quarrels to wars) and Four of Swords is a pacifist, ain’t doin’ it, doesn’t care, not pursuing. This pair is a GREAT example of all the different things that can be said with the same cards: The question and the preceding content controls!

No opposition.

Staying in hell.

War and peace.

A lull in hostilities.

Wait for an attack.

Rest after a battle.

Passive-aggressive.

Pacifist about a war.

Meditating on revenge.

Sleep through a storm.

Used to the aggravation.

Indifferent to harassment.

Can’t get a fight out of me.

Don’t care if you dislike me.

You rebels are such a turnoff.

Rest; you have heart trouble.

Not a jealous bone in my body.

Nope, not pursuing divorce: staying.

Just gonna put up with the cold cruel world.

Three of Swords and Five of Swords

Five of Swords is the thief, the abuser, the wise guy, even the thug, and Three of Swords is a fight, battle, or war – but it’s also hurting and damage.

We even have revenge (Five of Swords) on the enemy (Three of Swords).

You hate the jerk.

Dare them to attack.

Jealous and abusive.

Fight with a bouncer.

Injured by a mugger.

A way to beat the pain.

Strong armed robbery.

Revenge on the enemy.

Breaking in and larceny.

Debilitating heart attack.

The thief vandalized too.

Put a hurtin’ on the punk.

Get the best of the enemy.

That thief can do you harm.

Beat the odds of losing it all.

They all hate Mr.

Bossy Pants.

Has a bad attitude because he’s broke.

He took advantage; he hurt my feelings.

If he’s pushy and he sneers, he’s the adversary.

Three of Swords and Seven of Swords

Three of Swords is in hostile territory, and Seven of Swords is committing a daring crime, or is on a mission against the enemy or opposition.

Malicious trespass.

Injured doing a crime.

The heartache of betrayal.

Litigation about the crime.

Reckless about self-injury.

Prosecuted for trespassing.

Have the guts to get nasty.

Prosecution for theft of weapons.

Taking a chance on stolen goods.

Breaks your heart cheating on you.

A mercenary on a mission in a war zone.

Outsmarting the opposition is an adventure.

Three of Swords and Nine of Swords

Three of Swords is hurting, and Nine of Swords can’t sleep, usually due to physical pain (an injury, trauma, etc.

) or emotional pain (hurt feelings, divorce, worry about some trouble.

Worry about war.

Can’t sleep – upset.

Pain causing insomnia.

An injury hurts at night.

Lose sleep over the trouble.

Fired for getting on our nerves.

Heart problem causes insomnia.

Heartbreak keeps (me) up nights.

A storm in the middle of the night.

It’s nighttime when I cry over the divorce.

You snarly person, you get on my last nerve.

Three of Swords and Page of Swords

Note both these cards can be jealous. Page of Swords expresses both being a threat and being or feeling threatened, and Three of Swords is trouble of any sort. Both these cards translate ‘hostile.’

Afraid of being fired.

Fired for threatening them.

Breaking up over jealousy.

An enemy intimidates you.

A defensive snarly teenager.

Edgy in a hostile atmosphere.

An unknown hazard is a thrill.

Quits when it gets on (his) nerves.

Be on guard; this is hostile country.

Get your nerve up; face the opposition.

Heart trouble from being mad at the world.

Three of Swords and Four of Wands

Any degree of disaffection for a group, or any group associated with any level of dislike or hostility … covers a lot of ground.

Hates family.

Family quarrel.

Terrorist group.

Asleep at home.

Attacks civilians.

Warlike country.

Warlike wedding.

A bickering couple.

Damaged building.

The voters reject it.

Hate being married.

We are all annoyed.

Divorce of a marriage.

Indifferent to belonging.

Against respectable people.

On the outs with my homies.

One of those contrarian people.

Left the religion or other organization.

Three of Swords and Five of Wands

Three of Swords is a fight and so is Five of Wands. It’s a challenge to make sentences because these Tarot guys are so similar, but I managed to do so using Five of Wands ‘other meanings.’ You can do this too.

Sports injury.

Is against war.

I hate exercise.

Injured in battle.

Sports competition.

Feud with a bad-boy.

Violent when jealous.

Violent disagreement.

They fight and split up.

Heart trouble upon exertion.

Trying hard in adverse circumstances.

Quarrel about how he takes advantage.

Three of Swords and Seven of Wands

Three of Swords is the enemy and Seven of Wands is being invaded by people who feel entitled to take your property forceably. Seven of Wands is defending himself, and Three of Swords is litigation, so you’re defending yourself in court. You can see why the last few pairs here don’t have many entries on the Tarot Verbatim site: This sort of thing isn’t your average Tarot reading. However, Seven of Wands can be the mouthy in-your-face person – which he is when Three of Swords isn’t his agenda. So look for another of the cards to pair with Seven of Swords.

Enemy invasion.

Hostile takeover.

Contested divorce.

Engaging the enemy.

The defendant in a lawsuit.

Taking an adversarial position.

At war when your turf is invaded.

Neighbors sue you for your property.

He’s hostile, he’s pushy, he’s a mooch.

He’s entitled to what’s yours, and is armed.

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