- Arcana
- Minor · three of swords
- Correspondence
- Saturn in Libra · second decan
- Element
- Air
- Sign
- Libra
- Planet
- Saturn
Three of Swords
Saturn in Libra · second decan
Upright
heartbreak · the said thing · grief of the mind
Pain that comes from accuracy. It hurts because it is true, and it is the beginning of repair.
Reversed
healing · rumination · withheld truth
The wound worked over and over, or a hard truth still not spoken aloud.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Three of Swords is saturn in libra · second decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.