Card 42 of 52 · Spades · Three
Three of Spades Playing Card Meaning
Spades speak of difficulty, endings, hard truths and decisions; the Three brings growth, and a third person in the picture. Season: winter.
Tarot counterpart: Three of Swords
What the Three of Spades Means
The Three of Spades is the card of heartache. Three brings a third party, and in the suit of difficulty that is interference, infidelity, a friend who turns, or simply the grief of a bond breaking. Older readers spoke of tears and of a journey taken unwillingly. It is one of the hardest cards in the deck for love. Drawn for a question, the Three says something has been damaged, that someone else is involved, and that pretending otherwise prolongs the pain.
Three of Spades in Love
A breakup, a betrayal, or a third person who has come between two people. The Three of Spades is not subtle. If you are asking about someone's faithfulness, take the warning. If you are grieving, this card says the grief is real and will pass through you rather than around you.
Three of Spades in Work and Money
A falling-out at work, a partnership that fails, a colleague who undermines you. A project damaged by someone outside it. The Three of Spades asks you to cut losses rather than repair what was never sound.
Three of Spades as a Yes or No
No
No, and painfully. The Three of Spades is a card of loss, not of success.
Three of Spades as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the Three of Spades as their playing-card birth card: 11 January, 9 February, 7 March, 5 April, 3 May, 1 June.
Find any birthday's card on the cartomancy page, or your tarot birth card, a different calculation.
The Suit of Spades
Spades are the suit of difficulty. They cover endings, losses, illness, conflict, warnings, and the clarity that comes when something is cut away. A reading full of Spades says the matter is serious and that the answer is unlikely to be the one you hoped for, though the Six and the Ace can mean relief and a clean break. Spades are honest rather than cruel: they name the problem. Old cartomancers gave the suit the winter, and matched it with the Swords of the tarot.
The Three in Every Suit
The Three means growth, and a third person in the picture; the suit decides where.
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What does the Three of Spades mean?
The Three of Spades is the card of heartache. Three brings a third party, and in the suit of difficulty that is interference, infidelity, a friend who turns, or simply the grief of a bond breaking. Older readers spoke of tears and of a journey taken unwillingly. It is one of the hardest cards in the deck for love. Drawn for a question, the Three says something has been damaged, that someone else is involved, and that pretending otherwise prolongs the pain.
What does the Three of Spades mean in love?
A breakup, a betrayal, or a third person who has come between two people. The Three of Spades is not subtle. If you are asking about someone's faithfulness, take the warning. If you are grieving, this card says the grief is real and will pass through you rather than around you.
Is the Three of Spades a yes or a no?
No. No, and painfully. The Three of Spades is a card of loss, not of success.
Which tarot card is the Three of Spades?
The Three of Swords. Spades correspond to the tarot's Swords, and the Three matches the Three. The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the Three of Spades?
In cardology the Three of Spades is the birth card for 6 birthdays: 11 January, 9 February, 7 March, 5 April, 3 May, 1 June. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the Three of Spades is number 42.
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