The Three of Swords as How Someone Sees You: Through a Hurt

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Three of Swords as how someone sees you means they see you through three blades. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Three of Swords as how someone sees you means they see you through pain: as someone connected to a hurt, either one you caused, one you shared, or one they carried in before they met you. It is a sore picture. It also says you matter enough to hurt.

This is you seen through the heart with three blades in it. The rain is theirs. You are in the picture.

The Three of Swords upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Three of Swords guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with heartbreak, grief, separation and painful truth. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Three of Swords as feelings covers what they feel; the Three of Swords as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Three of Swords as a person who associates you with heartbreak: a betrayal, a loss, a truth that cut. They may see you with sorrow rather than anger.

What I would not read into it is hatred. Hurt is not the same as contempt.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm you caused the hurt, or that the picture cannot heal. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Three of Swords reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Three of Swords as how someone sees you means the hurt healing: they are starting to see you without the blades, or they are refusing to feel what they feel about you.

In your own question, ask whether the person has softened toward you lately. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Three of Swords as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Three of Swords suggests they still see you through the pain of how it ended. That proves it mattered, and says nothing about return. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Three of Swords as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card often means they are seeing you through an old wound. Go gently.

How to check the picture against reality

Look for sorrow rather than coldness: flinches at certain subjects, sadness with you rather than at you.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what hurt the person seems to carry, and whether it is yours.

For comparison, the Five of Cups as how someone sees you and the Ten of Swords as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Three of Swords card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Three of Swords as a yes or no and the Three of Swords as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.