Three of Spades meaning
Detailed meanings for the Three of Spades
Conservative British cartomancy: Change of plans
As Master-Card, Three of Spades means a suddenly changed Plan, a Discomfiture.
Influenced by its like suit, a loss.
By a Heart, a sudden Failure, a Doubt or Fear.
By a Diamond, a Breach or Quarrel.
By a Club, a sheer Folly, not to be warned away by a friend.
Sibylle des salons cartomancyTrap
3 of spades Card title – Trap
Misunderstandings at work or at home.
If reversed – Incompetence and abuse of power.
The American (Rider-Waite) tarot: Rupture, divorce
SWORDS. THREE.
Three swords piercing a heart; cloud and rain behind.
Divinatory Meanings: Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion, and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and obvious to call for specific enumeration.
Reversed: Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
Classic American cartomancy: Something related to water
Three of spades meaning
By the water, or a very short journey across water.
Note: It is quite unusual to include the Three of spades is the classic American card reading, because it was done with a Piquet deck, which only has 32 cards. The meaning for pip cards 2 through 6 was only added later. If you’d like to get a true Classic American card reading, we advice to discard the 3 of spades and ignore its meaning.
Traditional French cartomancy: Silent card.
Three of spades is a Silent card. It is usually omitted from the Traditional French cartomancy deck. However, if the Fortune teller includes this card in the reading, it means that the cards do not want to tell you the truth. It also reduces the divinatory meaning of the nearby cards.
Three of Spades meaning in a card spread
Cartomancy is never based on the interpretation of a single card. It is the interplay of the cards that creates the most interesting insights.
Go ahead and try the card reading below.
If you get the 3 of spades on the first go – that’s a sign of good luck. The Fortune will smile gently and generously upon You.
If you are looking for more personal and intimate cartomancy experience – try Spirits in My Head oracle. Be careful though, because the unstable arcana cards might be nasty and sometimes gang up on you. They are like human beings – some are nice and friendly, some are jealous and mean. Some are outright evil. That’s how those cards are, because that’s how life is.