Three swords pierce a red heart against grey rain.Three of SwordsA knight lies in effigy on a tomb, hands in prayer, one sword beneath him and three on the wall above.Four of Swords

Card combination

Three of Swords and Four of Swords

The wound and the recovery. The Four is a figure laid out on a tomb with three swords on the wall and one beneath him, resting rather than dead. The tradition reads this run as the correct response to the Three, and it is one of the few places the deck simply prescribes something.

Together

The wound and the recovery. The Four is a figure laid out on a tomb with three swords on the wall and one beneath him, resting rather than dead. The tradition reads this run as the correct response to the Three, and it is one of the few places the deck simply prescribes something.

In love

Associated with the withdrawal that follows a real hurt. Read as necessary and as temporary.

In career

Stepping back after something went badly. Read as sensible rather than as defeat.

The advice

The Four of Swords is deliberate stillness with an end to it. If a reading has produced the Three, this pair is the deck answering the question about what to do next.

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