Just as the Empress is a symbol of rich abundance, so the threes all have the feeling of culmination and saturation about them. In the 3 of Wands, you can often feel the strength of will drawing the desired event towards the character in the card. Whatever has been determined is just about to burst forth (just as the Empress is often shown as being very, very pregnant). The 3 of Cups shows the joy of relationships overflowing into spontaneous celebration. The 3 of Swords depicts the despair and unbalance that occurs when the mind is unable to control and dictate everything. The 3 of Pentacles illustrates the manifestation of a project, the fruit that is born

Do you remember the first time you saw tarot cards? Do you remember when you fell in love with them? I do. My college roommate and I threw a party. We were both non-trads, which is a fancy way to say “older student,” and we lived in a condo off-campus. At some point she pulled out this fancy, carved box. From it, she took out a bundle wrapped in black silk. She unwrapped the fabric and revealed…a deck of tarot cards! She didn’t read with them herself, but instead just handed them around. I couldn’t stop looking at them. I was just amazed. I read the scant instructions in the little white booklet. I shuffled the cards. I spread them out according to the directions. I read the