This card focuses on grief and heartbreak, but remember that this is not limited to losing a love or having a loved one die. Dreams that wither, friendships that do not last, and many more things can cause these same symptoms. Whatever is hurting your heart, take some time to acknowledge it so you can more forward stronger.
Blessings.
Three of Air – Echinacea
Speak the truth about your heartbreak; be the medicine that heals the pierced heart; healing from grief takes time.
Three echinacea flowers pierce the sky on a cloudy summer day. An abandoned barn with a rusted roof stands in the background. The sun and rain battle for position: bursts of light are followed by short showers. Tattered petals of pink flowers fall as the plant bends toward the ground to offer its seeds. New buds emerge from beneath the thick green layer of leaves.
Meaning: Heartache leads to self-knowledge. You may be confronted with an agonizing reality. Wild echinacea, a potent medicinal that once blanketed the prairies of North America, is now endangered. We may never again experience wild abundant fields of this electrifying pink flower. See things as they truly are and accept the loss. Healing lies in your ability to learn from the devastation. Echinacea remedies increase resistance to infection and build a strong body. Embracing painful truths leads to resilience. Seek out strong allies who will help you through the grieving process. Find comfort in your sorrow. Echinacea is a slow-growing plant; sit with your grief as long as it takes.
Crafting with Three of Air:
• Find expression for your heartbreak. Write your story.
• Buy only cultivated echinacea. When you heal the earth, you heal us all.
• Embark on a meditative journey to the prairies where echinacea once flourished and harvest medicine for your grief there.
Herbcrafter’s Tarot by author Latisha Guthrie and artist Joanna Powell Colbert
Parting the Mists 
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