Padma
Q: What's your message for me today?
A: Death.
Turns out it just meant, "Nah we got nothing to say to you today. Carry on."
Or, "It'll be cloudy and rainy all night tonight so you can't see the stars like you wanted, sorry."
LOL.
I think its about WHY you are using tarot. When i do it just for practice, routine or fun even, even the most dramatic cards can end up meaning small things or simply nothing.
But when i feel that urge to draw cards about a specific theme, the cards are very clear. In such situations, the majors often mean their most obvious and dramatic meaning. (Lovers for love etc).
At least thats my experience...
This is what I believe, as well. It's been my experience that the cards drawn for a daily spread are to be taken very literally - Death for example might just mean resting at home or nothing much going on that day, Tower might mean tripping on something and falling down, Wheel might be taking a round trip on a bus, Fool may be that you are light headed or day-dreamy that day, or will literally be seeing a child with a small dog, and etc.
If it bothers you that majors are coming up in your daily spread, you could always keep one deck for daily draws, with the majors removed, and using only the minors...I often remove majors from my deck when I feel the question is too tied to the mundane of daily life, and use only the minors.
As to why they show up, well, the deck only has 78 ways to say something, really...(unless you use reversals - that expands the vocabulary somewhat).
@TiggyCat, that Three of Swords may merely have meant that he felt tongue tied around you, or had conflicted feelings about you, or he hadn't seen you for about three weeks...