Ace of Swords

Victory. Triumph. The excessive degree in everything. Conquest. Triumph of force. Card of great force. Can indicate great prosperity or great misery. Facing up to reality. Analyse your motives.

Two of Swords

Truce. Conformity, courage, friendship. Affection, intimacy. Stalemate. Harmony. Denying your feelings. Putting up barriers. Unwilling to make a choice.

Three of Swords

Sorrow. Removal, absence, delay, division. Separation. Jealousy. The desire to hurt somebody emotionally.

Four of Swords

Harmony. Reflect, solitude. A bad card. Exile, tomb and coffin. Retreating from outside world to achieve rejuvenation. Retreat, refuge, convalescence. Find own space. Slow down.

Five of Swords

Dominance. Degradation, destruction, dishonour, loss. An attack on the fortune of the querant. Situation may become humiliating. A no win situation. Dishonourable behaviour.

Six of Swords

Persuasion. Journey by water. Spiritual search for an answer. Success following anxiety. Heading toward better times. Leave the past behind.

Seven of Swords

Coercion. Attempt, wish, hope. Confidence, quarrelling. A plan that may fail. Lying and cheating. Taking more than required. Running away from the truth. Manipulative behaviour. Not facing the music.

Eight of Swords

Conflict. Bad news. Crisis, censure. Sickness. Scandal spread. Self Imprisonment. Restriction. Feeling Fenced in. Bound by illusions. Internal conflict.

Nine of Swords

Deceit. Card of bad omen predicting death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment and despair. If only. Regretting the past. Obsessive sorrow.

Ten of Swords

Courage. Pain, affliction, tears, sadness, desolation. Complying with other people’s ideas. Tears, jealousy, exaggerated self pity. Playing the victim. Cut through illusions.

Page of Swords

Hope. Perception. Authority, overseeing, secret service, spying, examination. An indiscreet person will pry into the secrets of the querant. Communicate intentions. Research facts.

Knight of Swords

Rivalry. Skill, bravery, capacity, defence. Sadness, enmity, war, destruction, wrath, resistance, ruin. Strength, chivalry. Cut off from feelings. Analyse the situation. 

Queen of Swords

Severity. Widowhood, female sadness, sterility, privation, separation. Suppressed emotions. Judgemental.

King of Swords

Authority. Whatever arises out of the idea of judgement and all its connotations. Power, command, authority, law. Fair judgement. Capable and prudent. Intellectual reasoning is as important as feelings.

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