Swords - Minor Arcana
Swords - Minor Arcana
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Swords - Minor Arcana
 Normal - Powerful forces Reversed - Tension Keywords - great determination, strength, force, excessiveness, triumph, power, success, prosperity, progress and advancement Two of Swords  Normal - Justice and tension Reversed - Take care Keywords - stalemate, offsetting factors, balance, harmony, firmness Three of Swords  Normal - Heartache Reversed - Disorder Keywords - absence, sorrow, strife, removal, dispersion Four of Swords  Normal - Rest and recuperation Reversed - Enforced rest Keywords - respite, rest, replenishment, retreat, solitude, exile, temporary seclusion Five of Swords  Normal - Limitation and power Reversed - A battle of wills Keywords - conquest, destruction of others, degradation, adversaries may arise Six of Swords  Normal - Movement restores harmony Reversed - Tenacity Keywords - a trip or journey, voyage, attempt through difficulties Seven of Swords  Normal - Variable effort and caution Reversed - Superficiality Keywords - new plans, wishes about to be fulfilled, attempt, endeavour, hope, confidence Eight of Swords  Normal - Bondage Reversed - Release Keywords - crisis, calamity, conflict, domination, imprisonment, turmoil, bad news, criticism Nine of Swords  Normal - Oppression, fear and anxiety Reversed - A light at the end of the tunnel Keywords - misery, concern, quarrel, unhappiness, miscarriage, anxiety over a loved one Ten of Swords  Normal - The only way is up Reversed - Negative thinking Keywords - pain, affliction, sadness, mental anguish, trouble, misfortune, ruin, disappointment Page/Princess/Maiden of Swords  Normal - The awakening mind Reversed - Spite Abstract - Pleasure in words Keywords - perceptive, discerning, uncovering the unknown or less obvious, vigilance, agility, spying, powerless in the face of stronger forces, imposter, unprepared state, unforeseen, illness Knight/Prince of Swords  Normal - Quick thinking and new ideas Reversed - Deceit Abstract - Speed and change Keywords - bravery, skill, capacity, strength and dash of a young man, heroic action, war and opposition, chivalry, imperceptible shrewdness, dispute or ruin over a woman, incapacity, imprudence, conceit, impulsive errors, ambitious, intellectual, intellect work (e.g. desk job), boozer/pub type, devious, aggressive, dominating Queen of Swords  Normal - Cool, charming and intelligent Reversed - A dangerous gossip, lonely and bitter Abstract - A battle of wits Keywords - sharp, quick-witted, keen person, possibly the bearer of evil or slanderous words, perhaps a widow or woman of sadness, mourning, privation, loneliness, separation, narrow-mindedness, bigotry, deceitful, vengeful, prudish, treacherous, power, intellectual King of Swords  Normal - Logical, clever and quick-witted Reversed - Malice and manipulation Abstract - Advice Keywords - active and determined man, experienced, authoritative, controlled, commanding, a professional man, highly analytical, intellectual, just, justice, force, power, superiority, cruelty, conflict, selfishness, sadist, wicked, dangerous, ambitious, arrogant General Notes on Swords Also called - Spades, Epees Keywords - hatred, misfortune, challenge, opposition, ambition, authority, strength, strife, courage, boldness, force, aggression, activity, progress and accomplishment for good or bad, sorrow, generally unlucky, malefic, intellect and instability, conflict, problems, disasters, mental activity, the powers of the mind, an ability to fight back, abstract thought and conceptualization, logic, the power of the mind to cut through falsity and to promote truth, social interaction (?) Themes - aristocracy, upper class and executives; armed forces; politicians; legal men; many Swords are ominous, as suggest war, bloodshed, death; the ego and its separative tendencies; bold intellect (ruled by Athene) Other - as opposed to the natural forces of the Wands, Swords represent forces brought forth by men |
Also see:- Minor Arcana Tarot Maps of Consciousness articles |
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