Tag: suit of swords
9 of Swords
Keywords for the Nine of Swords SHAME OPPRESSION REGRET SORROW GUILT SUFFERING ANXIETY AGONY FEAR PAINFUL MEMORIES In the image on this card, we see someone sitting up in bed, holding their head in their hands. They appear as if they had just woken up from a nightmare, or recalled some horrible, traumatic memory. Now,…
Queen of Swords
Keywords for the Queen of Swords WISE BITTER DISCERNING CYNICAL ASTUTE JADED STOIC DISILLUSIONED SELF-POSSESSED PESSIMISTIC In the image on this card, we encounter what appears to be a crisp and cool day at the very beginning of spring. The Earth is beginning to awaken and prepare for longer days of warm sun and the…
Knight of Swords
Keywords for the Knight of Swords BRAVE HARSH BOLD DOGMATIC COURAGEOUS ARROGANT DIRECT RECKLESS OUTSPOKEN FANATICAL In the image on this card, we catch sight of the Knight of Swords as he rushes into battle. With his sword held high above his head, he appears to us as an unstoppable force charging forward to fight…
Page of Swords
Keywords for the Page of Swords CAUTIOUS ENTHUSIASTIC INEXPERIENCED EAGER UNSURE ANXIOUS SHY SCATTERED NOVICE INSECURE In the image on the card, we see the bright blue sky and puffy white clouds of a bitingly cold spring morning, one which has not relinquished the icy winds of winter. A gust of this wind blows now,…
10 of Swords
Keywords for the Ten of Swords DEFEAT MARTYRDOM EXTREME LOSS VICTIMIZATION SUFFERING ANNIHILATION TRAGEDY OVERKILL DESTRUCTION “PLAYING THE VICTIM” In this card, we come upon a disturbing scene. We see a mountain range in the background, backlit by what appears to be a setting afternoon sun. Clouds of smoke trail across the evening sky, filling…
8 of Swords
Keywords for the Eight of Swords RESTRICTION VICTIM MENTALITY BONDAGE FEELING TRAPPED CONFUSION HOPELESSNESS OPPRESSION CONFINEMENT FEELING POWERLESS LEARNED HELPLESSNESS In the image on this card, we see a woman in a red dress standing on the beach at low tide. She is blindfolded and bound, seemingly trapped amidst a fence of eight tall swords.…
6 of Swords
Keywords for the Six of Swords SORROW QUIET PASSAGE MOURNING SADNESS CALM RECOVERING PEACE COPING TRANSITION NEW HOPE We see before us three travelers undertaking a journey at dawn. A mother and her child sit in the front of the boat, along with six swords standing upright, sustained by their sharp points piercing the bottom…
3 of Swords
Keywords for the Three of Swords HEARTBREAK LONELINESS SORROW BROKEN TRUST BETRAYAL LET DOWN ANGUISH SEPARATION DISAPPOINTMENT REJECTION The imagery on the Three of Swords is quite simple: amid a background of dark gray storm clouds and bitterly cold rain, a single blood red heart is pierced through its core by three shining steel swords.…
2 of Swords
Keywords for the Two of Swords BLOCKED IMPARTIAL STUCK UNEMOTIONAL IN DENIAL STALEMATE GUARDED AT AN IMPASSE BLIND CONFUSED In the image on this card, we see a waterfront by night, lit by a sliver of a crescent moon. The night is quiet, you can almost hear the soft waves whispering to each other as…
Ace of Swords
Keywords for the Ace of Swords TRUTH INTELLIGENCE LOGIC RATIONALITY REASON OBJECTIVITY CLARITY PROBLEM-SOLVING HONESTY CRITICAL THINKING In the image on this card, we see a dark gray cloud in the sky, from which a hand emerges holding a single sword. This sword represents the logic, rationality and truth of the Air element in its…