Page of Swords
curiosity · watchfulness · a sharp mind · gossip
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Swords
In a few words
- curiosity
- watchfulness
- a sharp mind
- gossip
A young figure with a sword raised, looking over the shoulder. Alert, curious, quick with words, a little on guard.
Upright
- Everything
- A young figure with a sword raised, looking over the shoulder. Alert, curious, quick with words, a little on guard.
- Love
- Sharp conversation, curiosity about someone, a message that needs careful wording.
- Work
- New information, a fast learner, a plan being scouted. Ask questions; verify answers.
- Money
- Research before you spend. A watchful eye on the accounts.
- Myself
- Your mind wants to know everything. Aim it.
Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance, spying, examination, and the qualities thereto belonging.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 232
Reversed
- Everything
- All talk, gossip, a spy in the camp, or nervous energy with no plan.
- Love
- Careless words that wound. Or suspicion where trust was due.
- Work
- Rumours, a colleague who reports everything. Say less.
- Money
- Hasty decisions on half-read information. Finish reading.
- Myself
- Defensive and scattered. Lower the sword; nobody is attacking.
More evil side of these qualities; what is unforeseen, unprepared state; sickness is also intimated.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 232
The card, as Waite described it
A lithe, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands, while in the act of swift walking. He is passing over rugged land, and about his way the clouds are collocated wildly. He is alert and lithe, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 232
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.