| THE SUIT OF SWORDS King |
He sits in judgment, holding the unsheathed sign of his suit. He
recalls, of course, the conventional Symbol of justice in the Trumps
Major, and he may represent this virtue, but he is rather the power of
life and death, in virtue of his office. Divinatory Meanings: Whatsoever
arises out of the idea of judgment and all its connexions-power,
command, authority, militant intelligence, law, offices of the crown, and
so forth. Reversed: Cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil
intention.
recalls, of course, the conventional Symbol of justice in the Trumps
Major, and he may represent this virtue, but he is rather the power of
life and death, in virtue of his office. Divinatory Meanings: Whatsoever
arises out of the idea of judgment and all its connexions-power,
command, authority, militant intelligence, law, offices of the crown, and
so forth. Reversed: Cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil
intention.
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an
arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her
countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with
sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding,
she is scarcely a symbol of power. Divinatory Meanings: Widowhood,
female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning,
privation, separation. Reversed: Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery,
bale, deceit.
arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her
countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with
sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding,
she is scarcely a symbol of power. Divinatory Meanings: Widowhood,
female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning,
privation, separation. Reversed: Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery,
bale, deceit.
| Knight |
He is riding in full course, as if scattering his enemies. In the design
he is really a prototypical hero of romantic chivalry. He might almost
be Galahad, whose sword is swift and sure because he is clean of
heart. Divinatory Meanings: Skill, bravery, capacity, defence, address,
enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin. There is
therefore a sense in which the card signifies death, but it carries this
meaning only in its proximity to other cards of fatality. Reversed:
Imprudence, incapacity, extravagance.
he is really a prototypical hero of romantic chivalry. He might almost
be Galahad, whose sword is swift and sure because he is clean of
heart. Divinatory Meanings: Skill, bravery, capacity, defence, address,
enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin. There is
therefore a sense in which the card signifies death, but it carries this
meaning only in its proximity to other cards of fatality. Reversed:
Imprudence, incapacity, extravagance.
| Page |
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.
Divinatory Meanings: Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance,
spying, examination, and the qualities thereto belonging. Reversed:
More evil side of these qualities; what is unforeseen, unprepared
state; sickness is also intimated.
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.
Divinatory Meanings: Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance,
spying, examination, and the qualities thereto belonging. Reversed:
More evil side of these qualities; what is unforeseen, unprepared
state; sickness is also intimated.
| Ten |
A prostrate figure, pierced by all the swords belonging to the card.
Divinatory Meanings: Whatsoever is intimated by the design; also
pain, affliction, tears, sadness, desolation. It is not especially a card of
violent death. Reversed: Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none
of these are permanent; also power and authority.
Divinatory Meanings: Whatsoever is intimated by the design; also
pain, affliction, tears, sadness, desolation. It is not especially a card of
violent death. Reversed: Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none
of these are permanent; also power and authority.
| Nine |
One seated on her couch in lamentation, with the swords over her.
She is as one who knows no sorrow which is like unto hers. It is a card
of utter desolation. Divinatory Meanings: Death, failure, miscarriage,
delay, deception, disappointment, despair. Reversed: Imprisonment,
suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame.
She is as one who knows no sorrow which is like unto hers. It is a card
of utter desolation. Divinatory Meanings: Death, failure, miscarriage,
delay, deception, disappointment, despair. Reversed: Imprisonment,
suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame.
| Eight |
A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about
her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable
bondage. Divinatory Meanings: Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis,
censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny; also sickness.
Reversed: Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery; what is
unforeseen; fatality.
her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable
bondage. Divinatory Meanings: Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis,
censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny; also sickness.
Reversed: Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery; what is
unforeseen; fatality.
| Seven |
A man in the act of carrying away five swords rapidly; the two others
of the card remain stuck in the ground. A camp is close at hand.
Divinatory Meanings: Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence; also
quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance. The design is uncertain
in its import, because the significations are widely at variance with
each other. Reversed: Good advice, counsel, instruction, slander,
babbling.
of the card remain stuck in the ground. A camp is close at hand.
Divinatory Meanings: Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence; also
quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance. The design is uncertain
in its import, because the significations are widely at variance with
each other. Reversed: Good advice, counsel, instruction, slander,
babbling.
| Six |
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The
course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted
that the work is not beyond his strength. Divinatory Meanings: journey
by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient. Reversed:
Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a
proposal of love.
course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted
that the work is not beyond his strength. Divinatory Meanings: journey
by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient. Reversed:
Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a
proposal of love.
| Five |
A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their
swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder,
and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master
in possession of the field. Divinatory Meanings: Degradation,
destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and
analogues of these. Reversed: The same; burial and obsequies.
swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder,
and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master
in possession of the field. Divinatory Meanings: Degradation,
destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and
analogues of these. Reversed: The same; burial and obsequies.
| Four |
The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his
tomb. Divinatory Meanings: Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's
repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the
design. Reversed: Wise administration, circumspection, economy,
avarice, precaution, testament.
tomb. Divinatory Meanings: Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's
repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the
design. Reversed: Wise administration, circumspection, economy,
avarice, precaution, testament.
| Three |
Three swords piercing a heart; cloud and rain behind. Divinatory
Meanings: Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion,
and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and
obvious to call for specific enumeration. Reversed: Mental alienation,
error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
Meanings: Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion,
and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and
obvious to call for specific enumeration. Reversed: Mental alienation,
error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.
| Two |
A hoodwinked female figure balances two swords upon her shoulders.
Divinatory Meanings: Conformity and the equipoise which it suggests,
courage, friendship, concord in a state of arms; another reading gives
tenderness, affection, intimacy. The suggestion of harmony and other
favourable readings must be considered in a qualified manner, as
Swords generally are not symbolical of beneficent forces in human
affairs. Reversed: Imposture, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty.
Divinatory Meanings: Conformity and the equipoise which it suggests,
courage, friendship, concord in a state of arms; another reading gives
tenderness, affection, intimacy. The suggestion of harmony and other
favourable readings must be considered in a qualified manner, as
Swords generally are not symbolical of beneficent forces in human
affairs. Reversed: Imposture, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty.
| Ace |
A hand issues from a cloud, grasping as word, the point of which is
encircled by a crown. Divinatory Meanings: Triumph, the excessive
degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great
force, in love as well as in hatred. The crown may carry a much higher
significance than comes usually within the sphere of fortune-telling.
Reversed: The same, but the results are disastrous; another account
says--conception, childbirth, augmentation, multiplicity.
encircled by a crown. Divinatory Meanings: Triumph, the excessive
degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great
force, in love as well as in hatred. The crown may carry a much higher
significance than comes usually within the sphere of fortune-telling.
Reversed: The same, but the results are disastrous; another account
says--conception, childbirth, augmentation, multiplicity.
| Queen |
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The Pictorial Key To The Tarot: Part 3