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Four of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Four of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of rest, recuperation, contemplation; reversed, of restlessness, burnout. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Four of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAirJupiter in Libra

Upright meaning

“Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: rest, recuperation, contemplation, retreat, stillness.

Reversed meaning

“Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: restlessness, burnout, awakening from rest.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): stabilization — structure that protects, and may imprison.

Astrology

Decan: Jupiter in Libra. Air triplicity (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius).

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