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Nine of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Nine of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of anxiety, worry, nightmares; reversed, of recovery, letting go of worry. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Nine of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAirMars in Gemini

Upright meaning

“Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: anxiety, worry, nightmares, mental anguish, ruminating.

Reversed meaning

“Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: recovery, letting go of worry, hope after fear.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): fruition and solitude — the function ripens inwardly.

Astrology

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

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