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Queen of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Queen of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of clear mind, independent, honest; reversed, of coldness, harsh judgment. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Queen of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAir

Upright meaning

“Widowhood, female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning, privation, separation”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: clear mind, independent, honest, perceptive, direct communicator.

Reversed meaning

“Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, bale, deceit”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: coldness, harsh judgment, bitterness.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): the introverted mastery (Queen) — containing, the holding psyche.

Astrology

The watery aspect of Air; court of the air triplicity (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius).

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