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Two of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Two of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of stalemate, difficult choice, blocked emotions; reversed, of clarity arrives, information overload. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Two of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAirMoon in Libra

Upright meaning

“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”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: stalemate, difficult choice, blocked emotions, truce, weighing options.

Reversed meaning

“Imposture, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: clarity arrives, information overload, seeing the truth.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): duality and choice — the function meets its opposite.

Astrology

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

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