Nine of Swords
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Mars in Gemini
Esoteric Title: Lord of Despair and Cruelty
Swords is the suit of the intellect. It represents air, authority, thought, reason, justice, truth and ethical principles. It is knowledge, conflict, struggles and turmoil.
Nines are about nearing the end, the final stage, dreams, courage, mastery, letting go and terminating properly.
Esoteric Title: Lord of Despair and Cruelty
Swords is the suit of the intellect. It represents air, authority, thought, reason, justice, truth and ethical principles. It is knowledge, conflict, struggles and turmoil.
Nines are about nearing the end, the final stage, dreams, courage, mastery, letting go and terminating properly.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
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.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Nine: An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen.
Reversed: Good ground for suspicion against a doubtful person.
Divinatory Meanings: Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair.
Reversed: Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Nine: An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen.
Reversed: Good ground for suspicion against a doubtful person.
Upright
The suit of Swords often represents what we "think" about a situation, not necessarily the reality. Is there another way to view the problem? Is it as bad as we think it is? Should we be spending this much time and energy being upset? What is the reality and what is our fear? Maintain your composure and attempt to turn your nervous energy into something productive.
Doubt and despair over problems that are mostly imagined.
Night terrors.
Mental anguish.
Anxiety, despair, danger, disasters, attack.
Desperation, loss of hope.
Frustration.
Powerlessness.
The dark night of the soul.
A day of upsets.
Anxiety over a loved one.
Borrowing trouble.
Insomnia.
Extreme stress.
Headache.
Someone is mad!
Physical pain, injuries.
Bad back, knees, migraines, severe arthritis.
Damage from severe weather.
Doubt and despair over problems that are mostly imagined.
Night terrors.
Mental anguish.
Anxiety, despair, danger, disasters, attack.
Desperation, loss of hope.
Frustration.
Powerlessness.
The dark night of the soul.
A day of upsets.
Anxiety over a loved one.
Borrowing trouble.
Insomnia.
Extreme stress.
Headache.
Someone is mad!
Physical pain, injuries.
Bad back, knees, migraines, severe arthritis.
Damage from severe weather.
Reversed
Rational fears.
Fear.
Suspicion.
Anger turned inward.
Depression, shame, guilt.
Abandoned to deal with a mess alone.
Gossip.
Isolation.
The pain is behind you.
Healing from a difficult ordeal.
Tomorrow is a new day.
The dark cloud of trauma passes and you have developed great strength because of this ordeal.
Imprisonment.
Fear.
Suspicion.
Anger turned inward.
Depression, shame, guilt.
Abandoned to deal with a mess alone.
Gossip.
Isolation.
The pain is behind you.
Healing from a difficult ordeal.
Tomorrow is a new day.
The dark cloud of trauma passes and you have developed great strength because of this ordeal.
Imprisonment.
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- ATA
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