Card 50 • swords

Ace of Swords

Brief Description

The Ace of Swords (Poltergeist) depicts an unseen, disruptive force manifesting as flung objects and sparks of displaced energy. It emphasizes how unconscious forces can visibly affect everyday life, with mundane items symbolizing that influence. In a reading, the card signals the beginning of a cycle of intense activity and urges you to focus on channeling your energy in creative, productive ways. It encourages recognizing restless or chaotic energy and directing it constructively to prevent destructive manifestations.

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Story

A "noisy ghost" causes disturbances by flinging and displacing objects. Poltergeists were invisible, but were experienced as an unseen force. Mischievous spirits date back to the Romans, and continued to mystify people throughout the ages. Later, it was thought that poltergeists were actually spawned from the living through a process called psychokinesis; moving objects with the mind. The flying debris is the shadow manifesting itself in destructive ways. The sparkles of energy represent displaced energy. The mundane objects symbolize how the unconscious can affect real-time events.

Divinatory meaning

This is the beginning of a cycle of intense activity. Focus on what you need to do to manifest your energy in creative, productive ways.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Lisa Hunt

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