Ace of Swords
The Ace of Swords presents a hand emerging from a cloud holding an upright silver sword crowned with a golden crown and flanked by laurels, symbolizing a clear intellectual source and the spark of decisive thought. Mountains and the yods along the sword's fuller emphasize breakthrough clarity and the capacity to see beyond obstacles. Associated with Air and Neptune and labeled 'Intellectual Source', it signals inspired ideas, mental clarity, and the potential beginning of a new project. Reversed, the card cautions against hesitation, confusion, doubt, or grandiose thinking that obscures true insight.
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Title
Ace of Swords
Description
A hand reaches out from a cloud. It holds a silver sword. Two half-moons appear on the guard with two round beads. The sword faces up. A golden crown and two laurels hang off the sword's point. Mountains appear below this. Three yods appear on each side of the sword's fuller.
Keyword
Intellectual Source
Correspondences
Air, Neptune
Upright
Inspired ideas; brightness; a new project; intelligence; mental clarity.
Reversed
Hesitation; grandiose ideas; confusion; doubt.
Visual Description
A single upright sword is held by a hand emerging from a bank of clouds. A crown encircles the blade near its tip, flanked by sprigs of greenery hanging from either side, and small white flame-like shapes hover around the blade. The Roman numeral I appears at the top of the image. At the bottom a parchment bears handwritten Cyrillic text "Туз Мечей" and the mark "TAROSHOP.RU".
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