Nine of Swords
The Nine of Swords shows a woman sitting up in bed, shielding her face from haunting illusions represented by nine staggered swords above her head. It embodies despair, cruelty, and intense anxiety, often pointing to temporary stress and mental pressure. The card's correspondences (Air, Mars, Moon, Gemini) emphasize mental activity, conflict, and emotional turmoil. Upright, it warns of giving in to illusions and overwhelming worry; reversed, it suggests release, simplification, and the easing of tension through positive thought.
Keywords
Description
A woman sits up in her bed. She shields her face from the illusions which haunt her. Nine swords appear staggered above her head.
Keyword
Despair and Cruelty
Correspondences
Air, Mars, Moon, Gemini
Upright
Anxiety; give in to illusions; temporary stress; pressure and stress.
Reversed
Release; simplify the situation; keep good thoughts; release tension.
Visual Description
Nine long swords hang horizontally on a dark wall, their hilts aligned in a neat row beneath the Roman numeral IX at the top. In the foreground a single person sits upright on a bed, hunched over with hands covering their face, bare-backed and draped in a patterned sheet. The bedpost and the muted, shadowed bedroom suggest night and solitude, with the blades looming like a metallic backdrop.
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