Four of Swords
The Four of Swords advises stepping back from a problem that feels insoluble and allowing rest and reflection to clear mental clutter. It emphasizes retreat, restoration, and regrouping rather than obsessive thinking. When the mind is quiet the simple, elegant solution—often hidden—can reveal itself. Practical practices like meditation, prayer, and sleep are recommended as means to receive clarity. Reversed, the card warns of denial, obsession, procrastination, and confusion.
Keywords
Divinatory meaning
There is a problem that seems unsolvable. With sticky issues, it is easy to think and think and think until your head is so full of thoughts that everything feels confused. This card describes another approach: retreat, rest, restore, and regroup. Yes, there are lots of moving parts and complicated angles, but the solution is simple and elegant. It is, apparently, also shy, hiding until the mind is clear and ready to receive it.
Advice
Let go of this problem for a while; it's not going anywhere ... and you are not moving closer to a solution by fretting. Meditate. Pray. Sleep. Probably sleep; people just don't understand how important it is to rest.
Reversed
Denial, obsession, procrastination, confusion.
Visual Description
A reclining figure lies on an ornate bier with hands folded over a long sword that runs down the center of the body. Three swords are positioned above the bier, forming a triangular arrangement, while petals and wisps of pale hair float gently around the scene. The figure wears a white shroud and an ornamental green-gold jacket, and the image is framed by a border with the numeral IV at the top.
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