Queen of Swords
The Queen of Swords warns of emotionally and intellectually challenging situations where clear thinking and self-control are essential. It cautions that precise attacks or dangerous rivals may exploit vulnerability, so you must make rational arguments and govern your feelings and actions. The card's advice emphasizes that current choices and disciplined behavior determine the final outcome, while resentment and a desire for control can lead to destruction. Reversed, it signals hatred, revenge, and destructive emotional storms from rivals or unmet needs, presenting a choice between self-control and ruin.
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Card Title
Queen of Swords
Upright
An emotionally and intellectually challenging situation. A precise attack can come when you are the most vulnerable. Be prepared to make clear, rational arguments. Full self-control of your feelings, actions, reactions is necessary to gain the desired result. A dangerous rival.
Card's Advice
In order to get what you desire, you must control your every move. The final result depends upon everything you are doing now.
The Warning
The resentment inside you ruins everything you touch. Learn to forgive or you will destroy your whole life.
Reverse
A smart and dedicated rival wants to hurt you as much as possible. Love turned into hatred seeks revenge. A destructive emotional storm, aggression, malice. A desire to control caused by the lack of something.
Quick Answer
It depends on what you choose: self-control or destruction.
Visual Description
A crowned woman sits on a stone throne amid clouds, holding a long upright sword in front of her. A black bird perches on her right shoulder while her left hand is extended and a butterfly rests on her fingertips. A cherubic winged face appears at the base of the throne, holding a draped banner that reads the card title in Cyrillic. The scene is framed by soft clouds and a pale sky.
Old Style tarot
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