The Queen of Swords tarot card photographed outdoors

The Deck · Swords

Queen of SwordsSwords · Minor Arcana

Upright meaning

Sees it exactly as it is. The Queen of Swords is unsentimental clarity, hard-won — she has been lied to before and will not be again.

Reversed meaning

Clarity gone cold. Bitterness, or a sharpness used to keep everyone at distance.

On the card

This deck names it Queen of swords.

In love

Honesty over comfort. Both of you can handle it.

In work

Say the accurate thing. You are the one who can.

In yourself

Your judgement is sound. Use it kindly.

ClarityIndependenceHonestyDiscernmentPerception
A tarot card photographed in the field

Venus in Retrograde

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