The Suit of Swords Keywords Ace Swords Two Swords Three Swords Four Swords Five Swords Victory Inner tension Separation Rest, recover and Disharmony Success Struggle between logic Heartbreak regroup Cold, aloof Obstacles overcome and intuition Grief Peace Judgmental Power Confusion Surgery Time to rest from Defeat New beginnings Indecisive Necessary letting go sorrows Cruel and cowardly Potentials Stalemate Evil intent Heralds a change for Change via Delays Inaction Restricted and limited the better destructiveness Obstacles to success powerlessness circumstances Optimism and energy Opposition / Negativity misunderstandings Diplomacy required Identifies a negative element return Words as weapon Blindness within a positive New foundation for Quarreling Inability to acknowledge environment stability Malice / Slander one’s part in problem Meditation Intent to harm / Violent Inadvertently causing harm Reflection Spite f ul/ Nasty Compromise Lack of direction Resolutions on the horizon Unfocused energy Direct clear speech Not yet recovered A Winner & A Loser Six Swords Seven Swords Eight Swords Nine Swords Ten Swords Opportunity to move on Untrustworthy Struggle to express Distressing thoughts Inconsistent from hardship Open to deception and energies Bad dreams Irresponsible Resigned acceptance deviousness Trapped by another’s Powerful energy Failure to manifest Need to make the best of a Theft / Dishonesty power / Victim focused on negative Disdain situation Undermined Manipulation Ruthless Rudeness In tellectual Emotionally robbed Imprisonment Cruel Coldness Broadminded and tolerant Unpredictability Stress and anxiety Despair Disloyalty Harmony after a struggle Confusion Focus on unimportant Suffering Expressive Change in beliefs D iplomacy to one’s face or irrelevant issues Misery Flamboyant communicator Success for efforts and betray al and spite Narrow minded Guilt Charismatic A lternative thin king behind back Cruel Lying Consistent Travel over water Unreliable Ability to research Deceit Mistake Unreasonable Indirect Skillful communicator Powerful imagination Judgmental Surreptitious Realization of the ability to Clear communicator Unpredictability Apology free oneself from limiting Focused thinking Anxiety Foreign connotations situations Prophetic dreams Page Swords Knight Swords Queen Swords King Swords Curious Spontaneous Independent Intellectual Talkative Curious Benevolent Master of speech Quick Fast Open minded Creative thinker Active Intellectual Intellectual Support via logic Intelligence Logical Logical Advisor Finding out something Fast furious Sociable Charming / Appreciation Spoken Witty Excellent for beauty communication Sociable communicator Well balanced Upsetting or unsettling Excellent communicator Thinker High morals and ethics communication Thinker Articulated speaker Organized and capable Gossip Talker Non - committal Observant Slander Swift changes of mind and Inconsistent Uses speech as a weapon direction Changeable Lack of focus , Naive ty Non - committal Aloof Unbalanced Inconsistent Cold Vulnerable to unsound Changeable choices Excerpt from JewelBox™ Tarot – Card Night! (forthcoming in 2020) A companion Workbook for JewelBox™ Tarot – The Story of Flow and JewelBox™ Tarot – The Natures of Time. © JewelBox Art 2019. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any f o rm or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission from Jewel Box Art. .