The suit of Swords · Air
SwordsTarot card meanings
Thought, speech and conflict. The truth, and what it costs to say it.
Element
Air
Signs
Gemini · Libra · Aquarius
Season
autumn
Cards
14
Swords belong to air, the element of thought and speech. They cover decisions, arguments, truth and the stories you tell yourself at night. The Ace cuts through confusion; by the Ten a situation has reached its lowest point and can only lift. Many Swords in a spread mean the problem sits in the mind, or in what has been said. They are the hardest suit to draw, and reversed they often show the pain easing. All fourteen cards are below, with their upright and reversed meanings.
Draw a cardAce to Ten
10
The court
4The Swords court thinks first. The Page asks too many questions; the Queen has stopped apologising for the answers.
The rest of the deck
All fourteen Swords, both ways up
Swords are the hardest suit to draw. The app reads each one in full, including the ones people skip past.