Queen of Swords upright
She holds the sword upright, the other hand outstretched; her expression is direct. Often shown as the figure who's been through difficulty and emerged with discernment.
Use the discernment. The Queen of Swords cuts through pretense - including her own. Her clarity is hard-won and worth the cost.
Queen of Swords reversed
Reversed, the clarity becomes coldness; the discernment becomes contempt.
Keywords
- discernment
- independence
- clear judgment
- wisdom from experience
- honesty
Where this reading comes from
Meaning authored from the Rider-Waite-Smith reader tradition rather than copied from any single modern source.
Common questions
- What does Queen of Swords mean?
- Queen on a stone throne - clear-eyed, slightly wary. She holds the sword upright, the other hand outstretched; her expression is direct. Often shown as the figure who's been through difficulty and emerged with discernment.
- What does Queen of Swords mean reversed?
- Reversed, the clarity becomes coldness; the discernment becomes contempt.
- Is Queen of Swords a good card to draw?
- Queen of Swords belongs to the swords suit, which deals with thought, conflict and truth. No card is simply good or bad; what it means depends on the question and where it lands in the spread.
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