Swords · Minor Arcana
Eight of Swords
Upright
bad newsviolent chagrincrisiscensure
Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis, censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny; also sickness.
Reversed
disquietdifficultyoppositionaccident
Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery; what is unforeseen; fatality.
✦ Symbolism & Description
The imagery
A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable bondage.
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