Swords · Minor Arcana
Ace of Swords
Upright
triumphthe excessive degree in everythingconquest
Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great force, in love as well as in hatred. The crown may carry a much higher significance than comes usually within the sphere of fortune-telling.
Reversed
the samebut the results are disastrousanother account says--conceptionchildbirth
The same, but the results are disastrous; another account says--conception, childbirth, augmentation, multiplicity.
✦ Symbolism & Description
The imagery
A hand issues from a cloud, grasping as word, the point of which is encircled by a crown.
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