Swords · Minor Arcana
Queen of Swords
Upright
widowhoodfemale sadness and embarrassmentabsencesterility
Widowhood, female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning, privation, separation.
Reversed
malicebigotryartificeprudery
Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, bale, deceit.
✦ Symbolism & Description
The imagery
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding, she is scarcely a symbol of power.
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