Card 13
Queen of Swords
Description
She sits high above the clouds, sword raised, one hand open. The Queen of Swords has been lied to before and decided not to be again. Sharp, clear, no decoration in her speech.
Keywords
Upright
Reversed
Upright Meanings
Time to think with the head, not the chest. The Queen sees what's actually there. She doesn't soften it and she doesn't weaponize it. Say the true thing in the shortest sentence available. Hold the boundary you've been hinting at. People respect clarity even when they don't love it.
Reversed Meanings
The clarity tipped into cruelty. The sword cuts when it used to clarify. Words are landing harder than they need to. The Queen reversed can also flip the other way, where emotion floods in and the edge disappears entirely. Pull back either way. Don't send the message from this state. Truth keeps until morning.
Elemental
Water of Air.
Questions to Ask
- ?What do I have a knack for? How might my special gift prove useful now?
- ?To what extent am I capable of saying what needs to be said?
- ?What is the best possible way to say what I want to say?
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