Arcana Encyclopaedia

Ace of Swords

Minor Arcana Swords

Correspondences

  • Sephirah: Kether
  • Element: air
  • Thoth Title: Root of Air

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame. Ten of Swords Lord of Ruin—Sun in Gemini How will it come to us, that great day? What will the dawn disclose? Past veils expended, all omens ended, what truth at the heart of those? Arthur Waite, Collected Poems golden dawn pushes up against an inky night sky and gray clouds. A man lies on the ground near the threshold of the beach. A mountain range is in the far

Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, shame. Ten of Swords Lord of Ruin—Sun in Gemini How will it come to us, that great day? What will the dawn disclose? Past veils expended, all omens end

Upright

Keywords: Death, failure, miscarriage, delay, deception, disappointment, despair.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Intellectual clarity, original thinking, brilliant powers of thought, divine inspiration

Your present clarity is a wonderful condition for your under- taking. You will be able to recognize facts and call by name things which other people would prefer to sweep under the carpet. This entails a great responsibility on your part. Be sure never to express your insights heart- lessly. But when you are fully in contact with Love, use your sword without sparing yourself or others. * Op. cit. Bach, Richard

Number 1: Unity

Seed, beginning, undifferentiated will. The root of the element in its purest form.

Narrative position: initiation