Four of Swords
Correspondences
- Sephirah: Chesed
- Element: air
- Zodiac: Libra
- Decan: 3rd decan of Libra
- Thoth Title: Truce
Meanings
Rider-Waite-Smith
Reversed
Keywords: Enforced gaiety, simulated enjoyment, literal sense, handwriting, composition, letters of exchange.
Upright
Keywords: On the one hand it is represented as a card of gaiety, recreation and its connexions, which is the subject of the design; but it is read also as news and messages in writing, as obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.
Thoth / Crowley-Harris
Upright
Keywords: Jupiter in Libra; calm, centered; clarity; spiritual cleansing; integration; expansion
You have enough inner clarity to successfully carry out your plans. Be sure at all times that you feel good about what is happening.
Number 4: Stability
Structure, order, but tipping toward rigidity. The element solidified, potentially stagnant.
Narrative position: consolidation