Arcana Encyclopaedia

Queen of Swords

Minor Arcana Swords

Correspondences

  • Element: air/water

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Anecdotes, announcements, evil news. Also indecision and the instability which accompanies it.

Upright

Keywords: Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. Beside a man, he will bear favorable testimony concerning him. A dangerous rival, if followed by the Page of Cups. Has the chief qualities of his suit. He may signify family intelligence.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: The watery aspect of air; cutting through old masks and roles; clarity; rational, intellectual, logical, objective

Cutting through old masks and roles with clarity. Rational, intellectual, logical, and objective perception.