Arcana Encyclopaedia

Reversed

Keywords: Disorder, chaos, ruin, discord, profligacy.

Upright

Keywords: The card foretells material trouble above all, whether in the form illustrated—that is, destitution—or otherwise. For some cartomancists, it is a card of love and lovers—wife, husband, friend, mistress; also concordance, affinities. These alternatives cannot be harmonized.

Upright

Keywords: Jupiter in Gemini; problems with endurance; worry from thinking too much; difficulty in making a choice. Two strong central swords are crossed by six crooked sabers. You find yourself having to choose between two alternatives of apparently equal merit. You will not come to a decision by reflecting analytically. Your doubt, or fears of making the wrong choice, constantly destroy your inner clarity. You are also lacking endurance, which you will need if you are to clarify this confused situation. No matter where you turn, no satisfactory solution seems to exist. The more you try to unravel

Let things rest and develop on their own for a while. As long as doubt concerning these decisions remains, don't go for anything new. Jupiter is harbinger of unforeseen and unexpected change for the better. The problem which seems unsolvable now will find its own solution in its own way.