Minor Arcana: Swords, Upright

Question 1

Suite of Swords

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Answer 1

Element of Air, and as such signifies freedom but also quick change. The Swords suit also traditionally represented the military, which implies strength, power, and authority, but also responsibility, violence, and suffering, The Intellect, Positives: analytical, articulate, astute, authoritative, clearheaded, clever, dignified, direct, discerning, dispassionate, equitable, ethical, evenhanded, forthright, frank, honest, honorable, impartial, incisive, intellectual, just, keen-minded, knowledgeable, learned, literate, logical, lucid, magisterial, mental, moral, objective, observant, outspoken, penetrating, perspicacious, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, smart, trenchant, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, well-informed, witty, Negatives: abstruse, aloof, arrogant, autocratic, biting, blunt, cold, condescending, controlling, cool, critical, cutting, detached, distant, dogmatic, domineering, high-handed, imperious, insensitive, intolerant, judgmental, opinionated, overbearing, overintellectualizing, patronizing, remote, standoffish, thoughtless, unaffectionate, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsparing

Question 2

Ace of Swords, Upright

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Answer 2

The Reaver (fictional group of humans in the television series Firefly and film Serenity who live on the fringes of civilized space and have become animalistic), Decisive ability, Making a Decision, Cutting through confusion, Taking a radical decision or standpoint, The ability to see through deception and expose it, Cutting through/out the bullshit

Question 3

Two of Swords, Upright

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Answer 3

The Choice, Doubt over decisions, A sense of powerlessness and apathy giving way to fear, If the other cards in the spread are favorable, then the 2 of Swords can indicate lack of bias and even mindedness

Question 4

3 of Swords, Upright

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Answer 4

The Wound, Aspect of the mind that is overly critical, especially of itself, The perverse impulse to dissect a problem beyond the point of usefulness, Emotions suffering due to this treatment,