Swords · tarot

Nine of Swords

Sitting up in the dark. The suffering is real and mostly happening in your head, which does not make it lighter.

Mars in Gemini · Mithuna 2nd decanUpright & reversedFree
NineNine of Swords. A figure sits up in bed with the face in both hands, nine swords hanging on the wall behind in the dark.Nine of SwordsMars in Gemini · Mithuna 2nd decan
SuitSwords · Air
RankNine
Book T calls itDespair and Cruelty
ElementAir
PlanetMars · Mangal
SignGemini · Mithuna
Decan2 · 10°–20° Gemini
What the card shows

A figure sits up in bed with the face in both hands, nine swords hanging on the wall behind in the dark.

Upright
dreadthe 3am cardanxiety

Sitting up in the dark. The suffering is real and mostly happening in your head, which does not make it lighter.

Reversed
it liftshelpstill worse at night

The worst of it passing, or the point at which you tell somebody.

In love

Fear filling a silence. Ask instead of imagining.

In work

You are catastrophising. Write it down and check it in daylight.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Nine of Swords being Mars in Gemini describes the card and not your chart.

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