Card of the Day for September 14 - Queen of Swords
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Attribution - Virgo-Libra
Cusp (20 degrees Virgo to 20 degrees Libra)
Swords is the suit of the
intellect. It represents air, authority, thought, reason,
justice, truth and ethical principles. It is knowledge,
conflict, struggles and turmoil.
Queens stand for both women who are actual people in your life and for different aspects of your personality. They are mother figures and mature women with personal power. They demonstrate creativity, love of nature, caring, fondness for children.
Possible
Careers
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Psychologist,
teacher,
lawyer,
languages,
counsellor,
public
speaker,
organizer.
Rider-Waite Imagery
The Queen of Swords is Water in the Realm of Air. This is the
emotional quality of the mind. The Queen sits on her throne facing
to the right (mercy). She has a sword in her right hand (mind,
intellect) and has her left hand extended. Her throne has a winged
child (her crest), butterflies (air) and a pair of moons (moon,
Libra) There are windswept trees and a river (waters of emotion)
in the background. The sky is blue (emotions) and has a single
bird. The bottom third of the background is covered in clouds
(divine origin). She is wearing a cloud cloak trimmed in orange
and a butterfly crown (ruling the mind) and broach. Her white
(purity) gown has red (desire) tassels on the sleeves. This queen
is the physical manifestation of the Justice card. She is the one
who enforces the law. She rules with fairness and justice.
http://tarotjourney.net/tarot-cards/minor-arcana/swords/13-queen-of-swords/
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on
an arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm
raised her countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests
familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her
sword notwithstanding, she is scarcely a symbol of power.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: Widowhood, female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning, privation, separation.
Reversed: Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, bale, deceit.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Queen: A widow. Reversed: A bad woman, with ill-will towards the
Querent.
UPRIGHT
Discernment.
A clever, well-informed
woman.
Upholding high standards.
Intelligent and solitary.
Sad or severe countenance.
A woman alone; if married,
she chose her partner for intellectual reasons.
A headstrong person who is determined.
Accustomed to getting her own way.
Easy to love but difficult to love deeply.
Head over heart.
Strong will, sharp wit, sarcasm, keen insight, independence, accurate analysis.
You may have dealings with a woman who has known sorrow.
The “perfectionist”.
The widow card.
Heeding your inner scholar.
Have faith in your ability to make good, if difficult, decisions.
Courage means not repeating previous errors; it means to grow and not give up.
Going it alone. You have learned aloofness and independence from periods of loneliness. Now is the time to stand up and be clear about your wants and needs.
I wasn’t born yesterday.
The ability to distinguish between right and wrong.
A cool customer who favours logic and wit.
Knows how to deal with
hardship.
REVERSED
Clever in her own way but
does not respect the boundaries of others.
Emotions clouding the truth.
Arguments.
Making allowances in your
principles.
Do not pursue this matter, or else.
A woman who has given up a child for adoption.
Prudish.
Deceitful.
Given to gossip.
Close-minded, judgemental, self-righteous, intolerant, narrow-minded, bigoted.
Malicious, vengeful with a
long memory.
Verbal abuse.
Easily angered.
Exacting.
One-sided view.
Stubborn, cold and calculating.
An untrustworthy person who could be dangerous through intelligence and arrogance.1. Dorata
2. Mythic
3. Robin Wood
4. Master
5. Amber
6. Durer
