Tarot · Swords
Page of Swords
- alertness
- curiosity
- a quick tongue
The picture
A young man stands on uneven ground in the wind, holding a sword upright in both hands and looking watchfully to one side, with birds flying above him.
The meaning
The Page of Swords is wide awake and looks around in every direction. The tradition reads him as curiosity, a quick mind and a love of learning. He stands for questions, for fast thinking and sometimes for a piece of news. His words are sharp, still without much experience behind them.
Reversed
Reversed, he is read as gossip, hasty words or curiosity that goes too far.
In love
In love he is read as lively conversation, but also as a request not to weigh every word.
At work
At work he stands for research, learning and attentive observation.
As your card of the day
It pays to ask questions today. Listen carefully before you judge.
The Page of Swords stands for curiosity. Learn something today that you have long wanted to know.
Swords belong to air. Readers see in them thought, decisions and plain words, the uncomfortable ones included.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).