Queen of Swords Upright: Perception and Frankness
The upright Queen of Swords may represent an intelligent, perceptive, confident woman. Her agreeable character, frankness, and grace may help the querent recognize her.
Queen of Swords Reversed: Slyness and Deceit
The reversed Queen of Swords may represent an intelligent, perceptive woman whose character shows slyness or deceit. These traits may feature in her involvement in the querent’s challenge.
In psychological Tarot readings, the court cards represent people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The Queen of Swords may represent an intelligent, perceptive, confident woman: agreeable or ambitious, frank or sly, graceful or deceitful.
About the Court Cards
The four levels of human expression apply to the court cards, too. Wand court cards portray willful people with strong intent and/or a spiritual inclination. Cup court cards represent creative, passionate, and romantic people with cultivated feelings. Sword court cards illustrate intelligent, discerning, and analytical people. Pentacle court cards personify practical, down-to-earth, realistic people.
Each Enlightenment Tarot court card displays a set of human character traits to ease the recognition of the people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The court cards correspond to the four astrological quarters:
Wands/fire: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius
Cups/water: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
Swords/air: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
Pentacles/earth: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
The querent may identify the people involved in her challenge by considering their sun sign. But she needs to take this with a grain of salt, since the ascendant and the Chinese signs play a role, too.
Explore all 78 cards and their meanings in the Tarot Map.