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Page of Swords Tarot Card Meaning
The Page of Swords tarot card means curiosity, alertness and new ideas. Alert, curious and watchful.
Upright
- Curiosity
- alertness
- new ideas
Reversed
- Gossip
- all talk
- scattered thinking
Yes or no
Maybe
The Page of Swords is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Swords. Swords are the suit of air: thought, truth, words and conflict.
What the card shows
A young man stands on a windy hilltop holding a sword up in both hands and looking over his shoulder. Clouds pile up behind him and birds fly overhead.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Page of Swords is read as a sharp, curious mind. He asks questions, watches closely and wants the truth. The card points to learning, news and thinking before acting.
Page of Swords reversed
Reversed, it is read as gossip, talk without action, or a mind jumping about.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Page of Swords is usually read as a maybe: the answer depends on something not settled yet. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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