Ace of Swords

Tarot de Marseille

Essence: The seed of the mind, clarity, an idea that puts everything in order, the power of words, firm decisions, intelligence at the service of action

General meaning

Upright

clarityideadecisionwordtruth

↕ Reversed: A sword with no edge or one that cuts too much, confusion, thoughts going round in circles, words that hurt, excessive coldness, truth used as a weapon

By topic

Love: sincere conversationputting your cards on the tableemotional clarityclear decisionhonesty
Friendship: speaking clearlysinceritytruth between friendsfrank conversationhonesty
Family: necessary conversationtruth at homefamily decisionclarityrules
Career: strategic decisionclear communicationwinning ideaapplied intelligencepromotion through good judgement
Work: brilliant ideaclear decisiondirect communicationgetting unstuckanalysis
Studies: understandingmental claritynew ideaargumentexam passed
Money: clear financial decisionbusiness ideacontractanalysisstrategy
Pets: clear vet diagnosisa decision about the animallogical trainingunderstandingrules
Health: clear diagnosisclear headmedical decisionmental hygienelucidity
Choices: see clearlydecide firmlycut through doubtstruthlucidity
Creative projects: clear conceptplandecisionfounding ideadirection
Creativity: sharp ideaclear conceptwritingprecise wordintellectual inspiration

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

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