Knight of Swords

Tarot de Marseille

Essence: A determined knight with his sword raised, a mind that has already thought and now moves into action, clear ideas, direct words, defending what you believe

General meaning

Upright

mental actionquick decisiondirect wordsdefenceclarity

↕ Reversed: Verbal aggression, words like knives, arguing for the sake of it, mental haste, coldness in speech

By topic

Love: someone who's upfront and says what they thinkmore head than heartdirect conversationhonestywatch the tone
Friendship: direct friendsinceredefenderclear wordsfrank argument
Family: direct conversationfamily decisiondefending your ownclarityresolution
Career: negotiatordirect communicationquick decisionsdefending proposalsstrategic action
Work: quick decisionsnegotiationsdefending an idea with argumentsdirect communicationaction
Studies: debateargumentdefending ideasdetermined studyquick thinking
Money: quick decisionsnegotiationdefending a financial positionclear dealingsaction
Pets: firm trainingquick decisionvet actionclear rulesresolution
Health: action with good judgementquick medical decisionalert mindmental stressdetermination
Choices: decide nowgo straight at itclarityresolute actiondefending your position
Creative projects: decisive executiondirect messagedefending the ideaquick actionclear objective
Creativity: decisive writingdirect messageclarity of purposecreative actionmanifesto

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

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