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Page of Swords

Tarot de Marseille

Essence: A sword half drawn, a mind starting to wake up, curiosity, wanting to understand, words still being learned

General meaning

Upright

↕ Reversed: Suspicion, distrust, always on the defensive, words that attack before being attacked, clumsiness with the sword

By topic

Love

a cautious attitudeobserving before showing what you feelcuriosity about the other personverbal courtingcaution

Friendship

youngclever friendcurious conversationscautionnew ideastesting trust

Family

curious son or young personquestionsa pending conversation to preparelearningprudence

Career

apprenticeintellectual internshippreparationgetting informedprofessional curiosity

Work

researchingpreparing an argumentapprenticereportprofessional curiosity

Studies

curious studentresearchwanting to understandlearningpreparing the argument

Money

learning about moneyanalysing before spendingfinancial curiosityprudencestudy

Pets

observing the animallearning about its carecurious puppybasic trainingcaution

Health

getting informedcuriosity about the bodylooking into symptomsrestless mindprevention

Choices

get informed firstprepare your argumentscautionobservestudy

Creative projects

researchdocumentationfirst ideastext sketchesexperimentation

Creativity

first wordsbudding writingcuriosityexperimenting with ideasapprentice

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

✨ 3 tips for combining it

1. With study cards, curiosity. Example: Page of Swords + The Pope is learning from someone who knows.
2. With Cups, caution in love. Example: Page of Swords + Ace of Cups is observing before showing what you feel.
3. With distrust cards, always on the defensive. Example: Page of Swords + The Moon is suspicion without reason.

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Images: Tarot de Marseille, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).