Four of Swords
Four of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
rest, recovery, a deliberate pause
Stop. This is not defeat, it is convalescence, and pushing on now costs more than it gains.
In a yes or no reading, Four of Swords upright answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
Reversed
restlessness, burnout, forced back too soon
Rest is being resisted or was cut short. The body and the mind will take it eventually, one way or another.
In a yes or no reading, Four of Swords reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
What this card does in a reading here
A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. Four of Swords can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.