Nine of Swords

Nine of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

anxiety, dread, the three a.m. card

Worry has outgrown the thing being worried about. Most of this is happening at night and in your head.

In a yes or no reading, Nine of Swords upright answers no.

Reversed

the fear easing, facing it, first light

The dread is starting to lift, usually because it was finally said out loud. It is smaller in daylight.

In a yes or no reading, Nine 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. Nine 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.

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