Queen of Swords
Queen of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
clear judgement, honesty, independence
Perceptive and unsentimental — this asks for honesty rather than comfort, from you or from someone else.
In a yes or no reading, Queen of Swords upright answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
Reversed
coldness, harshness, bitterness
Clarity has curdled into cutting. The perception is still accurate; the delivery is doing damage.
In a yes or no reading, Queen 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. Queen 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.