BE TRUTHFUL
BE JUST
HAVE FORTITUDE
The Page of Swords is a messenger who brings you challenges. He suggests that an opportunity for growth may come your way in the form of a problem or dilemma.
These challenges may not be your favorites. You probably will want to say “Thanks…but no thanks.”
The Page of Swords asks you to embrace these difficult situations. Think of them as trials designed to test your mettle. If you accept and prevail, you will become stronger and more resilient.
In meeting these challenges, you are encouraged to use the tools of the Swords suit – honesty, reason, integrity, and fortitude.
The Page of Swords can also stand for a child or young-at-heart adult whose interactions with you involve truthfulness, ethical behavior, discouragement, or matters of the mind. This relationship is likely to be troubled or difficult, in keeping with the challenges of the Swords suit.
Sometimes the Page of Swords implies that your entire situation is one suffused with the spirit of learning, discovery, and mental activities of all kinds. At such times, use your mind and enjoy the delights of the intellect.
Use Your Mind
- analyze the problem
- use logic and reason
- reexamine beliefs
- develop an idea or plan
- study or research the facts
- learn or teach
- think everything through
Be Truthful
- act honestly
- face the facts
- stop deceiving
- clear up any confusion
- expose what is hidden
- speak directly
Be Just
- right a wrong
- act ethically
- treat others equally
- champion a cause
- try to be fair
- do what you know is right
- accept responsibility
- acknowledge the other point of view
Have Fortitude
- face problems squarely
- refuse to be discouraged
- meet setbacks with renewed energy
- keep a firm resolve
- move out of depression
- keep your chin up and head high
- keep trying
The Page of Swords can form a pair with any other court card. Compare the ranks and suits of the two cards to see what such a pair might mean.
Example: for the Page of Swords/King of Pentacles, go to [ King-Page] and [ Swords-Pentacles ]
[ King-Page ] [ Queen-Page ] [ Knight-Page ] [ Page-Page ]
[ Swords-Wands ] [ Swords-Cups ] [ Swords-Swords ] [ Swords-Pentacles ]
There are no separate explanations for reversed cards. The meaning of a reversed card depends on what the card would mean if upright. A reversed card shows that a card’s energy is present but at a lower level. For some reason, the energy cannot be expressed freely, normally, or completely. It may be:
- still in its early stages
- losing force and power
- blocked or restricted
- incomplete
- inappropriate
- being denied
- only present in appearance
See Lesson 17 for more information on reversed cards.