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Minor Arcana · Suit of Swords · Nine

Nine of Swords

Upright: anxiety, worry, fear, nightmares. Reversed: release of worry, hope, recovery, facing fear.

Nine of Swords — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

Nine of Swords upright meaning

  • anxiety
  • worry
  • fear
  • nightmares

Worry keeps you awake, and everything feels worse in the dark than in daylight. Say the fear out loud to someone this week, named plainly, most of it shrinks fast.

Nine of Swords reversed meaning

  • release of worry
  • hope
  • recovery
  • facing fear

The panic is loosening, and in daylight the fear looks smaller than it did in your head. Face the thing you've been dreading this week, it's more manageable than the sleepless version told you.

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Arcana
Minor
Suit
Swords
Rank
Nine (9)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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