Ace of Swords Tarot Card Meaning
Minor Arcana, suit of Swords
clarity, breakthrough, truth, a sharp idea
The card
A hand reaches out of a cloud holding a single upright sword, its tip passing through a crown hung with green sprigs, high above bare gray peaks. It is the moment a thought cuts cleanly through the fog. The card asks you to name what you now see plainly and to use that clarity fairly.
Upright meaning
A breakthrough of clarity; the truth cuts through confusion and a sharp new idea emerges.
Reversed meaning
Muddled thinking or a truth used to wound; clarity is clouded or misused.
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