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Page of Swords Tarot Card Meaning and Art Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Designation

Page of Swords

About the Deck

Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

These cards are featured in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot" by Loren Lundgren. I took the information for the meanings on these tarot cards from "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination", by A. E. Waite, 1911, now in the public domain. I edited the tarot card descriptions and meanings for clarity and brevity, modernizing the text. I scanned in the original black and white illustrations of the cards drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1911 book. I digitally retouched and painted those illustrations in detailed color.

Provenance

Loren Lundgren, © 2021

Description

An agile, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands. He walks swiftly over rugged land, and around him the clouds are moving wildly. He is alert and watchful, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment.

Meaning of Page of Swords from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck

Upright

Authority, supervision, vigilance, spying, examination.

Reversed

The more evil side of these qualities; surprises, being an unprepared state; sickness is also hinted at.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

A child. An enemy. Bad news. Delay.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

An indiscreet person will pry into the Querent's secrets.

Reversed

Astonishing news.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

A birth. A child. A sweet disposition. Affability.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

A Spy, Overlooking, Authority

Reversed

That which is unforeseen, Vigilance, Support.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Legal or medical student, wanting in refinement of mind and manners

Reversed

a treacherous character, fond of underhand measures.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

treachery and infidelity will lie in wait for you, but you will come victorious out of the trial. Endurance and courage will lead to a speedy marriage.

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