9 of SwordsThoth Tarot Tarot Meaning
Number: 9 of Swords · Arcana: Minor Arcana — Swords
- swords
- elemental
- decan
Upright meaning
Cruelty — real agony of mind, despair, and suffering, illness and oppression weighing heavy, though genuine obedience and patience can still see it through.
Reversals in this deck
The Thoth tradition does not read reversed cards. Crowley's system judges a card as well- or ill-dignified from the cards around it and its elemental dignities, so every card here is read upright.
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