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Ace of Swords, Waite-Smith tarot, 1909

Minor Arcana · Swords · Air

Ace of Swords

Thoth: Ace of Swords

In a reading

A flash of clarity cuts through the fog. Speak the truth and act on it.

Upright
Clarity, breakthrough, truth, a new idea
Reversed
Confusion, misinformation, clouded judgement

Correspondences

Suit
Swords · element Air
Thoth title
Ace of Swords
Golden Dawn title (Book T)
The Root of the Powers of Air
Astrology
The Root of Air; rules the quadrant of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces around the North Pole
Sephirah
כתר Kether (1), The Crown

Card image: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite tarot, 1909 (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).