9 of swords tarot meaning. Original meaning of "Nine of Swords"

01/24/2021 354 Meaning of Tarot cards

Author: Anastasia

All Nines of the Tarot deck bring us to the logical conclusion of the story of the lyrical hero of his suit. For the suit of Swords, this story, alas, ends sadly. But the world of this amazing deck would be incomplete without such cards, so it is also necessary to get acquainted with the meaning of the 9 Swords of the Tarot. At least in order to understand how this Arcana is read correctly.

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General meaning of the tarot arcana 9 of Swords

Straight position

Traditionally, a person’s state can be described as depressive; an internal conflict occurs. If the situation or question is ambiguous, it is worth pulling out the clarifying arcana. It is worth understanding that a person’s anxieties are caused by his internal state and, when surrounded by positive arcana, are most often far-fetched. There is no external threat to the person.

Keywords for the map could be:

• Stress;
• Depression;
• Panic;
• Self-flagellation.

Inverted position

The interpretation of the lasso in an inverted position is more positive. The map shows the presence of hidden depression, but also speaks of the absence of soil for deeper experiences. Arkan speaks of false alarms and too much dependence on the opinion of society.

Key words characterizing the lasso are:

• Fears
• Slander
• Contrived obstacles.

Meaning in Tarot Manara

The Arcanum in the Manara Tarot symbolizes the realization of your deepest dreams and desires. This may even make you feel uneasy. But the lasso also reminds a person that the power of thought operates in the Universe. Any fears or positive vibrations sooner or later come true.

Meaning of the Nine of Swords in the Thoth Tarot

In the Thoth tarot, the 9 of Swords is a symbol of meaningless worries against a background of low emotional defenses, which a person needs to work on.

The meaning of the Nine of Swords tarot in matters of health

Straight position

Such a card can provide a description of any situation that suggests insomnia. We can talk about post-traumatic shock, pain after surgery, poisoning, pressure changes and bedwetting. Moreover, the person suffers due to a serious diagnosis, panic attacks or nervous disorders. This numerical Arcana sometimes speaks of drug withdrawal and hangover.

Inverted position

In this position, the 9 of Swords in the tarot indicates far-fetched and imaginary difficulties. For example, a person is worried and cannot sleep while waiting for a diagnosis. He is overcome by obsessive fears for his own health. One way or another, such problems are far-fetched and unreasonable. A person is afraid to visit a doctor. He deliberately does not pay attention to the emerging symptoms of the disease. At night he is tormented by thoughts of a possible fatal disease. However, such a nature is in no hurry to see a specialist and constantly finds reasons to postpone a visit to him.

The meaning of the 9 of Swords in relationships

It is worth immediately noting that the interpretation of the lasso in love scenarios is accompanied by a number of difficulties. Therefore, even when fortune telling on one card, experienced tarot readers recommend pulling out additional arcana.

Straight position

The meaning of the 9 Swords of the tarot in a relationship reading can be absolutely anything, from fears of losing a partner to material and financial dependence. Probably, the cause of the difficult emotional situation was a carelessly spoken word by a loved one or an unstable emotional situation within the family.

Often the card shows relationships in which one partner is overly controlling of the other simply out of fear of losing him. He does not understand that with such actions he is only making the relationship worse.

Inverted position

In an inverted position, the card indicates a lack of basis for existing experiences. For example, a person may suspect a partner of cheating, but there was no cheating as such. Another meaning of the Nine of Swords tarot in this situation is that a person makes a simple situation too complex, blows a molehill out of a molehill.

Aleister Crowley Tarot ThothArcanum Nine of Swords

Rider White values:

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Saturn/Moon as a symbol of anxiety, depression and guilt. NINE OF SWORDS This image of sleepless nights corresponds to a state of deep concern and depression. There may be a bad conscience that prevents you from falling asleep, or a feeling of some kind of danger to life, for example, illness or bereavement. The card depicts night terrors, when we lie awake, tormented by our thoughts, and wait for dawn. At the same time, she does not tell us what exactly depresses us: a feeling of guilt or shame that drives sleep away, a feeling of self-doubt in the face of a difficult test or some real danger that threatens our life. It shows only our despair, melancholy, concern, sudden nightmare awakening, sleepless night.

From the book: Hayo Banzhaf. TAROT SELF-TUTORIAL. Translation from German by E. Kolesov. Publisher: Center for Astrological Research, 1999

NINE OF SWORDS Cruelty Second decade of Gemini from June 1 to June 10. Astrological equivalents: Cancer, Sagittarius, Pisces, Moon, Jupiter, Neptune, Houses Twelve and Ninth. The second decanate of Gemini, ruled by Mars, expresses the idea of ​​actively including one's own will in the rational analysis of the world. The mind, pushing opposites together, harshly dissects the unknown into pieces, in order to then re-create the world from the pieces, comparing them with each other and establishing logical connections. This decade develops mental acuity and poses questions head-on. Mars suggests judging things from a personal position and speaking boldly about everything, but, on the other hand, the mental dissection of the living organism of the world replaces the original integrity (even with a perfect, but dead scheme), so this decade has the name “Cruelty.” This is the cruelty of a cold mind towards the feeling body. In the end, feeling turns out to be right, and reason is wrong because an attentive soul can always quietly and imperceptibly destroy those barriers with which a furious mind is waging a protracted and bloody war. And yet, representatives of this decade tend to emphasize the omnipotence of the mind. By dealing with the shortcomings of the present, the mind makes a connection between the past and the future. The Tarot card shows a woman sitting on a bed and covering her face with her hands: having woken up, she suddenly realized what was happening. Her insight is mournful. But the nine swords above her head point forward - to the future. On her bedspread are symbols of the planets and signs of the Zodiac that control the invisible life processes of the world organism. The mind, which has dismantled the world into parts and comprehended the fate of the past and the present, is given the opportunity to comprehend the predestination of the future. The NINE OF SWORDS symbolizes the results that are about to manifest and resonates with the sign of Sagittarius and its rulers, Jupiter and Neptune. Moreover, Jupiter gives this card religiosity, while Neptune can give this religiosity the most frenzied forms and brings fear of the unknown, uncertainty, apprehension, a desire to move away from reality, the inability to survive contact with reality, misunderstanding, hopelessness, suffering. At the level of love relationships, the NINE of SWORDS can give unnecessary concern about a loved one when love takes on hysterical, annoying forms. Hysteria is generally associated with this card. Neptune means not only blind, unconditional, fanatical faith, but also distrust, suspicion, doubts, sometimes taking a manic form. Neptune, in general, in astrology enjoys the reputation of an unkind planet, so such “joys of life” as poverty and disappointment are also associated with this card. DIRECT POSITION In the upright position, the NINE OF SWORDS symbolizes a temple, monastery, sanctuary, cult and attitude towards it, as well as virginity, purity, holiness, unearthly purity. A monk who lives in anticipation of a miracle or sign appearing to him is an example of a subject of the NINE OF SWORDS. REVERSED POSITION In the reversed position, the NINE OF SWORDS can give fear of disease, violence, doubt, wicked and dubious proposals. The precarious position of this card is expressed in the constant balancing between holiness and some completely disgusting blasphemy. Moreover, all - both positive and negative manifestations along the Nine of Swords are of a social nature. The NINE of SWORDS can also contribute to a radical change in worldview, because changes are taking place in Sagittarius, and SWORDS are a radical suit. Sharp and sudden social ups and downs (idol for the hour) are also a typical situation for the NINE OF SWORDS. This card means a change in everyday environment, moving, and separation in the broad sense of the word (not only with people and objects, but also with ideas). In old manuals, the NINE OF SWORDS was associated with notification of death; inverted - about the death of a loved one. (It should be remembered that the word DEATH in cards means not only DEATH, as we understand it, but also any transformation, change.) This can concern anything: appearance, social status, views. A monk who takes tonsure into a monastery dies to the world. The NINE OF SWORDS can also be known as the highest power of liberation. Wake up suddenly and suddenly be horrified by the situation, realizing it to the end. At such a moment, enormous power is released, impersonal and merciless. This is not an improvement in fate - this is one blow - and freedom. And the more terrible the situation, the more terrible this blow will be. No compromises. Freedom or death.

From the book: Rider White Tarot. Theory and practice. Series "Secrets of Predictions". Publishers: AST, Astrel, 2002

Interpretation in health scenarios

When divining the state of health, the lasso has a more negative meaning in any of its positions.

Meaning of a straight card

The lasso symbolizes problems such as insomnia and neurotic disorders. The reasons for their appearance are often explained by neighboring cards. It is also worth paying attention to your emotional state. There may be psychological deviations that a person mistakes for a character trait.

Reversed card

The lasso can either speak of excessive suspiciousness in matters of health, or indicate an advanced state of problems. A person may suffer due to painful symptoms, but does not find time to visit a doctor, triggering the situation and being tormented by doubts instead of once understanding the situation and not aggravating the situation with negative thoughts.

Board card

Learn to control your emotions, separate real threats from imaginary ones, without giving in to panic. Even after experiencing betrayal, you should not withdraw into yourself and give up love and friendship. Believe me, there are many worthy, bright and kind people in the world. Suspecting everyone of deceit, in the eyes of others you turn into paranoid. Judge not lest ye be judged.

A full description of the deck can be read in the article “Classical Tarot” by Rider-Waite: Code of Wisdom

Alignment on the psychological state of the individual

Direct card position

The card represents a person who can be called with the succinct word “loser.” The card shows both an unbalanced person who has a bunch of complexes, and a person who has a hard time overcoming fateful turns. Often the card shows internal conflict.

Interpretation of the inverted lasso

The reversed 9 of Swords symbolizes a hysterical personality, prone to panic with or without reason. A person has pessimistic views and an extreme form of melancholy, which is why he imagines negative scenarios for the development of events, although there is no particular reason for fear.

Interpretation of the card in a finance and business scenario

In straight position

The card symbolizes situations such as hatred of work or fear of losing it. The questioner was told that without work he would remain on the street. Now he is forced to endure any inconvenience to his own detriment instead of doing something that he really likes.

Inverted position

A fortuneteller in such a state tends to escalate the atmosphere and invent events that are unlikely to happen in the near future. Self-flagellation and past failures force the questioner to be afraid to take a new step. He fears another failure, and in case of failure, stress and other related phenomena.

Situation and question

Direct position

The fortuneteller’s situation is truly problematic, but problems that seem insoluble at first glance are actually solvable, although now the person is powerless to change anything. He is fixated on negative experiences and suppressed by fears.

A person from the environment who treats him with understanding can help the fortuneteller.

It is possible that next to the questioner there is a woman with physical or mental problems who needs help.

When answering a question, the lasso says “Yes.”

Inverted

The reversed 9 of Swords symbolizes a stalemate. There is no one to help the questioner; he is left alone with problems, but cannot muster the strength to resolve them. At the same time, the person understands that no one except himself will solve these problems. This awareness can be a good motivation to move forward.

Nine of Swords + Ace of Swords and other combinations of this card with others

One of the most unpleasant combinations in the Tarot is the Nine of Swords and. It means betrayal and tears, disappointment and the inability to put aside suffering. In combination with this card, it promises divorce and life alone, sleepless nights thinking about how to live after a breakup.

Several combinations of the Nine of Swords with other cards promise problems. So, for example, this card foreshadows difficulties that will grow like a snowball. The Five of Wands near the Nine of Swords promises not only problems, but also enmity. The Six of Wands near this card guarantees defeat for the fortuneteller.

There are also combinations that can specify the fears of the questioner. For example, the Page of Wands or the Jester says that fears are associated with a child, the Queen of Wands - the questioner is worried about a woman, the King of Wands - about a man. Arcanum Lovers says that experiences are associated with a quarrel with a loved one and a relationship with him.

In general, despite the fact that the Nine of Swords cannot be called a positive card, the forecast may not be so gloomy. Despite the difficulty of the fortuneteller's current position, his problems may turn out to be much less than it seemed at first.

Card combination

Combinations of 9 Swords with Major Arcana:

• the layout with the Jester symbolizes the parents’ concern for their children;
• combination with the Wheel of Fortune shows the onset of troubled times;
• combination with the Hermit shows suffering due to loneliness.

Combination with the Minor Arcana:

• combination with the Ace of Staffs shows heartache and emptiness;
• card layout with the Knight of Cups - suffering from non-reciprocal feelings;
• combination with the Ace of Swords - the presence of heavy thoughts.

The meaning of the Nine of Swords tarot and the Minor Arcana

Suit of Staves

• Combination with Ace: inner emptiness and painful sensations.
• Combination with Two: a person is very worried about his own future.
• Combination with Three: the number of difficulties increases day by day.
• Combination with Four: family failures and funerals.
• Combination with Five: fights and quarrels that do not leave you alone.
• Combination with Six: complete failure.
• Combination with Seven: a person becomes a victim, subjected to humiliation or dismissal.
• Combination with the Eight: fear plagues and torments greatly.
• Combination with Nine: panic and anxiety. This condition is caused by bad premonitions.
• Combination with Ten: the spirit will be broken.
• Combination with Page: experiences associated with a teenager.
• Combination with the Knight: an anxious state caused by uncertainty about one’s own potential and capabilities.
• Combination with Queen: suffering because of a representative of the fair sex.
• Combination with the King: torment because of a man.

Symbolism of the card of the day

Events will remind a person of a nightmare (but only if he has an internal conflict or remorse). However, no negative events as such are expected today. The card advises you to stress yourself out less and learn to soberly assess the situation and not get involved in intrigue.

The reversed card of the day says that it is important to determine the essence of the situation. Either the fortuneteller’s life has really gone through a dark period, or, in fact, the questioner’s problems are far-fetched and life will soon get better.

General advice of the arcana

A person needs to learn not to panic at the slightest inconvenience, but to adequately assess the situation. It is important to be able not only to independently assess the situation, but also to share your experiences with those around you and those closest to you within the permitted limits.

Warning card - you should prepare for trouble.