Page of Swords
Minor Arcana · Swords · Air · Quadrant of Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Upright
Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance, spying, examination, and the qualities thereto belonging.
Reversed
More evil side of these qualities; what is unforeseen, unprepared state; sickness is also intimated.
The picture
A lithe, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands, while in the act of swift walking. He is passing over rugged land, and about his way the clouds are collocated wildly. He is alert and lithe, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment.
Correspondences
Astrology
Quadrant of Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Elemental formula
Earth of Air
Golden Dawn name
Princess of Swords
Meanings quoted from A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), public domain. Correspondences follow the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's Book T.