Four of Swords
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
In a chapel a knight lies at rest, hands folded
Rest taken on purpose, to recover
Rest stretching into retreat
Three swords hang on the wall, not lost — rise and they are yours
As your card of the day
If Four of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Rest taken on purpose, to recover”. When it tips toward “Rest stretching into retreat”, remember the way the picture draws: Three swords hang on the wall, not lost — rise and they are yours.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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