Queen 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.
Her sword upright, her other hand extended from a cloud-high throne
Judgement washed clean of sentiment
The measure left, the warmth gone
One hand still reaches out — deliver truth with the invitation
As your card of the day
If Queen of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Judgement washed clean of sentiment”. When it tips toward “The measure left, the warmth gone”, remember the way the picture draws: One hand still reaches out — deliver truth with the invitation.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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