⚔️What each Tarot Sword Card Says About Your Own Mind

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The Tarot Swords - exposing your mental shenanigans and drama in 3 minutes

Most people treat the Swords of the Tarot deck like a harsh warning.

“This is a problem. This is bad.”

But Swords aren’t just random warning signs.
They’re a reflection of your own mind.

Once you understand that…

You stop being afraid of the Swords.

Swords are the suit that says (for the purposes of today’s lesson):

Which means each Sword card offers a tiny, sharp intervention -
an invitation to examine and shift your perception (hey, that’s a swords word!)

Here’s how to start using the Tarot swords in a positive way -
to diagnose problems, not run away from them.

Your Sword-by-Sword Thought Guide

Ace of Swords — Thoughts create reality

What is true for you right now?
Say it out loud. Declare it.
Every new reality begins with a single, clean thought.

“In the beginning was the Word…”

Two of Swords — Black-and-white thinking

“I must choose. It has to be one or the other.”
Really?
Look for the gray.
Look for the nuance.
Look for the third option you’re currently blindfolded to.

Three of Swords — Cruel thoughts

The card isn’t asking, “Who hurt you?”
It’s asking,
​“How are you hurting yourself with your own thinking?”

What thought is digging the blade in?
Name it.

Four of Swords — Time out

Your mind is tired, not broken.
Rest it.
Meditate.
Stop poking at the problem like you can think your way to peace.

Peace comes from stillness, not analysis.

Five of Swords — Pick your battles

Your thoughts are trying to WIN, not UNDERSTAND.
Change your mind to change the outcome.
Change your perception to change your reality.

Drop the mental sword.
Not everything needs a rebuttal.

Six of Swords — The “If… then…” bridge

This is transition thinking.
“If I believe X, then what?”
“If I soften that belief, then what?”

This is how you cross the river from harmful thoughts to helpful ones.

Abraham Hicks talks a lot about this one, reaching for the better thought that brings relief.

Seven of Swords — Hidden thought

What perspective are you hiding from yourself?
What are you unwilling to admit you believe?
You can’t have it all — not while pretending you don’t think the thought you actually think.

Bring it to the table.

Eight of Swords — Repetitive thoughts / mental loops

What thought keeps repeating?
What school of thought (belief system) keeps you tied up?

How can you think outside the proverbial box?

Nine of Swords — The “little devil”

“I can’t because… I can’t because… I can’t because…”
This is the Chinese finger trap of the mind.
The more you struggle with the thought, the tighter it gets.

Stop engaging it.
Stop arguing with it.
Just… step back.

Ten of Swords — Release the thought

This is death of the narrative.
Suffering is optional — always.
If you released the story you’re holding, even for one minute…
how would the thought change?

Page of Swords — Get curious

Write down what you’re thinking.
All of it.
Pages learn by observing their own mind.
Curiosity over judgment.

Knight of Swords — No thought police

Don’t fight your thoughts.
Don’t fight other people’s thoughts either.
Stop trying to enforce mental laws.
Keep the peace inside your head by not going to war.

Queen of Swords — Advanced thought analysis

Congrats — you’re doing well.
This is discernment without cruelty.
High-level pattern recognition.
Clean logic.
Self-respect.

She sees clearly because she thinks cleanly.

The dark side of the Queen of Swords is being stuck in your position and needing to have everything your way. Criticism disguised as back handed advice.

King of Swords — The fair, loving judge

Take the thought and ask:
​“What is the most loving and fair way to approach this?”

Not the simplest.
Not the most logical.
The most integrated.

This is mastery — the mind aligned with the heart.

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-Cassandra the Card Reader
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