Page of SwordsTarot card meaning
The Page of Swords is a Minor Arcana card in the suit of Swords. In tarot it means curiosity, vigilance and new ideas. As a yes or no answer, it leans no.
Head full of questions, sword ready for answers. The Page of Swords is intellectual appetite, study, investigation, honest curiosity. Ask the uncomfortable question politely.
In a yes or no reading: No · yes or no tarot →
- Element
- Air
- Astrology
- Air, in its student season
- Number
- Page
What the card shows
A young figure stands on high ground with a sword held in both hands, body turned one way and eyes another, hair and trees blown by wind. Ragged clouds cross the sky. Everything in the card is moving except his grip. It is watchfulness at the start of the mind's training: quick, curious, not yet settled.
Page of Swords reversed
Curiosity soured into surveillance. Reversed, the Page names gossip, defensiveness, all questions and no listening. Sheath the sword; open the notebook.
How to read a reversed card →Page of Swords in love
In love, the Page of Swords is watching instead of approaching: the youth with the sword raised, wind in his hair, looking off to one side. It speaks of checking someone's phone, of asking sideways questions, of a curiosity that does not yet dare to be a feeling. The card says watching from a distance is not knowing. Ask directly.
Is Page of Swords a yes or a no?
The Page of Swords answers no, not yet. The youth holds the sword high with the wind in his hair and the clouds racing behind, looking to one side. What you ask has more watching in it than doing: you are observing, asking, testing. The no lasts as long as you keep looking from a distance.
Compare: the same card in all four suits
| Card | Keyword | Element | Yes or no |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page of Wands | enthusiasm | Fire | Yes |
| Page of Cups | tender news | Water | Yes |
| Page of Swords | curiosity | Air | No |
| Page of Pentacles | study | Earth | Not yet clear |
Cards that often appear with it
- Knight of Swords
The next card in the suit
- Page of Pentacles
The same number in the opposed element
- Justice
The Major Arcana that rules this suit's questions
Number and correspondence
In the deck's old correspondences, the Page of Swords belongs to Air, in its student season.
Will this card find you tonight?
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