Your Chosen Card – Goddess of Athames Upright Salem Deck
Queens are mature nurturing individuals (mother figures) who are responsive to the emotional climate surrounding the querent. They represent important women related to the current situation or significant personality traits needed by the querent to navigate the matter at hand. When upright, the Queen of Swords indicates a need to keep your wits about you as you go through a period of anticipated loss, deprivation, or actual grief. This queen has known sorrow but has matured and become more self-reliant as a result of her privations.
Keywords Upright: perceptive, thoughtful, mature, familiar with sorrow, introspective, self-reliant, independent, observant, subtle, clever, analytical, intelligent, just, critical, rational, dutiful, stoic, in control of emotions; weighing a decision, worried about an outcome, considering options, dealing with loss or abandonment, coping with grief; a strong woman who has known loss and privation.
Decans/Timing: 20 Virgo to 20 Libra. Tropical, 12 September12 October. Sidereal, 07 October06 November.
Astrology: Water of Air. The Queen of Swords gives birth to autumn at the fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
Associated Trumps: The Hermit and Justice.
Crowley/Thoth: Queen of the Thrones of Air. Perceptive, observant, subtle, confident, sly, graceful, deceitful, cruel, unreliable. The traits displayed depend on the dignity of the card.
When Goddess of Athames is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise. If Goddess of Athames is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Goddess of Athames is trying to tell you. If you had a particular issue in mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.
This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for Goddess of Athames using cards from the Salem Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.
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Complete Book of Tarot: Card 1 was the Queen of Swords. This could represent an important woman in his life or a personality trait that he needs to cultivate at this time. If this card refers to a situation, it would involve a certain amount of sadness, grieving, or loss. The Queen of Swords is often called the ‘widow’ card because she is a woman who has experienced loss or privation. Interestingly, one of the traditional meanings of this card is ‘sterility.’
Tarot Card Meanings: Queen of Swords; generally this card is linked to sorrow, loss, suffering, mourning. These aspects should be taken in a more general sense but the card infers loss in some area of life and loss that is heavily regretted. Reversed; loss caused by outside influences, mischief, bigotry and deceit are all indicated.
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Tarot Card Meanings: Queen of Swords; generally this card is linked to sorrow, loss, suffering, mourning. These aspects should be taken in a more general sense but the card infers loss in some area of life and loss that is heavily regretted. Reversed; loss caused by outside influences, mischief, bigotry and deceit are all indicated.