The Deck
Swords
Four of Swords
- Vigilance
- retreat
- solitude
- hermits repose
Divinatory Meanings
Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design.
Waite's Symbolic Description +
The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb