The Deck
Swords
Queen of Swords
- Widowhood
- female sadness embarrassment
- absence
- sterility
Divinatory Meanings
Widowhood, female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning, privation, separation.
Waite's Symbolic Description +
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an arm of her royal chair; the left hand is extended, the arm raised; her countenance is severe but chastened; it suggests familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and, her sword notwithstanding, she is scarcely a symbol of power