Two of Swords
Positive Aspects: Refusal to face problems; inner guidance concerning obstacles; passive attitude regarding conflicts; hiding from the truth; intuition unclear.

Reversed Aspects: Situation may not be as hopeless as it seems; illusory thinking; not willing to trust inner resources; fear of new problems; physical focus rather than mental.

Three of Swords
Positive Aspects: Creating one's own problems; a love triangle; feeling betrayed; tears; lawsuit through separation or divorce; cheating; incompatibility; conflicts leading to loss.

Reversed Aspects: Problems out of one's control; rivalry; deceit; untrustworthy friend; mental confusion; feeling "stabbed in the back"; mental and emotional stress cause health problems.

Four of Swords
Positive Aspects: Recognition of troubles and sorrows; rest from strife; overcoming struggles; retreat, rest, and recover; seek help from inner sources; halt overindulgences; address health needs.

Reversed Aspects: Anxiety and nervous tension; lack of faith in one's abilities to overcome obstacles; immature actions; attempting too much causes health problems.

Five of Swords
Positive Aspects: A desire to overcome others to assuage one's ego; empty victory; loss of friends through cruel actions; rash behavior; unhealthy mental attitudes; desire clouds good sense.

Reversed Aspects: Peaceful relations; working towards good goals; seeking mental balance and harmony; negative thoughts not acted on; honorable resolution of conflicts.

Six of Swords
Positive Aspects: Moving in a new direction; making choices regarding obstacles and troubles; taking a trip over water; new attitudes regarding conflicts; resolving struggles with inner guidance.

Reversed Aspects: Stagnation; conflicts unresolved due to indecisiveness; running away rather than facing a problem; plans delayed; depression; fear of loss leads to immobility; allowing others to make one's decisions.

Seven of Swords
Positive Aspects: Choosing strife over harmony; taking "shortcuts" to achieve goals; creating problems in relationships; dishonesty; cheating; doing what one knows is wrong; short-lived success.

Reversed Aspects: Jealousy over another's success; unhappy circumstances of one's own making seem permanent; false victory over obstacles; being caught in a falsehood; stealing ideas or objects; disappointment in oneself; being cheated by another.

Eight of Swords
Positive Aspects: Feeling bound or trapped; troubles with relationships; fear of change leads to immobility or stagnation; potential health problems; need to look within for answers; on unsafe ground.

Reversed Aspects: Realization leads to release from woes; opening one's eyes to possibilities; maintaining calm in the midst of chaos; release from the consequences of unsound actions; triumph through inner strength.

Nine of Swords
Positive Aspects: Despair; irreversible loss; mental anguish; despondency; illness; a crisis period; must redirect one's energies; problems and troubles will bring wisdom; learning from one's mistakes.

Reversed Aspects: Experiences have not brought wisdom; heading for a crisis period; make changes now to avert a crisis; use intuition to solve problems and overcome obstacles; must maintain faith in one's abilities to weather a storm.

Ten of Swords
Positive Aspects: Negative cycle has reached culmination; feeling pinned down by obstacles; the past actions didn't work, find new methods; big changes in troubles and strife; go within to find new angles of attack on an obstacle.

Reversed Aspects: Stagnation causes misery; lack of victory surmounting obstacles; mental focus unclear; need for courage to rise again; no changes in one's troubles, but no new ones; the cycle is not yet complete.