stalemate, avoiding a decision, a tense balance
Two of Swords Tarot Card Meaning
What Two of Swords means upright and reversed, with readings for love, money and career.
The picture and its symbols
Two of Swords shows a blindfolded woman holding two crossed swords before her chest. It belongs to the suit of Swords, the element of air (thought, judgment and conflict), and its rank carries the theme of choice and balance (Two). The blindfold is read as her own choice: what you do not look at, you do not have to decide. Meanwhile the arms only grow tired.
Upright meaning
stalemate, avoiding a decision, a tense balance. You are putting off a decision between two options. No answer comes while your eyes are covered.
- Love
- You cannot make up your mind, or you are both hiding what you feel.
- Money
- The opportunity may pass while you delay.
- Career
- You are withholding judgment between two sides.
- Yes or no
- Not yet
- Advice
- Check the facts and set a clear standard before you decide.
Reversed meaning
the moment of decision, information overload. The time has come to make the decision you have put off.
- Love
- Hidden feelings come out.
- Money
- There is so much information that it only confuses.
- Career
- The stalemate breaks, but the pressure is heavy.
- Yes or no
- Not yet
- Advice
- Ask whether worry has grown larger than the facts, and whether sharp words are tangling the situation.
Timing
Because this is a Swords card, change is likely to show within days, sooner than you expect.
The question this card asks
What are you avoiding by putting off this decision?
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