NINE OF SWORDS

• WORRY
• GUILT
• ANGUISH

• Actions
• Opposing Cards
• Reinforcing Cards
• Description

ACTIONS

• WORRY
• doubting all will go well
• brooding
• making yourself sick over your troubles
• going over and over an issue
• feeling anxious and tense
• getting worked up

• GUILT
• regretting some offense
• refusing to forgive yourself
• wanting to turn back the clock
• focusing on your "sins"
• being hard on yourself
• denying that you did your best
• getting overwhelmed by remorse

• ANGUISH
• despairing
• feeling you've reached your limits
• having sleepless nights
• feeling depressed
• going through a dark night of the soul
• forgetting joy
• wanting to cry

OPPOSING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Star - serenity, peace of mind
• Judgement - lack of guilt, absolution
• Three of Cups - being on top of the world, in the flow
• Six of Cups - innocence
• Ten of Cups - joy, peace, delight

REINFORCING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Devil - despair, lack of joy
• Ten of Wands - worrying
• Three of Swords - anguish, heartbreak
• Six of Swords - depression, sadness

DESCRIPTION

Unlike the pain of the Three of Swords which seems to come from without, the Nine of Swords represents the pain that we generate from within. What tortures we put ourselves through when our fears and doubts overwhelm us. Worry is probably the most common. Have I done enough? Will everything work out OK? What am I going to do? The thoughts go round and round - impossible to turn off.

Guilt is another source of pain. When we have done something that we feel is wrong or hurtful - or failed to do something we think we should have - the distress can be very real. It is worse when nothing we do relieves the bad feelings or makes them go away. Finally, there is just pure anguish. Sometimes the pain of life is so total that all we feel like doing is crying into our hands.

The Nine of Swords is not the most pleasant of cards, but it doesn't always indicate major distress. Often it is just a sign of some element of unhappiness or trouble - a vulnerable spot in your life. This card is often a warning from your Inner Guide that the path you are going down may be a difficult one. If you approach the Nine of Swords in this spirit - as a caution sign - you will be able to use it constructively.

• TAROT CARDS
• TAROT CARDS: SWORDS
• Tarot cards, swords: ace of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: two of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: three of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: four of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: five of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: six of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: seven of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: eight of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: nine of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: ten of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: page of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: knight of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: queen of swords;
• Tarot cards, swords: king of swords;