The Oracle (Page of Swords)

In a reading

• Relationships: testing boundaries, jealousy, sorting out the relationship through talking. Unpleasant conversations. In some new relationships, these can be conversations where, for now, the romance happens only through talking, a meeting of minds.
• Career, money: first steps in an intellectual field. Analytics, auditing, paperwork. There’s no money here either. It’s a side gig that pays pennies.

Shadow side

Suspicion, gossip, spying, toxic sarcasm, provocations, conflicts out of nowhere. The person pokes their nose into other people’s business, picks at every word and sees a catch where there isn’t one.

The card’s advice

First gather all the information you need, and only then act. Ask uncomfortable questions, but avoid harshness and verbal attacks.

From the wider tradition

Not Tahmina’s own words: meanings common among other tarot readers, which she has reviewed and approved.

• Ready to defend their ideas and beliefs — not just scouting and attacking, but also being able to stand up for their position.

Shadow side:

• Empty talk — says a lot, but there’s nothing behind the words; throws promises around.
• Deliberately hurts with words — uses their mind and tongue as weapons to cause pain.
• Scattered, disorganized, and paralyzed by overthinking — “thinks so much they never act.”

The section above is the shadow side of the upright card — every card has one. I don’t read cards upside down — here is why.