In this chapter of the tarot course we will see, The 9 of Swords and its meanings. What does the 9 of Swords mean in the Tarot? What does the 9 of Swords card mean in love, work, money or health? What is its spiritual meaning and what does it reveal to us? What does the 9 of Swords card mean upside down or reversed?
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The 9 of Swords in the tarot
The Nine of Swords presents a very clear graphic in which a woman seems to wake up in the night after a dark nightmare, frightened and shaken.
Graphic description of the card
- The Nine of Swords shows a woman with her head in her hands, sitting up in her bed.
- She seems to have just awakened from a bad nightmare, and is obviously upset, afraid and anxious after her dream, or even sobbing.
- On the wall behind her, there are 9 swords and the base of the bed is decorated with a carving of a duel, in which one person is being defeated by another.
- The quilt covering the woman is decorated with roses, and silhouettes of astrological symbols indicating that we all, to a greater or lesser extent, eventually go through these painful situations in life.
What does the Nine of Swords mean in the Tarot?
The Nine of Swords right side up, General Meaning: This card is all about fear and distress, but these afflictions that surround your life now filling you with fear and despair are originating from within.
They occur on a psychological and spiritual level and are possibly not originating from something external, either situations or people causing them. It is you and your mind generating an overflowing anxiety and anguish that paralyzes and sometimes terrifies you.
We know today that reality is partly formed by ourselves, as explained by the widely spread Law of Attraction: Your feelings generate your thoughts and these generate the reality you live.
It is you from within yourself creating the reality you face at every moment. What you experience of the world, what you call reality, is undoubtedly influenced by everything that happens inside you, it is contaminated or tinged with your desires, your darkest fears, your dreams, all the expectations you have or fail to have.
So, in a way you create your own world and the decisions, attitudes and choices you make at every step result in the way you experience the universe you have created, and the appearance of this card indicates that you are not resolving your emotions well, you are self-generating that feeling of helplessness, anguish and unhappiness that you live.
Perhaps not everything is really as serious as you feel and think, we do not know yet, but it is clear that your mind has created this unhappiness that you experience.
On the other hand, the Nine of Swords can be a clear indicator that you are very fearful of the future, the fear of tomorrow paralyzes you in anguish, and you generate all kinds of fantasies, projections, history that you take for granted.
In this way, you end up directing everything towards it, what began as a thought you turn it into reality, or life is responsible for giving you back just what you have thought, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy, where you generate it to happen and the universe, which never contradicts us, pleases you by giving you what you have created. Therefore, be careful what you wish and what you think!
The Nine of Swords clearly marks that you carry a great concern. This may be due as we saw to your mind, as well as to real and concrete external factors. However, you can’t sleep, you spend sleepless nights, insomnia dominates you and your thoughts run wild.
Perhaps you are running in circles around a problem, or you are “winding yourself up” unnecessarily. If for a moment you could remove yourself from that and try to be objective, maybe you would see that things are not as dark or serious as you think, maybe you are exaggerating, and it is fundamental here that you do not drown in that anguish, but that you make an effort to face it and see if you can change it.
All beings experience fear, anguish and dread in life, even many times, because life is in a way uncertainty, but we must not let that inevitable condition of life take away the expected and drain us of the energy, joy and optimism of which we are capable.
Without these ingredients, living is difficult and perhaps absurd. You should not be immobilized, but try to be flexible, accept that things are the way they are, that sometimes there are reasons for them to be that way and others simply do not have a reason, that this is part of the game and that you must play with the cards you have been dealt.
The Nine of Swords can also indicate that you are very rigid and hard on yourself, continually ruminating negative thoughts, punishing and blaming yourself, even for slight and trivial mistakes. In this way you have a permanent anger with yourself and do not allow yourself to find anything good, and this bad mood is evident on the outside, in front of others.
So the card invites you to ask yourself why are you so angry and so unforgiving with yourself? What is your fault or your sin? You must get out of that negative internal conversation, make an effort to see and appreciate the many good things that you surely have but are not allowing yourself to appreciate. This reflects a complex self-esteem problem.
Finally, although this card suggests that everything comes from you, it is possible that your anxieties, fears and problems really come from external sources, such as your partner, family, or someone at work.
In this case it is very necessary that you rethink things with that or those people, see if you can do something to improve their attitude or improve the relationship, or if necessary, remove them from your inner circle or even remove them from your life, because as the philosopher Sartre said, sometimes “Hell is others”…
What does the 9 of Swords card mean in love?
In the realm of love. The Nine of Swords signals that there may be things of real concern about the relationship. In this realm of love is the most difficult place to be objective and know what is real and what is not.
You must try to differentiate what is really going on from what your head imposes, in its anguish, as real.
However, if in a visceral way you feel that something is wrong, that the relationship is unhealthy, you should make it almost about your feelings.
Things may be happening behind your back, you do not know concretely what it is, but you sense it, and you translate it into that anguish that does not let you sleep.
Find out and ask, it is better the raw truth than the limbo of fantasy. It is a period of confusion, instability and anguish for the relationship now.
If you are lonely and looking for love, be careful not to trust blindly, especially if they are people you have just met. All may not be what it seems to be. Be careful and don’t be in a hurry, trust is something that must be earned, it doesn’t come from the factory.
What does the 9 of Swords card mean at work?
In matters of work. The Nine of Swords tells you that worrying yourself into bed or losing sleep will not solve the problems you have there. Concentrate on what you can control, what is within your reach and possibilities, the rest is not up to you and worrying is unnecessary.
Keep in mind that much of the anguish you feel may be due to exaggerations, perhaps there are no conspiracies against you, nor is the whole universe conspiring for you to lose your job. Try to see things realistically and solve what you can not in your head, but with the reality of facts and actions.
If you are looking for a job, this waiting certainly distresses you, but you should not despair. Everything is cyclical in life and work will come back, but you need to be healthy first, emotionally stable in order to get it. Get well and the job will come.
What does the Card of the 9 of Swords mean in money and finances?
In the field of money. The Nine of Swords poses a situation of great distress. Here the card does not tell us if this situation has a way out, if it will be resolved soon or not, it only describes that you suffer and spend a lot of time imagining one disaster after another. You should calm down and try to reorganize, start small.
Make lists, make possible plans, pay off debts little by little. This is solved with order. This is no time to spend on anything because you probably can’t afford it. Keep or throw away your credit card, do not enlarge the hole around you.
And don’t spend on gambling or a miraculous help of fortune. You can work things out with help from other people but not by chance.
If you have started business or investments, if your company or activity is difficult, spending the night imagining calamities will not help.
You must be calm and as the suit of spades points out, look for rational and logical solutions. Everything may not be as bad as you imagine.
What does the Card of the 9 of Swords mean in health?
In the area of your health. The Nine of Swords marks that this is a time to be very cautious about substance abuse such as drugs or alcohol, or self-medication. What you really need to do is get to the bottom of what is bothering you.
Stress may be hitting you hard right now and you need to look at ways to mitigate the risk factors for dealing with stress. If all else fails, you may want to think about changing your lifestyle.
Beware of becoming dependent on any substance, as in these situations it is easy to turn to them to relieve distress and fear. Everything must be with some supervision.
What does the 9 of Swords mean spiritually?
Regarding spirituality. The Nine of Swords is a clear sign that you should slow down your brain activity. Meditation, contemplation, gentle and slow exercises are excellent aids to reduce stress and get you into a less emotional, more spiritual realm.
It is essential that you reduce the noise of your mind and negative internal dialogue. Learn to silence yourself. Seek help, read about it, watch a video or attend a course. This will certainly help you a lot in this process until you get through it.
What does the reversed or inverted Nine of Swords card mean?
The Nine of Swords reverse. General Meaning:Although when this card is reversed, it has a lot in common with when it is upside down, that is, it tells you that you are living in fear, anguish and despair, but fortunately here you begin to find a way out of your fear-filled state of mind.
There comes a moment when you understand that you are overdimensioning things, your head is the one that has generated a universe of problems and situations, that well looked at, are not as terrible or serious as you thought.
It is just like when we think at night: they are usually gloomy, fatalistic, exaggerated thoughts, and then when the sun rises illuminating things, light also comes to our interior.
Everything that hours before seemed like the end of the world, ceases to be so and settles in a rational, balanced and much less distressing sector. You seem to be in this process now, treading the line between the last minutes of terrible darkness and the first minutes of saving light.
On the one hand you come to this state of improvement on your own, although it can also come from external sources. A problem that had you worried is clarified or solved, a solution to an emotional, work or economic problem arrives, you find evidence and data that reassure you.
Anyway, things begin to become clearer, so you begin to calm down and return to a more normal state. You can regain rest and sleep, and you leave aside that continuous negative inner chatter that caused you so much harm and originated all kinds of harmful thoughts, fables and fantasies.
Slowly reality, reason and logic begin to impose themselves, such is the meaning of the stick of swords. There is a reestablishment of your reason over an interior overwhelmed by anguish. You begin to understand that you can be your own worst enemy and that there is no point in hurting yourself without real facts.
There is a new sense and confidence that you are going to be okay. You don’t know how or when, or where that wellness will come from, but you know it because you FEEL it. Now you do understand the law of attraction and you know that what you feel becomes what you think, and what you think generates reality, so if you feel better, you think better things and reality is formed based on what you have thought.
You are now in a stage of recovery and healing. The worst is over. Things have come to light, there is a new clarity and understanding and everything is heading in a much more positive way for the future and for your life.
Your dreams may have a lot to say to you at this stage. You are probably dreaming about very lucid and real things. It is your unconscious finding solutions and showing you reality through the only means of communication it has: your dreams. Therefore, do not minimize or disregard these messages.
What does the 9 of Swords reversed card mean in love?
In the realm of Love. When the reversed 9 of Swords appears in a love context, you may have to give a deep reflection on what is happening in the existing relationship. If you feel that your partner is or has been dishonest, this is a good time to talk it over or ask for clarification from him or her.
Keep in mind the general meaning of the card: don’t let your imagination run away with you, the reality may not be that terrible at all.
There may be tensions that begin to subside and everything is regaining calm. The worst moments have passed and now it is possible to rebuild the relationship or whatever has been damaged.
If you are looking for love, take the time to meet new people now. You could be somewhat vulnerable and you will meet people who will tell you what you want to hear but without much guarantee that it is true. Trust your instincts. You are in a healing stage now, so love will come when you are ready enough.
What does the 9 of Swords card reversed mean for work?
Regarding work. The reversed 9 of Swords tells you that worrying about your job isn’t going to change anything. Do the best you can, and don’t be shy, if you feel that someone in your workplace is not treating you fairly or has taken credit for your work in any way, bring it up and confront them.
Don’t imagine terrible situations as they almost certainly won’t happen, it’s all more in your fantasy than in reality, so stop seeing conspiracies or that bad luck is only after you. If you have been feeling pressure, tension and anxieties, these gradually begin to disappear.
What does the 9 of Swords card reversed mean in money and finance?
In money matters. The reversed 9 of Swords card tells you that this time you need to be careful who you trust when it comes to money. Check and double check before lending money, and don’t lend more than you can afford to lose.
There is a small chance, with distress as a central theme in this card, that you could be accused of something you didn’t do when it comes to money. If this happens, stand up and defend yourself unabashedly.
But not everything is so negative: the bad times begin to recede and those catastrophic and serious ideas that you felt and imagined are being left behind. Now the panorama begins to become clearer, everything is more real and you see that solutions appear that you did not think possible.
Perhaps logical solutions that seemed so simple to you that they would not work, but now you understand that they do, and by calming down, everything begins to be put into perspective. The worst of the storm has passed and you are approaching clear waters. Have faith, for everything will get better from now on.
What does the 9 of Swords reversed card mean in health?
In the context of health. This is not the time to be ashamed or shy about your body. It is time to improve the relationship you have with it, taking care of yourself, exercising and eating healthy, but fundamentally to improve the opinion and image you have of your body.
The anguish that you may have about some point of your body or a health issue, slowly gives way and you gain confidence. Work steadily on it.
What does the 9 of Swords card reversed mean spiritually?
In the area of spirituality. You may be insisting on “beating yourself up” about something and this could be interfering with your spiritual development. What happened in the past? Whatever it is has happened and there is nothing you can do to change it. Forgive yourself, if necessary.
You are not and are not defined by your past or any individual action in the past. You are your own worst critic and you must end it, instead of spinning on a Ferris wheel.
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