Uprightcuriosity, vigilance, new ideas, thirst for knowledge
Reversedgossip, scattered thinking, defensiveness
Upright meaning
The Page of Swords represents curiosity, vigilance and new ideas. It points to learning, asking questions and gathering information, and to an alert, communicative mind.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, it can show gossip, hasty words or scattered thinking.
What the card shows
A young page stands on uneven ground holding a sword upright, looking around alertly as wind moves the clouds.
As your card of the day
Stay alert and curious today. Ask questions and gather information. Fresh ideas come from a sharp mind.
“I am curious, alert and open to new ideas.”
Research something before you commit to it.
Questions
What does Page of Swords mean in tarot?
The Page of Swords represents curiosity, vigilance and new ideas. It points to learning, asking questions and gathering information, and to an alert, communicative mind.
What does Page of Swords reversed mean?
Reversed, it can show gossip, hasty words or scattered thinking.
Is Page of Swords a yes or no card?
Maybe. Gather more information first.
Card pictures: the 1909 deck by Pamela Colman Smith (public domain). Meanings based on A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), rewritten in modern language. For inspiration and reflection only.