From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Ace of Swords
Meanings
The essence of air. Strength, power, visionary leadership. Reason and intellect. Clear vision and inspirational insight. Genius at work.
Reversed (?)
False visions. Misunderstanding and confusion. That which was clear becomes muddled. Misuse of power and position, bullying, corruption.
Description
A heavy-lidded, dark-haired female angel in a golden robe with large black wings holds a sword in her right hand, pointed directly upward. A small crown hangs from the tip of the sword, and a snarling tiger sits beside her. In the distance are rocky hills and a stormy sky with a patch of daylight breaking through in which a butterfly appears.
Artwork
- Sword hilt, blade: GENTILESCHI, Artemisia, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1612-21, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
- Sword grip: VOUET, Simon, Magdalene, 1614-15, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome.
- Sky: BACKHUYSEN, Ludolf, Small Dutch Vessels, 1600s, private collection.
- Mountain: BREENBERGH, Bartholomeus, The Preaching of St John the Baptist, 1634, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Tiger: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel, The Four Continents, c.1615, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
- Wing: CARAVAGGIO, Amor Victorious, 1602-03, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Woman: ALLORI, Cristofano, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1613, Royal Collection, Windsor.
- Crown: TRISTÁN DE ESCAMILLA, Luis, Adoration of the Magi, 1620, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
- White-orange butterfly: MIGNON, Abraham, Still life with fruit and oysters, c.1660-1679, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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