Nine of Swords
9 (The Completion: fullness, readiness, ripeness)
Keywords
- remorse
- worry
- distraught
- conclusion
Upright meanings
- Refusing to worry about what you cannot control
- Rejecting anxiety
- Judging your own performance with kindness and gentleness
- Using meditation to quiet a troubled mind
- Confronting nightmares and fears
- Drawing a conclusion and putting an issue out of your mind
Reversed meanings
- Torturing yourself with regrets
- Second-guessing your every move
- Beating yourself up for your mistakes
- Depression
- Obsessing on errors and overlooked details
- Refusing to handle stress in healthy ways
- Ruining your ability to appreciate the present by dwelling on the past
- Debating irreversible decisions
Fortune telling
- If you take the action you're considering now, you'll be sorry in the future
Questions to ask
- What role does worry play in your current situation?
- To what other ends might you devote the energy you're giving to anxiety?
- How can you know when it's time to stop thinking and start acting?