Swords · Minor Arcana
A lithe, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands, while in the act of swift walking.
A young figure stands on a hilltop, a sword held aloft, the wind catching at their hair. The Page of Swords is the curious, fresh intellect — eager, a little naïve, unafraid of questions. What are you finally allowing yourself to wonder about?
Element
Air
Numerology
11— curiosity, messages, youthful energy, exploration
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A lithe, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands, while in the act of swift walking. He is passing over rugged land, and about his way the clouds are collocated wildly. He is alert and lithe, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment.
Source: “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot” by A.E. Waite (1910). Public domain.
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