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Two of Swords

Minor Arcana swords

Represents mental stalemate and willful ignorance of facts.

Stalemate blocked emotion indecision avoidance refusal to see.

✨ Upright Meaning

Stuck between two options, refusal to face the truth, truce, balancing conflict.

Resolution, facing the truth, emotional breakdown, release, fear of choosing.

A difficult choice where both options seem equally undesirable; avoiding conflict.

Indecision over two career paths; a stalemate in a negotiation.

Refusing to see problems in a relationship; being stuck between two partners.

Ignoring symptoms; avoiding a necessary medical decision.

Stuck between two opposing belief systems; intellectual blockade.

Reversed: Resolution, facing the truth, emotional breakdown, release, fear of choosing.

Reversed work meaning - challenges or blockages in: indecision over two career paths; a stalemate in a negotiation.

Reversed love meaning - difficulties in: refusing to see problems in a relationship; being stuck between two partners.

Reversed health meaning - caution regarding: ignoring symptoms; avoiding a necessary medical decision.

Reversed spirituality - disconnection from: stuck between two opposing belief systems; intellectual blockade.