Four Of Swords

Card Number: 46

Card Name: Four of Swords

Core Attributes

• ✨Astrological Correspondences:✨♃ Jupiter in Libra
• ✨Element:✨🌬️ Air
• ✨Direction:✨🧭 East
• ✨Numerology:✨4️⃣ 4
• ✨Archetype:✨🎭 The Resting One, The Healer, The Contemplative, The Monk
• ✨Energy:✨⚡ Rest, recovery, solitude, reflection, mental clarity through retreat
• ✨Keywords:✨🗝
  • Upright Keywords for The Four of Swords:
  • Rest
  • Recovery
  • Solitude
  • Reflection
  • Mental clarity
  • Retreat
  • Stillness
  • Rejuvenation
  • Healing
  • Peace
  • A sacred pause
  • Recovery before renewed activity
  • Reversed Keywords for Four of Swords:
  • Restlessness
  • Burnout
  • Exhaustion
  • Refusing to rest
  • Mental stress
  • Illness from overwork
  • Lack of clarity
  • Avoidance of healing
  • Disturbance
  • Anxiety
  • Forced rest
• ✨Basic Meaning:✨📖 In the upright position, the Four of Swords represents rest, recovery, and reflection. It encourages taking time for solitude, stillness, and retreat in order to regain clarity, strength, and balance. It is a card of healing through pause and meditation. In the reversed position, the Four of Swords warns of restlessness, burnout, or refusal to take needed rest. It may signal exhaustion, illness, or anxiety, urging one to slow down and embrace healing stillness.

Symbols & Associations

• ✨Gemstones:✨💎 Amethyst, Lepidolite, Selenite, Clear Quartz, Blue Lace Agate, Moonstone
• ✨Herbs:✨🌿 Lavender, Chamomile, Valerian, Sage, Willow
• ✨Runes:✨ᚠ Isa, Laguz
• ✨Tree:✨🌳 Willow, Birch
• ✨Chakra:✨🌀 Crown, Third Eye

Cultural and Mythological Links

• ✨Deities:✨👑 Hypnos, Asclepius, Hestia, Quan Yin
• ✨Sabbats:✨🪵 Yule
• ✨Archangel:✨👼 Raphael, Uriel
• ✨Shem Angel:✨🪽 Nithael, Imamiah
• ✨Native American Totem Animals:✨🦉 Owl, Cat, Turtle
• ✨I-Ching:✨📜 52 Ken – Keeping Still
• ✨Tree of Life:✨🌲 Chesed

Additional Details

✨Timing (When it should come about):✨⏳ 4 days, 4 weeks, during the recovery season.

✨Season:✨🍂 Late Autumn Early Winter

✨Month:✨📅 October

✨Day of the Week:✨🗓 Wednesday, Saturday

✨Time of the Day:✨🌞 Pre-dawn

✨Yes/No Answer:✨✅❌ Maybe

✨Count:✨#️⃣ 4

✨Colors:✨🎨 White, Gray, Pale Blue, Silver

✨Aura Colors:✨🌈 Soft lavender, White, Gray, soft blue-gray

✨Moon Phase:✨🌙 Waning Moon

✨Weather:✨⛅ Calm, Overcast skies, Misty air

✨Metal:✨⚙️ Silver, Lead

✨Scents:✨🌸 Lavender, Sandalwood, Frankincense, Chamomile

✨Chocolate:✨🍫 Milk Chocolate with Honey

✨Candle Type:✨🕯️Votive Candle

✨Common Associations:✨🔗 Rest, recovery, solitude, reflection, stillness, healing, retreat, meditation, contemplation, renewal, peace, mental clarity, pause before action, patience, rejuvenation, restoration

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