Nine of Swords

A woman sits up in bed with her face in her hands, nine swords on the wall: anxiety and sleepless worry.

Uses

• Easing night anxiety
• Facing fears

Suit

Swords · Air

Golden Dawn title

Lord of Despair and Cruelty

Decan

Mars in Gemini (10°–20° Gemini)

Sephira

Yesod (9)

Upright

Anxiety, worry, nightmares, fear

Reversed

Hope, reaching out, worries easing

Working with it

Keep paper by the bed. When worry wakes you, write it down so the page holds it until morning.