Nine of Swords

Classic tarot card image of Nine of Swords
  • If you take the action you're considering now, you'll be sorry in the future
  • remorse
  • worry
  • distraught
  • conclusion

Upright

  • 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

  • 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