Four Of Swords

Four Of Swords

Keywords: Period of ease, a situation that existed before may come up again, hospitalization.

Here we see a man at rest and for some reason he has chosen a coffin for his resting place. However, this is not a "death" card, but indicates a period of ease while you are waiting for the next event in your life.

Although I have not been able to find out why, there are several cards of the Minor Arcana which have titles, and this is one of them. It is called "Rest After Strife".

I look at this card as a "time period" and usually feel that it means a month of ease before events start up again.

The cards are also assigned Astrological meanings and this card is designated as "Mercury Retrograde". Many times I have found this card to mean a situation which occured in the past will come back up again. As an Illustration of this, let's say there was a period of time when you were having trouble with your boss. If this card appeared in your House of Work in a reading, it could mean the trouble could start again.

As the man is lying on a coffin and at rest, another meaning of the card can be that hospitalizition may be required.

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