On the card
A hand from a cloud holds a sword upright, a crown wreathed in laurel and palm at its point, bare peaks below.
Upright
- Clarity
- Truth
- Cut through
The suit of thought at its sharpest — traditionally a fact arriving plainly, or a decision made clean. It asks what you already see clearly.
Reversed
- Muddle
- Harsh words
- Half-truth
Reversed, the edge cuts wrong: clarity used as a weapon, or an argument that sounds decisive and is not.



