Tarot Journey with Leisa ReFalo

The Page stands on a green hill holding a sword over her left shoulder. She is wearing a white shirt, a burgundy tunic with yellow sleeves. The Page is wearing gold tights and tall red boots. On foot is firmly planted on the ground and the other is more active. The Page has windswept hair (element of air). There are clouds in the sky. The two trees in the background are leaning with the wind. There are blue mountains in the far distance. Nine birds fly over head.

The Page of Swords, is bright, artistic, caring, and thoughtful. She is outspoken and direct. In tarot readings, court cards define situations that involve people and personalities. The Page of Swords represents you. Do you see yourself in any of these descriptions? The situation that the page of swords is in is a learning situation. Are you planning on going back to school or taking a course of study? You don’t say if you are in a current relationship that you want to know about or if this is a potential relationship. Either way, the relationship is more likely to be a student/teacher or mentor/mentee relationship. The page is also a messenger. Pages can also show up when you are about to receive a message about the solution to a problem you have been having

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)

A lithe, active figure holds a sword upright in both hands, while in the act of swift walking. He is passing over rugged land, and about his way the clouds are collocated wildly. He is alert and lithe, looking this way and that, as if an expected enemy might appear at any moment. Divinatory Meanings: Authority, overseeing, secret service, vigilance, spying, examination, and the qualities thereto belonging. Reversed: More evil side of these qualities; what is unforeseen, unprepared state; sickness is also intimated.

4 Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana

Page.–An indiscreet person will pry into the Querent’s secrets. Reversed: Astonishing news.

The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing

In the Natural Position: 4 Pages = dangerous illness; 3 Pages = dispute; 2 Pages = disquiet.
Reversed: 4 Pages = privation 3 Pages = idleness 2 Pages = society.

The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus; tr. A. P Morton, [1896]

Signification of the Four Series of Minor Arcana in the Divining Tarot

SWORDS. Transformation. Hatred. War.

KNAVE. A child, an enemy. Bad news. Delay. The figures generally indicate opposition raised outside the house.

The Tarot by S.L. MacGregor Mathers [1888]

Meanings of the Cards

53. Knave of Swords.–A Spy, Overlooking, Authority; R. That which is unforeseen, Vigilance, Support.

Additional Remarks

The following additional remarks may be serviceable to the to the inexperienced Cartomancer. They are chiefly taken from Etteilla.

53. Knave of Swords.–R. If 72, 53 R. An unexpected present. If 53 R., 54, unexpected grief, etc.

The Court-Cards, and especially the Kings and Queens, may be taken to represent persons; in this case their additional meaning should not be read. The Swords represent very dark people; Pentacles, those not so dark; Cups, rather fair people; Wands or Sceptres, those much fairer, and so on. Many Wands together might signify feasting, many Cups lovemaking, Swords quarrelling and trouble, Coins or Pentacles money.

Where the mode of reading the cards requires that the person consulting should be represented, he should take one of the Kings to represent himself, according to his complexion. If a lady consults the cards, let her take one of the Queens; if she be rather fair, the Queen of Cups; if she be very fair, the Queen of Wands or Sceptres. If the inquirer be quite a youth or a boy, let him take one of the Knights; if a very young girl, let her take the Knave, etc. Etteilla’s plan was to take two of the Keys for Significators, that answering to the Pope for a man, that answering to the High Priestess for a woman; but I do not think this is so well. The worst of Etteilla’s system is that he so completely destroys the meanings of the Keys in his attempted rearrangement of them, as to make them practically useless for higher occult purposes.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa

Picatrix the Goal of the Wise by Ghayat Al-akim

Book "T" The Tarot

The Four Princesses
are the Knaves of the Tarot Pack; The Four Princesses or figures of Amazons, standing firmly of themselves: neither riding upon Horses, nor seated upon Thrones, nor borne in Chariots. They represent the forces of the He final of the Name in each suit, completing the Influences of the other scales: The mighty and potent daughter of a King and Queen: a Princess powerful and terrible: a Queen of Queens — an Empress — whose effect combines those of the King, Queen, and Prince, at once violent and permanent; therefore symbolized by a Figure standing firmly by itself, only partially draped, and having but little Armour; yet her power existeth not, save by reason of the others: and then indeed it is mighty and terrible materially, and is the Throne of the Forces of the Spirit.

Woe unto whomsoever shall make war upon her, when thus established!

The Princesses shew opinions, thoughts, ideas, either in harmony with or opposed to, the subject.

The Spheres of Influence of the Court Cards of the Tarot Pack

THE Princesses rule the Four Parts of the Celestial Heavens which lie around the north Pole, and above the respective Cherubic Signs of the Zodiac, and they form the Thrones of the Powers of the Four Aces.

XVI. The Princess of the Rushing Winds; The Lotus of the Palace of Air
Knave of Swords
AN AMAZON figure with waving hair, slighter than the Rose of the Palace of Fire. Her attire is similar. The Feet seem springy, giving the idea of swiftness. Weight changing from one foot to another and body swinging around. She is a mixture of Minerva and Diana: her mantle resembles the AEgis of Minerva. She wears as a crest the head of the Medusa with serpent hair. She holds a sword in one hand; and the other rests upon a small silver altar with grey smoke (no fire) ascending from it. Beneath her feet are white clouds.

Wisdom, strength, acuteness; subtlety in material things: grace and dexterity.
If ill dignified, she is frivolous and cunning.
She rules a quadrant of the heavens around Kether.
Earth of Air

Princess and Empress of the Sylphs and Sylphides.

Throne of the Ace of Wands.

Often the General signification of the Majority of a particular suit and of the particular signification of the either 3 of 4 cards of a sort in a reading:

• A Majority of Swords Trouble, sadness, sickness, death.
• A Majority of Court Cards Society, meetings of many persons.
• 4 Princesses New ideas or plans.
• 3 Princesses Society of the young.