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Ace of Swords
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A stern-looking Archangel holds a sword with the blade aloft. A small crown is impaled on the sword and the angel holds a trailing plant in his other hand. A butterfly flies in a clouded sky.

My Interpretation: Inspiration.

Clarity of thought, inspired solutions. Problems solved and goals reached. Action, power and strength.

(Reversed: Significant negative forces at work. Take care to guard against hatred, resentment, abuse of power)

Edit notes: Different to v1.0 card as I've added more symbolism to assist readers. I have used Angels for all of the Aces. This card is different to the Rider-Waite card, although hopefully still easily recognisable as the single Sword is fairly obvious. There are some of the symbols from the RWD - crown, clouds/air, hanging plant. There are butterflies on several of the Court cards of the suit of Sword in the RWD, so I've included one on the Ace as well.

Copyright US Games Systems 2004

Apologies for small size of image, must avoid piracy.

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