Four of Swords – Tarot Card Meaning

Upright: Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit’s repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design. Additional: A bad card, but if reversed a qualified success may be expected by wise administration of affairs.

Reversed: Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament. Additional: A certain success following wise administration.

Four of Swords – Tarot Card Description

The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb.