Nine of Swords

A figure sits up in bed, face in hands, nine swords hanging on the dark wall behind. The quilt is decorated with roses and astrological symbols. Upright, the Nine of Swords represents anxiety, nightmares, despair, guilt, and the torment of the mind at its darkest. The suffering is real, but often amplified by fear rather than fact. Reversed, it indicates hope returning, recovery from anxiety, learning to manage fear, or the worst being over.