Nine of Swords: Yes or No
What answer the Nine of Swords card gives to a yes or no question: “maybe”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Nine of Swords: “Maybe”
The Nine of Swords is anxiety and fear, but they do not decide the outcome. In a yes or no spread this is “maybe”: the answer is distorted by worry.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on how far your worries are confirmed by facts. Reality is often calmer than thoughts.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Nine leaves the answer at “maybe”: anxiety subsides, but the need to check the facts remains.
What to do next
Write out your worries, mark which of them have grounds and act only on those.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: The Nine of Swords in love is anxiety and sleepless nights: you replay thoughts and fear the worst. If the question is about work: The Nine of Swords at work is anxiety, sleeplessness and wound-up thoughts about a project.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “anxiety” in my situation? Is the lack of “sleeplessness” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “guilt”?
About the Nine of Swords card
Nine of Swords is a card of the suit of Swords, element air. The keywords of the card: anxiety, sleeplessness, guilt, nightmares. In questions about a choice or a decision it works through its key themes, not through specific events. The general interpretation upright and reversed is on the page of the card.
The Nine of Swords card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Nine of Swords card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “Maybe”. The Nine of Swords is anxiety and fear, but they do not decide the outcome. In a yes or no spread this is “maybe”: the answer is distorted by worry.
What does Nine of Swords reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Nine leaves the answer at “maybe”: anxiety subsides, but the need to check the facts remains.
What does the answer of Nine of Swords depend on?
The answer depends on how far your worries are confirmed by facts. Reality is often calmer than thoughts.