Four of Swords

Evasion, avoidant personality, encountering difficulties, rest, loneliness.

A man is quietly resting beneath three hanging swords. There is another sword beside him, and he can get up and act at any time. Compared with other Sword cards, this card’s image is more peaceful and serene. It usually represents a state of passive inaction. But it is not completely unproductive; instead, it is a process of resting to gather energy, pausing current tasks, and planning the next moves. When he is ready, he will leap up at any time to continue his unfinished business. The main meaning of this card is that rest is for better work.

Rest, relaxation, pastime, entertainment activities, holiday control, meditation, contemplation, deep thought, reflection, recovery, healing, retrieval, recuperation, celebration, harmony, reunion, stability, peace.

Love & Marriage: Need to take a break, retreat to advance, make concessions to the other party, reflect, stable relationship, harmony, satisfaction, face marriage with a calm attitude, seek the peace of love.

Career & Studies: High work efficiency, not the time to make decisions, reflect, succeed, achieve goals, stable progress, think alone, seek the truth of one’s career.

Interpersonal Relationships & Wealth: Learn to make temporary concessions in everything, need to be more independent, stay away from troubled places, harmony, unity, friendship, cooperation. Stable financial situation, avoid impulsive consumption.

Others: Conduct in - depth thinking and planning instead of acting hastily.

Exhaustion, extreme mental fatigue, meditative contemplation, stagnation, tiredness, depletion, burnout, overwork, laxity, depression, sluggishness, conflict, rupture, separation, disharmony.

Love & Marriage: Empty marriage, coldness, separation, infidelity, unable to accept the end of a relationship, overly stubborn about love, evasive about marriage, difficult to face feelings calmly.

Career & Studies: Need to rest and recharge, quit multimedia devices, immediately do all the things you want to do, otherwise there will be greater losses, difficult team conflicts, failure, stagnation.

Interpersonal Relationships & Wealth: Remind yourself not to be impatient. Usually can rest properly in a short time and then plunge into life. Financially, the reversed Four of Swords implies that there may be some form of instability.

Others: Identify the causes of stagnation and actively seek breakthroughs, need external help to balance.