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By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  The Queen of Swords is more cool than I thought.  I usually only liked seeing her for her honesty.  That is, she is invariably a clear-cut “yes” or “truth” card in asking yes/no questions (just like most of the sword court cards).   

Fun isn’t something I usually associate with the Queen of Swords.  But ever since my friend, Grace, commented about it being one of her favorite cards, it seems the Universe has been trying to show me that this queen isn’t so bad, that she’s even pretty darn good ;)  And I knew she was good, strong and smart (achieved through rough times), but I always tend to associate her with seriousness and lack of emotion and, well, those rough times – and especially the un-fun process of “cutting” away from a relationship that isn’t working, and, well-yeah, being alone…  She’s the “widow,” and some older meanings put her in a very not so favorable light.  Generally, if “ill-dignified,” or she comes up reversed, she’d be seen as kind of, er, a be o-tch, a very not-nice person ;)

The other day, I started thinking it would be fun to ask the cards for representations of certain things.  Like the first one that came to mind was, what card would represent a lot of laughter.  I thought maybe the Three of Cups, since it often represents a lot of joy, getting together with others, celebrating. 

I’ve mentioned that I have Tarot decks all around my apartment, I like to have them within arm’s reach of my most frequented spots :)  With that laughter question in my mind, I walked up to my Goddess Tarot deck by my computer.  Didn’t even shuffle, as I often don’t, and I said, “Show me a card that would represent a lot of laughter.”  Again, I just cut the cards, placed the bottom half on top, and drew the top card.  It was the Queen of Swords :)  I immediately thought, “Oh, that can’t be right.” lol ;)  In fact, I would have thought she would represent just the opposite. 

And then it popped into my head that I had read somewhere that the Queen of Swords had a great sense of humor :)  And as that thought came, I cut the deck again to get a card for more clarity on this.  It was the the Six of Wands.  Well, that is a very positive card, a card of success and celebrating success (usually someone riding a horse through a victory parade, the rider being the victor).  Me and the Tarot are tight ;) … so to me that was affirming my thought about the sense of humor and this Queen.  The Tarot was, with this card, saying, “That’s right, girlie.” lol  ;)

My logical mind wanted more confirmation of the truth, so I went and rifled through my multitude of Tarot books to see if I could find the “sense of humor” thing.  And sure enough, there it was in one of the best books ever written on the Tarot, “Learn the Tarot” by Joan Bunning.  Here are her key words on the Queen of Swords:  Honest, Astute, Forthright, Witty, Experienced  

She elaborates further under each of these words. 

Under “Witty,” she has,

“has a delightful sense of humor”
“diffuses awkward situations with a funny remark”
“never takes anything too seriously”
“laughs at everything including him or herself”

So there ya’ go…  She’s good at making people laugh.  So my beloved Tarot was indeed showing me, in its special way, ”Lotsa laughter.”  :)   

Hugs,
Dove

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