Empress Card Pairing Exercise Part 4 – The Suit of Swords

This Exercise is all about making rapid connections between cards when they appear in a spread together. In this example I chose The Empress as the focus card with all subsequent cards needing to refer back to her. Instead of attempting to work with all the potential interpretations for the Empress, I decided to settle on one word for her – Woman. From there I went rapidly through each Card in the Swords Suit of The Minor Arcana, not allowing myself to dwell for too long on what they might imply.  The combinations or pairings below could have numerous alternative interpretations applied to them, but this is not about making them relevant for a particular reading, just getting the brain to make connections through free association. Why not try it yourself. You could build on this exercise by going back over it, each time adding a new connection. You might try using another focus word for the Empress as your starting base. Connections can be based on traditional tarot interpretations, intuitive responses, imagery, symbolism, numerology, free association. Just find a way that works for you. We may come back to this again to add a third card into the mix. I will continue this exercise with The Pentacles Suit of The Minor Arcana and post when completed.

Check Out – The Empress & Major Arcana Pairing Exercise In This Series.

Check Out – Empress & Minor Arcana Card Pairing Exercise – Wands

Check Out – Empress & Minor Arcana Card Pairing Exercise – Cups

Empress/Ace of Swords –  A Chatty, Talkative Woman; A Woman Who Always Has The Final Say –  Rx  A Sharp-Tongued Gossiping Woman; A Woman With Nothing To Contribute/Gives Little Away/Holds Her Tongue

Empress/Two of Swords – A Woman In Two Minds; A Partisan Woman; An Intractable Woman Rx A Decisive Woman, A Bipartisan Woman; An Acquiescent Woman

Empress/Three of Swords – A Woman On The War Path; The Other Woman (Love Triangle)/Cause of All The Trouble/Co-respondent – Rx A Mollifying Woman; The Woman Scorned In Love Triangle (Hell Hath No Fury)

Empress/Four of Swords – A Woman With Worries Hanging Over Her; Women’s Ward (Inpatient) – Rx Woman Who Has Laid Her Ghosts To Rest; Women’s Outpatients

Empress/Five of Swords – A Malicious, Spiteful & Vindictive Woman;  An Intimidating Woman; A Gloating Smug Woman; A Humiliated & Defeated Woman; A Woman Not To Be Trifled With/Takes No Shit; A Scary Woman Rx –  A Remorseful Woman; A Rip-Roaring Bitch Of  A Woman, A Chastened Woman; A Woman Who Gives As Good As She Gets, A Woman Whose Bark Is Worse Than Her Bite

Empress/Six Of Swords – A Woman Reliant On Others/With Places To Go; A Woman With Baggage; A Female(Woman) Refugee – Rx A Woman With Nowhere Left To Run/No One To Turn To; A Woman Travelling Light; A Female Deportee

Empress/Seven of Swords – An Evasive Woman; A Resourceful Woman/Acting On Her Own Initiative; A Tactical Woman; A Woman Living By Her Wits/With Her Wits About Her – Rx –  A Woman Taken To Task/Held Accountable/Making Reparation For Her Sins; An Easily Led Woman; An Outsmarted Woman; An Incapable Woman; A Woman At Her Wits End

Empress/Eight of Swords -A Condemned/Accused Woman; A Helpless/Dis-empowered Woman; An Incarcerated Woman –  Rx – A Liberated/Vindicated Woman; A Fighting Woman; A Woman On Bail/Probation; 

Empress/Nine of Swords – A Woman With A Guilty Conscience; A Nightmarish Woman; RX – A Woman Ready To Confess; A Woman Living A Nightmare

Empress/Ten of Swords – An Afflicted/Persecuted Woman; A Broken Woman;  A Woman With More Enemies Than Friends; A Hit Woman(Assassin);  – Rx A Martyr Of  A Woman; An Enduring/Persevering/Reborn/New Woman (A Survivor)  A Woman Who Is Friend To None; A Murdered Woman;

Empress/Page of Swords – A Curious/Questioning Woman; Sharp-Witted Chatty Woman;  a Thoughtful Woman; A Guarded/Vigilant/Wary Woman; A Defensive Woman;  – Rx A Know It All/Arrogant Woman; A Caustic/Abrasive/Sarcastic Woman; A Thoughtless/Tactless Woman; A Paranoid/Suspicious Woman; A Defenseless Woman, 

Empress/Knight of Swords – A Bloody-Minded/Single-Minded Woman; A Quick-Thinking/Acting/Reactive Woman; A Woman In Pursuit  – Rx   A Fanatical/Obsessive Woman; An Impulsive/Over-Reactive Woman, A Woman Running Scared

Empress/Queen of Swords – A Questioning/Perceptive/Observant/Vigilant/Astute Woman; An Interested Enquiring Woman – Rx An Obtuse/Inattentive/Ambiguous/Slow On The Uptake Woman; An Interfering Meddling Woman; 

Empress/King of Swords – A Highly Ambitious Woman; A Woman After The Truth  – Rx A Ruthlessly Ambitious Woman, A Woman Who Jumps To Conclusions

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Empress & Major Arcana Card Pairing Mini Exercise

Empress & Minor Arcana Card Pairing Exercise – Wands

Empress & Minor Arcana Card Pairing Exercise – Cups

Empress & Minor Arcana Card Pairing Exercise – Pentacles – Extended  Version

The Empress Upright   Reversed

Making Connections Between Cards

Other Connecting Cards Content