Step 2 of 12 · Sorrow and Healing
9 of Swords
Why this step
On this site the Nine of Swords is real anguish: a figure awake at the worst hour, surrounded by swords that may not be as many or as sharp as they look in the dark. The entry says the suffering is worth taking seriously rather than explaining away. Its reversed reading is morning coming, the dread loosening its grip without being gone, and the swords looking different in daylight.