Two of Swords

What the card means

Upright

Refusing to look, and calling it peace. A woman sits blindfolded with two crossed swords - the balance holds only because she cannot see. Water behind her: whatever she is declining to make out has not gone anywhere.

Reversed

The blindfold comes off and the choice is still hard - which is more honest than before. Sometimes what nobody wanted to know has come out.

Love and relationships

Upright

Not deciding, so as not to lose either option. Or a peace in a couple that rests on both finding it convenient to say nothing.

Reversed

It has been seen. It did not get easier, and at least it is now clear what is being discussed.

Work and business

Upright

The decision is deferred because the data is supposedly thin. It is sufficient - what is missing is the willingness to choose.

Reversed

The information arrived and it is inconvenient. Now it has to be chosen on the merits.

Money

Upright

Not deciding where to move money, so it sits. The pause costs more than it appears to.

Reversed

Looked at the figures and saw them as they are.

The card's advice

Take the blindfold off. Do not choose yet - just look: half the difficulty here is that the decision is being made blind on purpose.

As the card of the day

A day on which you would rather not decide. Good for gathering facts. Poor for carrying on not looking.

What is depicted

A woman in white sits on a bench with her back to the water, blindfolded, two swords crossed over her chest. A young moon above the sea. She is holding the swords herself - and the blindfold too.

Zodiac sign and correspondences

Moon in Libra - a balance bought by not looking.

With other cards

• Two of Swords + The Lovers — a choice there is no getting out of; the blindfold will not help.
• Two of Swords + The High Priestess — you know the answer and are refusing to pick it.
• Two of Swords + Ace of Swords — the truth is named and the decision still is not made.