Two of Swords — Peace is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Swords in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of peace, balance, inner truce and harmony. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Air and Moon in Libra in astrology.
peace · balance · inner truce · harmony · reconciliation
What does Two of Swords mean?
Allow yourself a truce: the present balance lets you clarify your ideas without hurry.
Everyday meaning
Peace regained after a conflict, balance between opposing forces, reconciliation. It points to a temporary calm that allows reflection before acting.
Psychological meaning
The mind finding quiet by suspending judgement; the ability to hold opposing viewpoints together without forcing a choice.
Initiatic meaning
Air in Chokmah, with the Moon in Libra in the first decan: lunar gentleness in the sign of balance. Peace is the intellect in its original form, before division becomes conflict: a fragile calm, because Air by nature moves.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals indecision, stalemate, an apparent peace that puts a problem off.
Two of Swords reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
A fragile peace that cracks; prolonged indecision, conflicts avoided instead of resolved.
Two of Swords in love, work and spirit
In love
Reconciliation, calm after an argument; take care not to avoid important subjects.
At work and career
Agreements, mediations, a pause in professional conflicts.
In spiritual practice
Mental stillness as the door of meditation.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Two of Swords
Chokmah · Air · Moon in Libra
Crowley on Two of Swords
Crowley crosses two swords joined by a five-petalled blue rose, against a geometric background: harmony born of the tension of opposites.
Frequently asked questions
What does Two of Swords mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Allow yourself a truce: the present balance lets you clarify your ideas without hurry.
What does Two of Swords mean in love?
Reconciliation, calm after an argument; take care not to avoid important subjects.
What does Two of Swords mean for work and career?
Agreements, mediations, a pause in professional conflicts.
What does Two of Swords mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: A fragile peace that cracks; prolonged indecision, conflicts avoided instead of resolved.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Two of Swords?
In the Golden Dawn system Two of Swords corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Air and Moon in Libra in astrology.
