Note that many decks use the association Swords-Air, but a small minority of decks use the association Swords-Fire. I have provided associations for both of these systems, with the first entry being for Air, the entry in parentheses for Fire.

Also: Spades, Daggers, Spears

Element: Air (sometimes Fire)

Astrological Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius (sometimes Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)

Season: Autumn (sometimes Spring)

Direction: West (East)

Social Class: Knighthood and Noble classes

Style: confronting, striving, freezing, conceptualizing

Jungian Function: thinking

Associations: strife, tension, travel, communication, logic, detachment, mental activity, legal action

Images: sharp objects (i.e. knives, swords), sky, clouds, sylphs, birds

Occupations: lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, travellers, intellectuals, journalists and other communicators

People: brown or black hair, light eyes, olive complexion

Virtues: strength, courage, truth, justice

Vices: fear, confusion, thoughtlessness, judgmental

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