Ace of Swords

Upright

A clean cut of clarity. The truth arriving, unwelcome or not — often the moment you finally understand.

Reversed

Clarity misused, or a truth you're wielding rather than holding.

Its element

Air — thought, language, conflict, the story you are telling yourself. Air is the sharpest suit and the one most likely to cut its own holder.

An Ace has no decan. It is the whole element, undivided and not yet spent on anything.

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