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Swords · Ace

Ace of Swords

Root of the Powers of Air

The face of Ace of Swords, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Root of the Powers of Air.

The blade of clarity. A truth cuts through confusion; act on what you now see.

Upright

Breakthrough, clarity and truth. A decisive idea or a sharp new perspective.

Reversed

Confusion, harsh words or a truth used as a weapon.

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The spirit work

Amaymon, King of the East, governs this quarter; he has no seal in the Goetia, so this deck uses a rose sigil of his name. Speak your question aloud facing east.

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Correspondences

Tree of LifeKether in Yetzirah, the root of air
Letter of the NameVav of the Tetragrammaton
QuadrantCapricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, the throne of the Princess of Swords
Governing angelsArchangel Raphael of the East; Ariel, ruler of air
Elemental kingParalda of the Sylphs; Kerub of the Man
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King of the EastAmaymon (אמימון), one of the four great kings of the quarters named in the Goetia. No seal is given, so the card carries a rose sigil of the name.
Ace of Swords in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.