9 of Mindset: Nine of Swords

Take action even when fear is present.

The Business Tarot deck

Traditional Rider-Waite

Oh dear, are money worries keeping you up? Stress, worry and negative thinking will not help this situation. In business tarot, the Nine of Swords, card 9 of Mindset, is the card of anxiety and fear, and it shows up when worry is running the show, usually at 3 a.m.

Business Tarot Meaning

Time to step back, take a deep breath and relax. You are safe. Everything will work out, promise. Figure out what is going on and get back to positivity. What needs to be addressed and healed?

Work on the chakras for the issue you’re having. Laugh, smile, nurture yourself back to good health. The solution is in joy, happiness and gratitude. Do what makes you happy and the rest will follow. Trust, this was a lesson you needed. Thank the Angels for bringing it to you, so you can heal it once and for all.

Mindset Action Steps

• Step back, take a deep breath, and relax.
• Figure out what is actually going on, and what needs to be addressed.
• Nurture yourself back to good health: laugh, smile, rest.
• Do what makes you happy, and get back to positivity.

Journaling Questions

• What is the worry actually about, underneath the noise?
• What needs to be addressed and healed here?
• What small thing brings me back to joy?

Mantras

Traditional Tarot Meaning

The Nine of Swords shows a figure sitting up in bed, head in hands, with nine swords on the wall behind them. Traditionally, this is the card of anxiety and mental anguish: sleepless nights, racing thoughts, guilt, and worries that grow huge in the dark, then shrink back down by daylight. Most of what it torments you with never actually happens. It is the mind at war with itself at 3 a.m., and the way through is morning. Name the fear, deal with the real part, and let the imagined part go.

Astrology & The Tarot

Mars in Gemini. Swords are the suit of Air, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, the signs of thought, decisions, and communication. Here the mind is at war with itself, thoughts racing in two directions at once.

Planetary Influence

Mars, the planet of action and drive. Mars says the way out of the spiral is one small action, taken even while the fear is still there.

Numerology

Nines are near completion, and they carry hard-earned wisdom. This lesson is almost finished, and you get to keep what it taught you.

Your Path is Waiting

You are safe, and this was a lesson you needed. Thank it, heal it once and for all, and let joy lead the way back. That is the Nine of Swords in business tarot, and the worry is bigger than the problem.