The Nine of Swords as How Someone Sees You: Anxious, and Worth Worrying About

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Nine of Swords as how someone sees you means they see the figure sitting up at night. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Nine of Swords as how someone sees you means they see you through worry: as anxious, troubled, someone they fear for or fear losing. It is a heavy picture. It also means you occupy their nights, and nobody lies awake about someone who does not matter.

This is you as the figure sitting up in bed with the swords on the wall. They see the distress. It may be theirs as much as yours.

The Nine of Swords upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Nine of Swords guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with anxiety, hopelessness, trauma and nightmares. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Nine of Swords as feelings covers what they feel; the Nine of Swords as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Nine of Swords as a person who sees you as struggling, or who sees the relationship with you as something to worry about.

What I would not read into it is that the worry is accurate. The swords are on the wall, not in the room.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm you are as troubled as they think, or that the fear is about you rather than their own history. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Nine of Swords reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Nine of Swords as how someone sees you means the worry easing: they see you as doing better, or they have pushed the worry down and stopped mentioning it.

In your own question, ask whether the person has seemed calmer about you lately. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Nine of Swords as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Nine of Swords suggests they think about you anxiously, perhaps with guilt. That keeps them awake and rarely moves them to act. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Nine of Swords as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they already care enough to worry. Steady reassurance helps.

How to check the picture against reality

Look for anxious check-ins and over-apologising. That is the picture.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what the person seems to fear, and what you can honestly reassure.

For comparison, the Eight of Swords as how someone sees you and the Moon as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Nine of Swords card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Nine of Swords as a yes or no and the Nine of Swords as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.