The Queen of Swords as Intentions: To Be Honest, and to Keep Her Independence

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Queen of Swords as intentions is a plan to tell you the truth and keep her own counsel. Here is what I would read in it, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, I would read the Queen of Swords as intentions that are honest, clear and independent. In an intentions position the card suggests the person means to deal with you straight: to say what is true, to set terms, to keep their own life intact whatever happens between you. There is no game in the plan. There is also no softening of it.

This is the Queen with the sword upright and the hand extended. She intends to tell you plainly. She intends to hear you plainly. She does not intend to be swept anywhere.

The Queen of Swords upright as intentions

Tina Gong's the Queen of Swords guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with clarity, independence, direct communication and honest judgment. When the card lands in a position that asks what someone intends toward you, I read those meanings as the shape of their plan rather than as a promise about what they will do. Feelings and intentions are different questions; the Queen of Swords as feelings covers the first, and this page covers the second. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Queen of Swords as a person whose intention toward you is to be fair and truthful: to have the honest conversation, to make a clear decision, to not pretend. If they intend a relationship, they intend one with boundaries and without illusions. If they intend to end something, they intend to say so.

What I would not read into it is pursuit. The Queen of Swords does not intend to chase. She intends to be clear and to let you decide what to do with the clarity.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm that the person's honesty is warm, that their independence leaves room for you, or that their clear decision favours you. No card lets a reader see another person's plans. What a card can do is describe the kind of intention that fits the person's behaviour, and give you something to check against what they actually do.

The Queen of Swords reversed as intentions

Reversed, the Queen of Swords as intentions describes honesty turned to harm: an intention to wound with the truth, to judge, to keep a grievance, or to cut you off coldly. It can also describe a Queen of Swords whose clarity is clouded by old hurt, who intends to be fair and cannot be.

In your own question, ask whether the person's honesty has lately felt like respect or like contempt, and whether their judgments of you match what actually happened. A reversed card as intentions is a prompt to compare what is said with what is done, not a diagnosis of bad faith.

The Queen of Swords as an ex's intentions

Asked about an ex, the Queen of Swords as intentions suggests they have reached a clear conclusion and intend to hold to it. If they intend to talk, it will be direct and about facts. If they intend silence, the silence is a decision, not a mood, and it will not be moved by emotion. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Queen of Swords as a new person's intentions

For someone new, this card describes someone who intends to be honest from the start and will expect the same. Welcome it. People who intend truth are easier to know than people who intend charm.

What their intentions look like in action

Look for plain speech and firm boundaries: they say what they think, they do not play games, they keep their own life running. A Queen of Swords intention is visible in its directness. If you are being left to guess, the card is not describing what you are seeing.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, the plain thing the person has said or clearly decided, and whether you have been equally plain with them. The third note is what this Queen responds to.

For comparison, the King of Swords as intentions and the Queen of Wands as intentions describe different intentions. The the Queen of Swords card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Queen of Swords as a person and the Queen of Swords as a yes or no 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.