Meaning: The Nine of Swords shows a figure sitting up in bed, head in hands, nine swords mounted on the wall behind them, representing anxiety, worry, and sleepless nights.

Upright: Anxiety, worry, nightmares. Signals a period of significant mental distress, often keeping someone up at night with worry that may be larger in the mind than in reality.

Reversed: Releasing anxiety, hope after despair, facing fears. Can point to anxiety beginning to ease, or finally confronting a fear that's been looming for a while.