The Medieval Scapini Tarot - Queen of Swords

The Queen of Swords

I am going to start with this card first; for it is my personality card.


I will post the discription of this card from both the (LWB and from the Art of Arcana - by Ronald Decker)


To help you understand the Way this Deck likes to be read. Simple and easy.


An elegant woman sits on a high Gothic colum, her throne houses a raven, at her left leg. Below her are sinister images: two nude witches flying on broom sticks in the smoky sky. A bier (black hearse) drawn by black horses and a procession march of penitents some say (Ku Klux Klan members). Her right arm crosses her body to support a large sword, and on her sword arm is a snake bracelet. On the hilt of the sword is a swan, three coats of arms, and a crown with the symbols of the world.
She is crowned with two crescent moons. She sits beneath the Moon. She wears a bodice embroidered with heraldry, it includes lozenges (diamond shapes), signs of widowhood.


Element - Air - 


which is depicted by the bird forms, plumes, smoke, and flying witches.


The Queen looks to be lost in thought, which is assigned to the suit of swords.


The Raven - symbolizes death, but also it is known for it's alertness and it's ability to learn.



Now we can added more to this; Symbolism - meanings - definitions

This Card not only is titled Queen of Swords, but also these;

"The Witch" "Widowhood" "Worldly Woman"

SYMBOLS: with definitions

The Queen, 3 Moons, Nude witches, Swan = Initiation in moon magic.

Witches = subjective, judgement, loss of discernment.

Broom-Sticks = sacred power, prosperity, luck, good fortune.
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Queen looking - past - down

Down = mundane, material world of practicality, showing tasks, limits, obstructions, things falling, comming to rest.

Looking - left - past = (passive, receptive) sinister, holding, binding, points to ominous, or inauspicious oracles. ( scene below her)

Queen's White Robe = purity, innocence, simplicity, virtue, truth, truce, ghosts, weakness.

Queen's Blue Dress = Truth, spirituality, calmness, peace, serenity, fidelity, cold, melancholy.
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Hands - Holds Sword - Look at the symbol sword and Hilt (swan) 3 crests, and the 3 worlds at top of hilt.
- Rests hand on Raven head - Look at the symbol of the Raven
Hands = indicate characteristics and abilities of the person.
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Sword = more than one meaning, because of it's hilt.

Hilt of sword = a system of belief, spiritual strenght, cutting away the unnecessary.

( on the hilt of the sword are these symbols - swan, 3 coats of arms, and crown with the symbols of the world).

Swan = initiation - Marriage, birth, gracefulness, nobility, valour, prudence, cautious advice, soul.
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Sandstone - Pedestal-

Sandstone = cleansing, since it flows like water and burns like fire.
a quest for rest, safety and regeneration.

Pedestal = separation of the celestial, manifestation, balance, harmony.
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3 Moons = Moon Magic - Sexuality, intuition, dreams, emotional, feminine, psyshic, love, romance, mysterious, unapproachable.

Crescent Moon = mysterious powers, non-rational.
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Torches - Fire - Fire Element - suit could be Fire as well
Torch = Compare with the Raven = enlightment, cleansing, initiation
Fire = awareness, light, enlightenment, worth, desire, transformaing, destructive, passion, enthusiasm, spontaneity

Raven = Death - Messenger - Intelligent, misfortune, clear-sightness, creative, warns of danger, alert, family, affection, hope, absence, free, sin, prophecy.

Black Horses ( funeral procession ) = Teaches, intuition, reason, guides, death and life, mourning, sorrow, sadness, widowhood, unfilled, passionate, concentration (too hard), movement, progress, travel, change.

Hearse = Death, time limited, nolonger alive ( feeling, let it go), ending of some sort.
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Now here is the Reversed meaning of the card without having the card in reversed position: Surprise! like I said no need to have the cards reversed they are already.

3 moons = distortion, illusions, fanaticism.

Raven = Solitude, Self-isolation, separation, trickery, deceit.

Penitents ( KKK) = Malicious, vengeful, cruel, enemy.

There is more......be back to finish.
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Snake - bracelet = life, inspiration, healer, seer, psyche, mysterious, soul, libido or sexuality, rebirth, renewal,

Snake bracelet - wrapped around her arm. = bondage, enslaved ( to passion).

Snake's color (grey) = devotion, ministration.
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Crown = perfection, what is above is below, power, enlightenment, the four cardinal points, protective, heaven, sacrifice, spiritual status, mysteries, greatness, happiness, victory, success, knowledge, awareness, dedication, attainment, opportunities, and so on.

Smoke = relationship between heaven and earth, sacrifice, sick, disease, paranormal powers, individual's breath, soul to be reunited (leaving the body), feeling of danger, anxiety, unflared passion, cleansing, contamination, prayers rising, or soul escaping from something.

Sky = heaven, power, sacrality, everlastingness, egg, guardian of secrets, fate, spiritual, planetary ( 9 heavens - the moon is the 6th heaven), awareness, achievement, mind, potential, ambivalent, gloominess, unattainable, infinity, order, intuitive.

The 3 symbols ( 3 moons, 3 coat of arms = 3 worlds - which is the TREE of LIFE - KABBALA) means = Heaven, wholeness, fulfillment, (time is threefold - past-present-future) the universe is threefold, 3 things that can destroy an individual's faith are lies, impudence and sarcasm. 3 things that can drag an individual down are slander, hard-heartedness and hatred. 3 things that can lead an indiviual to the faith are modesty, courtesy and fear.