The Pages represent young, energetic, and curious people or energies who are often growing an interest in intellectual, educational, or communicative pursuits. They are messengers who carry a new opportunity or an invitation into the next stage of life. The Suit of Swords deals in the realm of the mind/intellect, thoughts/consciousness, and belief systems, often possessing the connotation of being innately “double-edged.” In the Dark Days deck, swords are associated with th

Below is an excerpt from the Dark Days Tarot Guidebook by Emily Mundy: The Page of Swords The tongue is a sacred organ. The quick one often gets tangled. The ready tongue, ridiculed for its riled blabber. The sharp tongue is the only edged tool that never dulls. It’s an alert conduit of what suddenly enters the mind. A pleasuring muscle. It is framed for articulation. The source of syllabic synthesis. The Page of Swords speaks about the vigilance required to our words