Four of Swords

Upright

A stone figure lies in repose on a tomb, three swords above and one beneath, hands clasped in prayer. The Four of Swords is the rest you've been refusing to take. Recovery, retreat, the long stretch of doing nothing on purpose. The card honors the pause. You are not a worse person for sleeping. Some healing only happens when the body lies down. Lie down.

Reversed

The figure rising too early, or refusing to ever get up. The Four of Swords reversed is the rest that's gone on too long and become stagnation. Sometimes it's the opposite: you keep trying to skip the rest and wonder why the wound isn't closing. The card asks for honesty about how much rest you actually need. Real rest. Not screen-rest.