Upright
widowhood · sadness · embarrassment · absence · sterility · mourning · privation · separation
Reversed
malice · bigotry · artifice · prudery · bale · deceit
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically, with the hilt resting on an arm of her royal chair. Her left hand is extended, and her arm is raised. Her countenance is severe but chastened, suggesting familiarity with sorrow. It does not represent mercy, and despite her sword, she is scarcely a symbol of power.