Symbolism & Imagery:
In the Rider Waite Smith deck, the Four of Swords card depicts a knight in full armor reclining inside a chapel or tomb. In some depictions, the knight appears to be a separate entity lying on top of the slab, and in some, the knight is a carving – suggesting a recumbent effigy on top of a coffin containing a real body within.
There is a sword lying with the knight, while three more swords are poised above, pointing down. A colorful stained glass window above the knight depicts a woman reaching out to a kneeling child.