The Nine of Swords is never a happy card to draw, as often indicates either the viciousness of others towards us, of us against others, or sometimes our own hate turned inwards towards ourselves. You may find it hard to forgive yourself of your own faults; you know them too well. You are only human, and thus mortal and foible; and yet when you fall short of your unachievable expectations, you may be full of self-hatred. Self hatred oftentimes turns into hating others. When we see our own insecurities in others, we hate them too. What we hate, in actuality, is the part of us that their flaws remind us of. The lesson of this card is that if you can learn to forgive yourself, you can also learn to forgive others.