thinking about the suit of swords (opens in new tab)

I've been taking my tarot study more seriously this year and observed that being separated from all my books while I was in NJ for a month forced me to reflect on my personal interpretations. We just came out of Gemini season which is said to be connected to the suit of swords, and I realized I have a lot of problems with the suit's popular associations. Firstly, why are swords associated with air? People say that the air element represents one's mental state, but I can't reconcile the idea t...