Signals lie. So pleasing smiles beware
Who flatters you will bring you despair

The Liar card warns us that what is on the surface is a disguise, and that if you look deeper the situation is not what it appears. Someone is deceiving you: it might be someone else, it could well be yourself.

The card warns us against people (including ourselves) that adjust themselves to please whomever they are in the company of. It reminds us that maybe we are not being true to our inner nature, and that by misleading other people we may also be deceiving ourselves first.

We seek truth. The Liar card commands us to evaluate our preconceptions and assumptions, because something is blinding us to it.