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Knight of Swords

When this symbol shows up, you are armour-plated. You are ready to – fully aware of your responsibility – dive into a project. Your concept as well as some actions that come with it, have hatched. It is necessary not to let yourself be dissuaded or distracted, or let your momentum die down for some reason. For the implementation you need your inner calling that soars, plus getting started with your intention – like the wind that flies you to the place you set your gaze upon.

Page of Swords

You have to learn to be more critical and not to accept everything just because others tell or show you (kindly) their intentions. Usually you are, to your cost, too conforming and permissive, and now you need to examine your own as well as others’ demenour. You need to assess the drawbacks of a certain event. You need to line up rational arguments and counter-arguments. You should not be biased. Feel free to decline certain parts of the situation that are – if you think about it – not right for you. You will then need to express yourself and act accordingly – the more wisely you do this, the more others will respect your boundaries that you have just established.

Ten of Swords

Surrender, there is no need to force something that is not working, that is broken, that is unable to take shape, or wants to leave. In order to find peace, it is important to understand that you don’t need to and even cannot tie those elements to yourself, that are unadaptable to your reality, and that are different from your essence. People are afraid of surrendering until they experience the vast benefits that arise from it. Because, in effect, what are we doing when we surrender? We save ourselves from something that would cause discomfort at a later point. Practicing non-attachment and surrender refines and creates better circumstances.

Nine of Swords

A situation is weighing on your mind, it keeps coming back, as if you were haunted by this feeling. It isn’t just simply depressing you, but even your self-esteem is waning, as you are unable to sort through your frustration, caused by these hitches. Begin to see light with the help of your nobility, be more collected, don’t let yourself go, because it is you who needs to generate change. You wavered, and showed some weakness, there is nothing more to it. Nine of Swords is the ability within you to learn to improve your position, by finding the sense of joy that you would have if the hitch stopped. If you maintain this claim, and you do your best in the hope of stabilizing your emotions, then even those circumstances will fall into place that you had seemingly nothing to do with.

Eight of Swords

There is no situation in life that you could not think about differently and lift the workload, stemming from it. At first it seems difficult because there is great pressure on you, and during the course of time, you have let yourself be limited by circumstances. You may feel imprisoned, therefore you can achieve some release by learning to direct your attention on yourself for a longer time. Thus you can understand who you truly are, as well as how you have been treated – by others and by yourself. You need to create freedom, where you are able to be yourself.

Seven of Swords

Our subconscious is a dark, yet soft, safe, and warm place, where those operative energies are carefully hidden from us, which we are not yet ready to work with, as the light of our awareness has not reached this “area”. Seven of Swords normally is an unrecognized fear or dread of being hurt because we reject something since it is not good for us. From this a series of compromises are being generated, which might not be entirely obvious – as you are a “tolerant” person. Real tolerance is a moderated attitude towards the decisions of others, however it cannot exclude you being yourself, and what you hold good, should predominate.

Six of Swords

A time of transition an non-maturity is around the corner. You can seize it, it is good for you – irrespective of being characterized by situations that are unmatched and do not point to a specific direction. Until now, others have been keeping you in line on your path. The thought formulated within you, or you awoke to it by imminent conditions, that your life should be moving in the direction that you yourself choose. If you choose to join the distinct concepts of others, then you will be defined by the decisions of others. If you choose to allow yourself your true feelings to come to the surface about what is important or sensible to you, then you will be defined by your own decisions. May the next period strengthen this within you.

Five of Swords

This situation is accompanied by a strong feeling of indignity. You may have been broken coercively, or you feel you have failed, or life may have reflected back to you how fallible you are. By analyzing your dignity, as well as your legitimacy that feels like someone or something wants to deprive you of, you need to arrive at the question: do you really have to let this happen? It would be a pity to ruminate over the process of how you reached this point. It is more important to explore your true brilliant essence, that is worthy of a life which amplifies this brilliance. Your relationship with your own integrity has been very much curtailed, but your attitude is there to consciously and responsibly think and realize, that you shouldn’t give space to what is stronger than you, but what allows you to be yourself.

Four of Swords

Recovery from illnesses, traumas and shocks is assisted by profound introspection. It is totally inappropriate when you keep dwelling in an unagreeable life situation. Constantly compensating unfavourable circumstances will consume you. You must pull the brakes, you cannot sweep past your own soul. Rest, try to provide yourself with enough time and space for calming down, and then you can see more clearly. Is it really necessary for you to arrive here to comprehend, that what is not good, should not be endured, but transformed? You can live without hitting – again and again – rock bottom.

Three of Swords

The dominating experience in connection with this card has been expressed by many: „It is so painful, it feels that it will hurt forever”. Because of what happened to you, or because of what others have done to you, your heart, that hoped for so much good, has been broken. There is no escape: you are staring in the face of the „cruel reality”, unable to unscramble it. Yet, do not confuse created reality with Truth, because while one keeps changing, the other is eternal. The Three of Swords experience is there to help you to finally not seeing yourself as someone who is subject to the adversities of life. Safe walks of life arise from the same place. Your own being is calling you to think maturely, and in this place you can transcend the old ways of thinking.