by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
The Six of Swords is the Lord of Earned Success and aligned with Mercury in Aquarius. It represents vision, brilliant ideas and the ability to grasp complex concepts and make them accessible. Mercury is the God of Communication, swift action and magic, while Aquarius represents Science, brotherhood and genius. Mercury is at home in Aquarius, as Aquarius is the higher octave for Mercury's electric energy, so that clarity is bestowed on the future. This card generally shows a woman and child in a boat, heading towards an unknown future. The water is a symbol of the emotions, and here the water is shown to be calm. Since the image shows the boat and its inhabitants moving away from us, the idea portrayed is one of moving away from troubles and into a new future. And so when the Six of Swords arrives in a reading, you can be sure that there will be a new understanding and focus coming in for you - where before you may have felt uneasy or confused by the direction your life is taking, now it all starts to fall into place and make sense. There is a reason for your struggles and lack of progress, and it has to do with the timing. There was a need to wait for the right circumstances to line up for you, for the most favourable winds to form direction in your sails and move you towards a more fulfilling future. You are not quite out of the woods yet, the card shows caution and careful movement, and yet the promise of better times ahead is unmistakable...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
Here we have the Six of Swords, which is aligned with Mercury in Aquarius and is known as the Lord of Earned Success. This card represents objectivity, understanding, a talent for analysis and strong vision. Mercury is exalted in Aquarius, which means its energies are expressed comfortably and even enhanced in this sign. They are both of the Element Air and Aquarius brings a natural affinity with science to Mercury's enquiring mind and an ability to easily express complex ideas, which is the mark of the true genius. A time when you need to look at events around you as they are and drop the wishful thinking about how you'd prefer them to be. It is a time of withdrawal and renewal and also turning inward to you intuition and intelligence to control your own destiny by analysing what has been happening and making better choices. When the Six of Swords appears in a reading for you, you can be sure that progress is possible now, particularly after a time of struggle and conflict. Peace and harmony are granted and allow you to regather your spirits and make new plans. There has been a period in the recent past where you have felt overwhelmed and helpless with anxiety and stress, so the good news is that you are moving away from that into more peaceful times. This is the card of sailing into calmer waters and can even mean you decide to travel to restore your energy and spirits as you need a change from the current environment that has been so taxing on you. Help is available to...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
Known also as the Lord of Earned Success and aligned with Mercury in Aquarius, the Six of Swords represents a turning point in your destiny and understanding, arising from a vision of the future. Mercury is communication and Aquarius is originality, so this card would indicate that you are able to bring understanding in a new way to a situation where you perhaps have been stuck or blocked in the past. A new solution or new way of doing something that benefits many people is one possible meaning of this card. You are sailing into calm waters after troublesome times, gaining for yourself a reprieve and a chance to regather your energies and your forces. The vessel in this card - whether a ship, a canoe or a barge - means that your destiny is under your control. You can rely on your skills and the benefits of the society you are a part of to smooth the way forward. Six is a number of balance and harmony. and as the Swords relate to the mental faculties and the power of the mind, this card brings mental clarity and understanding of past difficulties, and a willingness to move on into calmer waters. Traditionally this card brings travel, and often a hiatus and pleasure trip after a time of stressful activity and worry. Moving across water can be restorative to the spirit, since the sea mirrors the blood in composition and lulls a troubled mind into a peaceful state. This card can bring a new understanding on the mental level, that will bring clarity and your ability to communicate ideas...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
This card is the Lord of Unstable Effort and is aligned with the energy of Moon in Aquarius. It represents discouragement, fears, doubts and hidden motives. The Moon rules those things that are hidden from plain sight, as well as unconscious forces that direct our actions without our awareness. Aquarius is rather detached and logical, and is not well placed with the Moon's energy - it brings hidden agendas, a cold calculative-ness to situations where the emotions would normally be appealed to. What you come across under the influence of this card is confusion around situations where you need to take action, a feeling of mistrust when trust is required to make progress and a lack of energy to make better decisions or take better actions. There is also a fear of success which creates situations where you may unconsciously set up failure instead, since failures can be dealt with but success may not last. There is an element of frustration with your communications with others and it is tempting to take the easy road where effort is not so taxing and uncertain. It is well to remember that the influence of this card can last seven weeks, so caution must be your guide during this period. Traditionally the Seven of Swords warns of theft, deception and illicit dealings. No contracts should be signed without due diligence and people should not be taken at face value when a lot is at stake. It is best to take indirect action if action must be taken at this time. Perhaps a lie has to be told to avert an even worse...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
Known also as the Lord of Unstable Effort, and aligned with the Moon in Aquarius, the Seven of Swords represents negative expectation, trying too long for too little result and the outcome is a feeling of despondency. The Moon is immersed in the past and Aquarius is concerned with the future, so here we have a conflict of focus. The Suit of Swords refer to the mental processes and in particular the ability of the mind to either create or destroy possibilities. There is a popular acronym from computer science that originated in the 60's that is GIGO which means, Garbage In, Garbage Out. The quality of information you input into your mind governs the quality of information and experience that comes out. If you want quality of experience you must ensure quality of thought. Or as my nan would put it Ask a silly question, get a silly answer. So start to ask better questions in your life, and you cannot but get better answers. This card tells you it is time to take control of your thoughts and by doing that your future results. Most people in the rational world are caught in the cycle of fear, which is a need for security, a need to be sure that today will be like yesterday and tomorrow will be like today. When you decide to break out of that mould, then new possibilities appear, and it is time for you to contemplate new possibilities because your expectations have until now been built on what has made you feel safe. Traditionally this card might show up as bad luck,...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Minor Arcana, Swords, Tarot
Known as the Lord of Unstable Effort, and aligned with the energy of Moon in Aquarius, the Seven of Swords represents discouragement, despondency and negative thought patterns that become entrenched. Since Aquarius has a tendency to be analytical and scientific even, and the Moon is instinctual and emotional and not really rational, then Aquarius will have the poor Moon convinced that if things aren't going well then they're just going to get worse before they get better. The clarity inherent in the Suit of Swords is weakened by a multitude of daggers that represent pessimistic thoughts, and a kind of hopelessness that nobody can talk you out of. It's as if you can no longer remember that everything, no matter how bad, always has the potential to get better, and since change is constant you can pretty much bet that your situation will improve. Anxiety, which is a negative habit of living in the future, takes hold and even though you do not know for sure that what you worry about will ever eventuate, your thoughts continue to feed off each other and soon your internal dialogue has convinced you that it can only get worse. What you need to do now more than anything is to understand that your thoughts are not based on reality, they are the result of the filter you are viewing things through at the moment. Once you realise that you are the one who is placing limits on yourself, you can drop that activity as you will see it for what it is - fear. A good question to ask when fear and...
