By Sarah Taylor
So many swords; so many times that we have had the Eight of Swords in the readings these past few months. The first thing that comes to me in this regard are the words of a shaman and friend for whom I have the utmost respect:
“It’s coming up to clear. It is coming up to clear.”
The fact that the Eight of Swords keeps on wanting a look-in tells me, first and foremost, that it is an energy that is prevalent in the work we are doing — on ourselves, with the world — and which holds the key to an emerging experience.
The Eight of Swords in this particular deck makes something quite clear. There is a choice at hand. This is seen in the roads that fork past the figure who is sitting in heavy contemplation beneath the two nudes that flank him. At the end of each road lies a Sun. But we here on Earth have only one Sun. Therefore, what is implied is that both roads cannot be taken simultaneously. There is only one Sun towards which we can head.
Above the fork lies a stylized question mark.
What is the question being asked of you? Where is it that you might feel you are sitting between two compelling objectives, one set against the other (in your mind at least), both appearing larger than life, both holding the erotic allure of something that calls you to step down a particular path?