By Sarah Taylor
The Page and the Knight of Swords, left-hand cards in the Weekend Tarot Readings of two weeks and then one week ago, have finally matured enough to take the throne as a ruling authority in the court of the intellect: both are replaced by the Queen of Swords — feminine principle of the mind, steadfast yet transformative. There’s nothing like a steady, unmistakable evolution to drive a point home (so to speak).
From an immature but incisive awareness (Page), to a fighting zeal (Knight), to a calm insightful presence (Queen), your mind — perhaps your point of view or beliefs — appears to have gone on a journey and returned with greater depth and wisdom.
The Queen is the first of this three-week Swords complement to turn her full attention to the other two cards in the reading. She is side-on to us, her sword resting in her right hand, her left acknowledging both Temperance and The Fool. With wisdom comes inclusiveness; the Queen has learned to ‘grow up and share’.
On the right, we also have a progression from last week: The World has given way to The Fool, and marks the beginning of a new cycle. Something that had reached a conclusion (whether it made sense or not at the time), has opened the door to a field of potential in which things are only just starting to take shape.