{"id":46131,"date":"2011-09-25T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=46131"},"modified":"2011-09-25T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:40:54","slug":"the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-september-25-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/reading-tarot\/the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-september-25-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Tarot Reading — Sunday, September 25, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note:<\/strong> If you want to experiment with tarot cards and don’t have any, we provide a free tarot spread generator<\/a> using the Celtic Wings spread, which is based on the traditional Celtic Cross spread. This article<\/a> explains how to use the spread. You can visit Sarah’s website here<\/a>. –efc<\/em><\/p>\n

By Sarah Taylor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You are taking something on — psychically, energetically, creatively. This isn’t a tangible burden that you experience with your five senses, but you’ll be feeling it nonetheless — either explicitly or implicitly. And carrying it is your choice, even if perhaps the load isn’t entirely yours. There is assistance from outside, but you first need to approach it. Some approaches will be more effective than others.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ten of Wands, Seven of Wands, Two of Swords from the Rider-Waite Smith Tarot deck. Click on the image for a larger version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today’s reading resonates with a fiery charge. Yes, we have two swords in the equation — which represent thought and intellectual analysis — but the focus is predominantly on something far less tangible. Wands, as I mention in the introduction, are psychic, energetic, creative. They seek expression, and yet we are so often fearful of the form of that expression, and what it might mean for us, that we repress it. But wands, by their very nature, cannot be repressed, which leaves us with the options of working with them consciously, or unconsciously.<\/p>\n

The next two things that strike me are that there are single figures in all three cards, and the skies are clear: there is no external interference that is relevant here. The conflict and\/or sense of oppression comes from within; the attempt to apply logic where logic is ineffective comes from within; the solution comes from within. Key to this idea is the Seven of Wands: what rises up from beneath. This is the fight to keep something in control that is seeking expression, or at least recognition. It might be as yet unconscious, but there are hints of it. It might come out in other ways, but it is asking to be acknowledged.<\/p>\n

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I see a two-layered meaning to the Two of Swords:<\/p>\n

Thoughts aren’t going to cut it. They might postpone what it is that you’re dealing with, but they won’t solve it. Swords are not the solution to wands energy. Wands energy is asking for your intuitive discernment, a diving into your creative self, where answers might not be in words, but, goodness, they are felt nonetheless. They might not make immediate sense; that does not mean they are wrong.<\/p>\n

By applying logic, you are simply perpetuating oppression in a different form — look at how the two swords mimic the configuration of the wands on the left. Both are in a V-formation. Both point downward towards their source: the individuals concerned.<\/p>\n

The single wand that the figure holds in the Seven of Wands also mirrors the slant of the sword in the left hand of the figure in the Two of Swords. It is as if she is picking up where the wand leaves off. There is also a feeling of equilibrium to the two swords that is not present in the Seven, which, as an uneven number, embodies a continuous striving for balance and resolution. And this is where the second possible meaning comes in: it might be time to seek some form of partnership where you can unburden yourself, and where you are heard and respected. The Two of Swords can suggest an alliance that is put in place for a specific task — a mode of therapy or healing between practitioner and client being a case in point. It is a delicate balance, there is no emotional involvement, it is impartial, it taps the lunar side of who we are, it dives beneath calm waters to find and salvage what lies underneath, it is non-aggressive (the swords here are not being used in battle, but pointed away from each other, their tips touching the edges of the picture).<\/p>\n

If we come to a point where we feel that we can no longer go on the way that we are, we have the choice to seek out a way of processing what it is that we are carrying. It doesn’t have to be anything formal, but it needs to be a place where we feel safe, free to explore the nature of our burden, and where we will be respected and given the space in which to do this.<\/p>\n

And so we come back to the Ten of Wands to place the stooped figure in this perspective. The following excerpt is taken from an earlier article on the Ten of Wands<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There is obviously something compelling him, and this is emphasized by the tilt of his body, as he leans towards his destination. Is that where the payoff becomes apparent? What feels certain to me is that, when he gets there, he will be relieved of his burden; and by setting down his load he creates the potential for starting something new. … For now, there is a period of toil that asks for care and steadiness. Even if he is not able to see it, we know that relief is in sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is the conflict you feel coming from somewhere else — or are you projecting an internal conflict out into the world? Are you a victim, or do you have more choice than you realise? What do you take on, how do you take it on, and where and how can you seek relief and release? Remember: a purely intellectual, swords-based approach will be a stop-gap rather than an effective measure. What is<\/em> effective, however, is to apply the Two of Swords another way — in terms of a working partnership that is impartial, and strives for peaceful resolution rather than conflict. If you do this, you might be surprised at what treasures you find beneath the surface of that ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: If you want to experiment with tarot cards and don’t have any, we provide a free tarot spread generator using the Celtic Wings spread, which is based on the traditional Celtic Cross spread. This article explains how to use the spread. You can visit Sarah’s website here. –efc By Sarah Taylor You are … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}