Two of Swords

✦ Title

Two of Swords

✦ Keywords

Indecision, stalemate, crossroads, a difficult choice.

✦ Meaning

✦ Overview

While the Ace of Swords is clarity, the 2 of Swords is the opposite. In this card, we find ourselves at a crossroads, but we don't know which way to go. We're faced with a situation that has no clear or easy solution—not one that we are currently able to discern, at least.

✦ Indecision and Urgency

This may leave us stuck in indecision or engaging in delay tactics in an effort to avoid making a choice. The 2 of Swords calls us on our stalling and waffling and urges us to make a decision, because nothing will change if we don't take action.

✦ Guidance for Decision

But this card doesn't tell us to just pick a door, any door; it contains guidance for how to make this difficult choice, too. When it appears, we're usually stalled out because we're overly wrapped up with exterior demands or circumstances. We bend over backwards trying to make others happy, or to weigh every possible worst-case scenario, or to take everyone's unsolicited advice into account instead of making contact with our inner truth. In the 2 of Swords, the only way forward is to tune out all the noise, quiet our whirring minds, and look inwards to find that truth.

✦ Symbolism

In our card, two crossed swords represent our mental stalemate, flanked by a waxing and waning crescent moon for beginnings and endings. A closed eye shows that the answers won't be found in the outside world. While the choppy water symbolizes our subconscious, the luna moth draws us upwards on wings of intuition as we seek the light of truth.

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