Card 51 • swords

Two of Swords

Brief Description

This card represents a situation where forward progress seems impossible, forcing you to pause and examine your true role and intentions. Like encountering a magical mirror blocking your path, you must look honestly at yourself before you can continue. Stop avoiding your mistakes and failures, and cease distracting yourself from confronting the truth. Only by clearly defining your genuine intentions will you be able to achieve success.

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The Encounter with the Mirror

Traveling through the forest, a young man unexpectedly encountered a magical mirror blocking his path. The mirror hung in the air without any visible support and with no possibility of removing it from the way. In this part of the forest, everything was densely overgrown with undergrowth, making it impossible to go forward or around, while returning backward felt undesirable. The young man decides to do the obvious—he looks into the mirror. He sees himself exactly as he is, without mystical visions or otherworldly beings, simply frightened and with wide-open eyes.

The Pause for Clarity

You have likely found yourself in a situation where there is no obvious positive movement forward. This card indicates a pause for clarifying not so much the situation itself, but rather your role in this situation. You cannot continue along this path until you truly see yourself. Stop refusing to acknowledge your own mistakes and defeats. Stop distracting yourself from meeting the truth. By clearly defining your true intentions, you will be able to achieve success.

Brief Meaning

Dead end. Impossibility of compromise. A stop for reflection.

If You Look Closely

In the world of magic, mirrors have a long history. Occasionally noticing other beings in them, remember that mirrors possess the magical property of showing you as you truly are.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Lunaea Weatherstone, Meraylah Allwood

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