Eight of Swords
The Eight of Swords signifies feeling trapped and victimized, whether by one's own mindset or by external circumstances. It stresses the importance of inner strength, intuition, and the potential to transform seemingly imprisoning situations into opportunities for liberation. It highlights that there is always a way out, even when it feels hopeless.
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Feeling Trapped
Sometimes our circumstances are bleak, and a lack of perspective makes them seem even more so. It feels like chasing your own tail; a loop of negativity that you can’t find your way out of. The people or events around you aren’t helping, and you get sucked down into the quagmire, unable to reach for the tools to get out.
Energy of the Eight of Swords
That is the energy of the Eight of Swords. Whether by her own design or the ill will of others, it shows a woman bound, blindfolded and surrounded by a cage of swords. Each element represents a variety of influences that can make us feel trapped and victimized—unfortunate circumstances, depression, anxiety, self-criticism, the limiting and damaging influence of other people or power structures. It may be that you are embroiled in a victim mentality, or it may be that you are entirely justified in feeling marginalized. Sometimes there are circumstances beyond our control, but in the wise words of (apparently) a character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “when nothing we do matters, the only thing that matters is what we do.”
Power of Swords
Swords are a suit of power, specifically the power of the mind, and the power of balance. The woman is blindfolded—she is literally lacking the sight to see a way out of her predicament. But without sight to distract her and overwhelm her with the direness of her apparent situation, she can focus on the feelings within, on her intuition and the reserves of emotional and mental strength within her. And then, once she removes the blindfold, she will see that the swords do not enclose her completely. There is always a way out. What’s more, free from the blindfold, she can turn the weapons that entrap her into the tools of release.
Fyodor Pavlov tarot
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