Two of Swords
The Two of Swords represents choices, decision-making, and dealing with indecision. It emphasizes the importance of trusting one's intuition, even when faced with difficult decisions and external influences. The card also symbolizes the need to eliminate distractions to focus on the correct choice and signifies introspection and growth under the guidance of the moon.
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General Meaning
This is a card of choices, decision-making, confusion, and resolution. Smith's illustration in the Smith-Waite deck shows a seated woman at the edge of still waters. The stillness of the image and the blindfold on the woman's face suggest a passivity that can be brought about by indecision. But even when the swords are stuck, their meanings usually have to do with taking control of the situation. I wanted to bring some of that energy into the Two of Swords in particular, because even when we are confused by outside influences and are stuck between two choices, the ultimate decision still lies in ourselves.
Intuition and Trust
This card is about trusting your gut, and about how, when faced with a difficult decision, we usually already know what the right choice is. Not everything that's right is easy, so we may cover our eyes and linger in that uncertain space for as long as we can manage, wandering in the dark and avoiding the right path. But we know what we must do, and we must trust ourselves enough to do it. Conversely, sometimes we need to cover our eyes to eliminate distractions and focus our thoughts in order to make the correct choice.
Moon Symbolism
This is another card with Moon symbolism, hearkening back to the difficult deep dives we take into our thoughts and our emotions to grow and go on to the next step of our journey. So, here the woman is not seated and she is not blindfolded. She stands in the light of the moon, and when she is ready to uncover her eyes—better done sooner rather than later—the moonlight will help her find her way through the woods, with the swords to cut down obstacles in her path.
Fyodor Pavlov tarot
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