Two of Swords
The card evokes a haunting stalemate: unresolved guilt and memory manifest as a ghostly presence that freezes action. The mirrored swords symbolize opposing forces or choices that leave the querent emotionally blocked and morally troubled. Images of cold tears and a polluted conscience suggest inner turmoil and distorted perception that impede clear judgment. Divinatory meaning cautions that you may be stuck in an impasse until the underlying conflict is acknowledged and addressed.
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In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Banquo and Macbeth were heroes and friends who helped defend King Duncan's army. But the prophecy of three witches led Macbeth to murder King Duncan and Banquo. Banquo's ghost takes Macbeth's seat at the coronation banquet, unseen by all but Macbeth. His subjects watch Macbeth's horrified reaction to the empty chair and assume he's gone mad. Two swords mirror the tangled energy of the displaced ghost. Cold tears spill from vacant eyes as the refracted imagery of countless amorphous spirits crowd together in a frozen stream of a polluted conscience.
Divinatory meaning
You may be at an impasse, unable to break the stalemate that is paralyzing you.
Ghosts and Spirits tarot
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