Daily Draw: 11/4 – Six of Swords

After reading up on Divination in Paul Huson’s book Mastering Witchcraft, I’ve been inspired to get back to doing frequent Tarot card draws (If you’ve not read the discussion over at The Used Key, you’re missing out!)

Of course, by “inspired” I kind of mean reading it I felt rather sheepish and inadequate about how little divination I’ve done lately, but whatever. Life is nothing if not a constant stream of turning over new leaves.

Today – Friday November 4th – I drew the Six of Swords:

This card, to me, suggests a time of renewal – a relief or an escape from the troubles and trials that usually come with the Swords. The past – whatever is behind the characters in the card – is blurred out and unreachable, they’re moving into new territory, shepherded by a hermit figure.

Given all the hell I’ve been through lately with mental health stuff, and feeling pretty relieved to be on the other side of it, I can identify pretty strongly with this card today. It’s encouraging, in a way, to know that even though sometimes it seems hard, and a lot of times stuff sucks, there is a moving forward. It’s also a challenge for me to really let go of some old stuff that I’ve been lugging around.

I’ve also gotten more Sword cards since I started working with my coven – the Ace of Swords comes up a lot, as did the 4 of Swords for awhile. I’m hoping this is a good progression, and not a suggestion that at some point, I’m going to wake up in the 9 or 10 of Swords!!

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Daily Draw – 28 August 2010

Ace of Swords:

I can’t see this card without thinking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail…

Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Anyhow – this is the Excalibur card either way – a clear new beginning, perhaps of an intellectual project or something that will challenge your thought. This card can also indicate a “clean break” – the sword cutting away the ties to an old thing and heralding the start of something new.

There are a number of things this card can be a suggestion about, particularly since I drew it with one of them in mind. Among other things, our fall garden was planted today, and hopefully this card heralds success – either of the garden, or of my ability to figure out how to help it if something goes wrong!

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