Whew! When I picked this card to paint I had a feeling of trepidation. Things were going well but I have learnt as I paint the tarot things re-arrange themselves so I live the card. And sure enough things began to fall apart. Well at least they appeared to. All my anxieties piled up until the final straw when I ripped my face open on a stick, feeling like I was pierced by a sword. I felt so fragile, so vulnerable. But then as I painted I realized that most of my troubles were not so bad - that I was influenced by the illusion of disaster. How lucky I was that the stick had missed my eye by a quarter of an inch, and how most of my troubles were just a temporary shadow. The Nine of Swords is about what keeps us awake at night - how we worry about all kinds of things that will most probably resolve themselves. My face is healing well and I am very happy to say the next card is The Ten of Cups: good times ahead!
Lisa de St. Croix decks are a way to connect with our Higher Consciousness. Tarot de St. Croix explores the archetypal imprints that we experience, Invoking the Goddess Oracle and Action gives us thirty three Goddesses to guide and support us, de St. Croix Lenormand provides answers to our questions through oracular symbols.
Nine of Swords
Whew! When I picked this card to paint I had a feeling of trepidation. Things were going well but I have learnt as I paint the tarot things re-arrange themselves so I live the card. And sure enough things began to fall apart. Well at least they appeared to. All my anxieties piled up until the final straw when I ripped my face open on a stick, feeling like I was pierced by a sword. I felt so fragile, so vulnerable. But then as I painted I realized that most of my troubles were not so bad - that I was influenced by the illusion of disaster. How lucky I was that the stick had missed my eye by a quarter of an inch, and how most of my troubles were just a temporary shadow. The Nine of Swords is about what keeps us awake at night - how we worry about all kinds of things that will most probably resolve themselves. My face is healing well and I am very happy to say the next card is The Ten of Cups: good times ahead!
