第七天運勢
【寶劍８】【正位置↑】


2009年9月5日


Meanings
Emotional upheaval. Feeling trapped, bound. Don't make a decision right now.
Go within (blindfold).The castle is in the background - safety is within reach.
At the pinnacle of a scary situation. Choices are available.

Her own thoughts and ideas are restrictive.
She has too many ideas running through her head.
The best is for her to wait for the sun to come from behind the cloud....
there is not much she can do right now except wait...
and intellectually rescue herself.
She mustn't get into the mind game of wanting to be rescued.
She must take back her power and responsibility and open her eyes,
then she will realize that the path forward is clear.

The Eight of Swords predicts problems in the situation.
Your interests will be opposed by other people.
You may be restricted as a result of the obstacles
which are placed in the path toward your goals.
Want to get out of an oppressive situation or change your present line of work.
The problem is not with you but with others.
They are the ones who are not coming through,
living up to their end, or causing misfortune.
But even though the problems are great, they can still be overcome.

The Eight of Swords portrays a dilemma much like that experienced in the Two of Swords.
We are again faced with the difficulty of a painful decision and we are at an impasse,
uncertain which way to go.
However, unlike the Two in which the choice is forced upon us,
the decision in the Eight is the result of our own actions.
This card follows naturally upon the Seven of Swords which is a card of duplicity.
If we use deception for our gain,
ultimately we will be faced with the difficulty of dealing with that deception;
for all that is hidden must finally come to light. However,
despite the fact that we have "boxed ourselves into a corner,"
there is way out.
The solution is simply to deal with the situation
in the most direct yet tactful manner possible,
and face our choice with inner strength.
We must be aware of the consequences of our actions
in all aspects of life and if we are able to
deal honestly with ourselves and others,
we won't find ourselves in this kind of situation.
However, if we are here already,
there is still the possibility of freedom
from the bondage of our own fears and uncertainties.
If you encounter the Eight of Swords in a reading,
it is time to be honest with yourself and others
in order to be free of the burden of fear or guilt.

The woman on the Eight of Swords is lost and alone.
She can't see because she is blindfolded.
She can't reach out because she is bound.
She can't move freely because she is caught in a prison of swords.
It seems she has wandered far from home - her place of security far away on the hill.
How can she get back? She doesn't even know which way to go.
The Eight of Swords stands for those times when we feel lost,
confused and powerless. Help and relief seems very far away.

Sometimes we feel restricted by circumstances. We wake up one day in an impossible situation.
A dead end job. A troubled relationship. Mountains of debt.
How did this happen?
We have no idea. Even little problems can make us feel trapped.
There just doesn't seem to be a way out.
Sometimes life seems fine - on the surface. "I have everything I want.
I should be happy,so what's the problem?"
We just don't know. We're confused and unsure.

You are heading toward (or already in) a situation in which you will feel a lack of
freedom and choice. Such situations are tricky because the more you get into them,
the more restricted you feel. At each step, your options seem to
narrow until you feel completely stuck. When you see this card,
remember that you do have choices,and you do have power.

No matter how trapped you feel,
you can find a way out if you believe it is possible.
The young girl in the picture could free herself.
She could wriggle free, tear off the blindfold,
and kick down those swords. Solutions are not always easy, but they exist.
Find your clarity of thought and purpose (the Swords ideal)
and use them to take that first step toward home.

On the face of it,
this is a card about hopelessness, restriction and lack of options.
but it isn't. Not really.
If you look at the Ryder Waite deck, you see a woman,
tied from the waist up in such a way that she cannot move her arms,
and blindfolded. She stands between eight swords--
and there is a featureless background.
It would seem that she can't go anywhere--
that she is imprisoned. However, keep in mind that this deck,
as did many of the older decks,
portrayed the negative meaning and implied the positive.
So, let's consider our tied up lady. First of all--
there is nothing in front of her.
She could just walk straight ahead,
if she so chose--blindfold or not.
But she does not choose to do so.
She seems to be waiting for rescue.

Let's consider the nature of the Swords.
They represent the mental world -
our conscious minds and what they do and how they work.
In terms of our thought process, this is typical of
the times when we think we're safe,
but in fact we're trapped, without any options,
and must depend on the kindness of others.
But is that ever the case? We always have options,
but those options may or may not be acceptable to us.
This is fine - so long as we acknowledge that we have them.
If we don't, it doesn't take us long to drift into victim mode.
And that is where our lady is at the moment.

Feeling fenced in, restricted, vulnerable. Too many ideas/no direction.
Handle difficult situations immediately,
Gossip, advice, over analytical (back and forth),
Pay attention. Problems are behind woman.
Legs are not tied; blind fold can be removed.
Find out who put you in this situation,
realize that you are not trapped,
that you are free to move. Restriction. Run of bad luck,
feelings of being trapped and powerless.
Patient effort needed to get out of situation.
Help is available if you ask. Restrictions will gradually fade.