Deck Read From: Ancient Italian Tarot
Today’s Cards:
- 9 Swords / Theme
- 10 Cup / Be Mindful
- Re Di Spade / Path Forward
The Message
When you’re defensive, keeping yourself up at night, worried about every little detail, the nine of swords energy is in play. It digs into your subconscious, manifesting a reality of chaos. A downward spiral as emotions and rage intermix, stripping away your vitality. But if, for a moment, you ground yourself, rip the center sword away, and reflect on the situation at hand, you realize the pain. The agony is all but a false reality perpetrated by what you allowed into your mind.
You must step back, go within, and allow the shift. Because once you realize you caused the anxiety, the drama lifts, and peace begins. Hence, the ten of cups. A new cycle to begin. Nine cups stacked show that an abundance of joy is within reach. And once you let go of the sword, the single cup at the top brings new possibilities. New emotions allow your vitality to shine once again.
But you must first get out of your head and cease the victimhood mentality. If not, that nine cuts deeper, into something more nefarious than first seen.
That, my friend, is the King of Swords waiting to carve your heart out. He’ll leave you in a perpetual state of ruin because he knows what makes you tick. He understands which buttons to flick. And I’ll tell you this, no mercy will this King show when he senses any sign of weakness. He knows your every thought, because that king is you. The shadow within. Feeding on your fears. Therefore, you must break free from all negativity, rid yourself of outside toxic influence. And repeat to yourself, “I choose what I want to believe. No one forces me. For it’s me who heals or destroys me. I choose to be free.”
What Does This Mean
Don’t allow others to influence your decisions without assessing the situation. Too many today move without caution. They allow sound bytes to flood their minds with propaganda. They don’t fact-check a single word. Instead, they believe others without validation. This leads to constant stress as it destroys the body. Harms the mind and places the soul into a state of unnatural fear.
Until you can break the cycle, the Nine and King of Swords lurks in the darkness, waiting to strike at any moment.
To move forward, guard what you allow in your mind as if your life depended on it, because it does.
The Numbers Don’t Lie
The Tarot With A Twist Method
The nine (9) tells the tale that the journey of anguish is over. It’s time to rise above your fears and embrace the new day. The mind will ease when you allow the nine (9) to shift your perspective. This carries you forward to the ten (10). A new cycle begins. Emotions no longer boil in turmoil. You break free from the wares of this world.
To further validate this point, we sum the numbers:
9 + 10 = 19 → 1 + 9 = 10 → 1 + 0 = 1
Which solidifies the universe’s message. The journey ends (9), a new cycle begins (10), with new beginnings waiting in the wind (sword).
Do you allow the chaos to quell, or continue into a cyclone of hell?
That choice is yours. The cards just delivered the truth. What you do with it, well, that’s on you.
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