spinningspider
What a precarious and quite horrific situation the woman in Robin's "Two of Swords" has found herself in. Not a place where most folks would want to be, that's for sure. But I'll bet that many people have experienced what the woman might be feeling in the Two of Swords...fear, terror, needing to defend oneself, hopelessness, loneliness, isolation, etc. Perched on what Robin intended to be the "ruins of a castle," it looks like if she moves even a muscle she'll slip into the depths of dark and turbulent waters. Add to that the fact that she's blindfolded, holding two long and no doubt sharp swords and that she's wearing enough cloth to billow out and ensnare fish if she goes down for the count (ie. she'll take others with her...). And one can't miss the indigo to black coloring of the card itself, magnifying the thought that the sun is not going to shine anytime soon in this situation if it remains as is.
The two, stone arches that rise out from the water near the woman often remind me of a sea serpent arching its back. In other words, more grief is waiting for her if she does fall in. Robin mentioned in her book that she chose castle ruins because, "...she probably feels like her life is in ruins around her, or about to be." Robin continues that she put the stone arches in the pic to "...show there are open doorways, if she looks for them." Keeping in sync with how Robin encourages us in her book to read the cards the way we see them at each reading, not necessarily keeping with how the symbols spoke to her as she drew them...IF I see the stone arch itself, I may see the whole serpent idea I described above; IF I see the opening of the stone arch, I may see hope for escape from the present situation. And of course, perhaps neither the arches nor the openings will hold relevance for a reading, if they are not noticed.
The two swords, held with crossed arms over the woman's chest can offer a glimmer of hope for the situation as well. They may point out that the querent or someone in the querent's life really does hold the key to getting out of such an undesirable situation, IF they can clear their head and use whatever knowledge they already possess or knowledge they can get a grasp of quickly. I say quickly because the danger in this card often appears to be immediate and decisive action may be in order. The blades of the swords are sharp, however, and so caution must still prevail. Possibly there may be pain involved with whatever is learned/acknowledged or even with the road one decides to take or must take. Holding the swords over her chest may indicate she knows how to protect herself and has the means to do so (ie. the swords themselves...either literally or figuratively.)
The blindfold has meant several different things to me (depending on the reading, spread, where it falls, question, etc.) The querent could be oblivious that danger is engulfing or is about to take over his/her life. Someone else may be keeping pertinent information away from the querent. Or the answer lies within the querent themselves, if only he/she would trust his/her own intuition and gut feeling. Maybe the querent knows the right path to take but refuses to see how to travel it and refuses to accept any pain that may accompany such a path.
There's so much more that can be said about the Two of Swords. I find it a fascinating card and often look at it as some kind of warning.
The two, stone arches that rise out from the water near the woman often remind me of a sea serpent arching its back. In other words, more grief is waiting for her if she does fall in. Robin mentioned in her book that she chose castle ruins because, "...she probably feels like her life is in ruins around her, or about to be." Robin continues that she put the stone arches in the pic to "...show there are open doorways, if she looks for them." Keeping in sync with how Robin encourages us in her book to read the cards the way we see them at each reading, not necessarily keeping with how the symbols spoke to her as she drew them...IF I see the stone arch itself, I may see the whole serpent idea I described above; IF I see the opening of the stone arch, I may see hope for escape from the present situation. And of course, perhaps neither the arches nor the openings will hold relevance for a reading, if they are not noticed.
The two swords, held with crossed arms over the woman's chest can offer a glimmer of hope for the situation as well. They may point out that the querent or someone in the querent's life really does hold the key to getting out of such an undesirable situation, IF they can clear their head and use whatever knowledge they already possess or knowledge they can get a grasp of quickly. I say quickly because the danger in this card often appears to be immediate and decisive action may be in order. The blades of the swords are sharp, however, and so caution must still prevail. Possibly there may be pain involved with whatever is learned/acknowledged or even with the road one decides to take or must take. Holding the swords over her chest may indicate she knows how to protect herself and has the means to do so (ie. the swords themselves...either literally or figuratively.)
The blindfold has meant several different things to me (depending on the reading, spread, where it falls, question, etc.) The querent could be oblivious that danger is engulfing or is about to take over his/her life. Someone else may be keeping pertinent information away from the querent. Or the answer lies within the querent themselves, if only he/she would trust his/her own intuition and gut feeling. Maybe the querent knows the right path to take but refuses to see how to travel it and refuses to accept any pain that may accompany such a path.
There's so much more that can be said about the Two of Swords. I find it a fascinating card and often look at it as some kind of warning.