Something different in her
Hey everyone,
I literally got my deck today and this is the card that captured me. Oooh what a weird way to put it, if she is in fact captured, but thats not the point, let me stay on track.
The panic attack idea: she doesnt look panicked to me, but that I think is important. She is not OUTWARDLY showing panic, perhaps because that would allow others to see her vulnerability, she is staying cool on the outside.
In the LWB it notes the nine of swords as representing "severe anxiety" so this further leads me to think this card has a much different tone.
This could possibly represent the sort of "learned helplessness" behavior some people might display, waiting for another to "rescue" them. Just a thought...and this one goes better with the authors interpretation I guess.
Other than that, intuitively when I see this card, it tells me that she chooses to stay blind to SOMETHING for a reason. Perhaps she is distracted by the chaos or hopelessness of the situation and prefers to or allows the withdrawal of her senses to listen inwardly for a solution. I dunno, that is a bit of self disclosure on how I sometimes deal with a situation, but she speaks to me, so I thought I'd share.
Anyway, I think she is striking...based on her expression and posture, a beautiful card.