Sulis
Against a deep red / orange sky are 9 horizontal swords. They all look the same and seem to be stacked, one on top of the other. Below them and in the foreground are clenched fists bound together with rope.. The knot is visible and the bonds don't really look that tight to me.
In the background we can see trees and rocks in silhouette.
Most of the cards in this deck stick pretty closely with the Pamela Coleman-Smith Rider Waite images.. This card is different.. There is no woman sitting up in bed with her hands over her face but we do have the horizontal stacked swords, floating in the air.
For me, this card really speaks of the way our fears and worries (the swords) prevent us from being able to act, they quite literally bind us into inaction.
This card is quite a lot like the 8 which also shows someone bound but even so, I do like this image. I think the clenched fists here convey frustration; the will is there but we're paralysed by our own fears and can't do anything about them.
The colours in this deck are the ones used in the BOTA deck and the deep orange is a very powerful colour. Orange for me represents courage so maybe that tells us that these fears aren't real and can be overcome if we have the courage to do that.
9s are related to The Hermit and so are often very 'alone' cards.. Maybe our fears would not seem so bad if they were talked about (Swords again) and shared.. 'A problem shared is a problem halved' is a saying that springs to mind.
9s are also about looking back and assessing how we've got to where we are now and also looking forward to the next phase and with this card I think there may be too much analysing leading to fear or perhaps the fear is stopping us from really looking at the situation logically.
I've attached a picture of the card.
In the background we can see trees and rocks in silhouette.
Most of the cards in this deck stick pretty closely with the Pamela Coleman-Smith Rider Waite images.. This card is different.. There is no woman sitting up in bed with her hands over her face but we do have the horizontal stacked swords, floating in the air.
For me, this card really speaks of the way our fears and worries (the swords) prevent us from being able to act, they quite literally bind us into inaction.
This card is quite a lot like the 8 which also shows someone bound but even so, I do like this image. I think the clenched fists here convey frustration; the will is there but we're paralysed by our own fears and can't do anything about them.
The colours in this deck are the ones used in the BOTA deck and the deep orange is a very powerful colour. Orange for me represents courage so maybe that tells us that these fears aren't real and can be overcome if we have the courage to do that.
9s are related to The Hermit and so are often very 'alone' cards.. Maybe our fears would not seem so bad if they were talked about (Swords again) and shared.. 'A problem shared is a problem halved' is a saying that springs to mind.
9s are also about looking back and assessing how we've got to where we are now and also looking forward to the next phase and with this card I think there may be too much analysing leading to fear or perhaps the fear is stopping us from really looking at the situation logically.
I've attached a picture of the card.