9 of Swords/9 of Cups
9 of Swords LWB:
"When you do not have the strength to fight, look for an immaculate point inside yourself where you cannot be hurt. Then nothing can harm you"
9 of Cups LWB:
"Beware of what you desire, because what you desire will be what you will become"
Card images
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Within the picture of the 9/cups we see a man within a ring of cups that are glowing. He appears to have fangs like a vampire. Behind him lays a body of a woman in white with her chest splattered with blood.
Within the picture of the 9/swords, a woman lays surrounded by 9 swords pointing inward, though her head or crown is not encompassed by swords. She is dressed in white and has two pinpricks of blood on her neck. She clutches a cross in her right hand.
These two cards appear quite frequently of late in spreads for me. I have come to interpret this pairing as:
A psychic leeching/draining
This could be in instances when you are a broadcaster or receiver. This may involve the utilization of empathic abilities, connecting to the energies of others, applying your own energy to a situation, or being under attack (attack could refer to a situation that is drawing all your mental energy leaving you exhausted or troubled).
The two cards could represent two parties in a situation, or two elements of a situation coming together to cause the drain.
The LWB interpretation of the 9/cups applied to another person who wanted to be 'connected' to me when I was in a troubling situation. I believe she wanted to channel some of that energy away from me, but she left a bit of an inprint.
The 9/swords interpretation came to me as I was broadcasting some negative 'panic' energy. I had been in some deep meditation when the situation arose, and couldn't mentally reach that 'place within where nothing could harm me'.