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Card Meanings: Revenge, Communication, Regret, Shame, Loss, Ending Conflict, Compromise, Overcoming Challenge, Escalating Violence, Defeat, Uncovered Crime, Major Sacrifice, Unfairness, Humiliation, Releasing Stress, Moving On, Risk Everything, Peaceful Resolution, Relentless, Remorse, Not Heeding Warnings, Arrest, Held Accountable
This card, the Lord of Defeat, has much more to do with how we limit ourselves in order to avoid disappointment, than it does to do with external events. Nobody ever gets every single thing they want out of life. But if, to avoid additional pain, they don’t take chances and risks, then they will end up never achieving their fullest potential, never seeking out success, and always feeling as though life has somehow done the dirty deed to them. A day ruled by the 5 of Swords may have more than its fair share of setbacks. You might get news that you don’t want, or have one of your hopes dented a bit. If that is the type of day you have, don’t turn that disappointment into fear. Spend some time with your feelings. You are entitled to feel let down when something that matters to you goes awry. Do something gentle with yourself, to remind yourself of the things which are right in your life. Give yourself a good cuddle. And then dust off your disappointment, and decide which course of action will serve you best in order to try to follow through on what you need. Very often, when we get a knock-back, we compound it by beating ourselves up. In no time at all, the original disappointment has been overwhelmed by a bunch of other negative thoughts and attitudes that hurt and damage us. By the time we’ve finished we are desperately distressed, have kicked our self-esteem into touch, and feel completely incapable of contributing anything useful or worthwhile.
If, instead of doing this, we empathise with ourselves, we will find the original disappointment easier to get into perspective, against the backcloth of the rest of our lives. We will find it simpler to see the REAL problem, rather than cloaking it with a bunch of insecurities and difficulties. And we will not gather fear around us which makes us hesitate when taking the next necessary step. If, on a day ruled by the Lord of Defeat, it is not outside events which cause problems, then spend time thinking about your overall attitudes. Seek out your fears about defeat, and confront them. Call them by name, and challenge them out into the light, where you can get a good look at them. Fearing pain does not stop us experiencing it. But living in accordance with fear can stop us from experiencing life.
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Creative Tarot: Maybe youre exhausted, or you might still be feeling the cruel sting of the Five of Swords, but at least you are now moving forward. Slowly but surely.
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Reversed Cards: The Strength card is one of the three virtue cards in the major arcana. In its upright position, it teaches the lesson of fortitude by showing us the many ways strength can be played out in our physical experience. It can speak of inner strength, confidence, will, and resolve. Yet it is in the reversed position of this card that I find the deeper lessons. For if in its upright position it represents fortitude, then in its upside-down state it can represent non-fortitude. A Buddhist teaching, the idea of non-fortitude is not one we consider very often, which is why I think we have a lot to learn from the upside-down, topsy-turvy nature of the Strength card. Adding to the story this card tells is its number, the eight. The eight speaks of a continuum, a constant flow and abundance. In numerology eights offer great lessons on money and physical resources. The energy of the eight mixed with the virtue of fortitude embodies the stoic idea that ‘the obstacle is the way,’ meaning that we dont really know how resilient or strong we are until we are tested to move outside our comfort zone.