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What I See:
If ever there was a card calling me to mediate this is it. I imagine the woman has closed her ears to the world around her, peaceful as it appears, to turn her focus inward. The affirmation for this card is, “I take time in my day to listen and be open to receiving insight.” As twos are a test of choice, I sense she’s weighing a difficult decision.
General Air element/Sword suit:
Please refer back to the Ace of Air.
Light (upright) Reading:
You’re making time to hear the voice within your heart.
- Keywords: Making Peace, Compromise, Equilibrium, and Self-Protective.
Shadow (upside down or reverse) Reading:
Your mind is too busy, it’s time to slow down.
- Keywords: Blocked Emotions, Uncertainty, Procrastination, and Delays.
Plots:
Typically, this card has a blindfolded woman holding two swords. Perhaps your story centers around someone who is blind. Or maybe someone with a sixth sense?
How about the need to merge two differing views or lifestyles? Perhaps a truce between warring people or countries. Maybe treachery?
According to Tarot for Writers
- Two Themes: Balance, Attraction, Receptivity, Duality, Reflection, or Choice.
The two birds in the background reinforce the theme of attraction as I picture lovers dancing around each other. The book says they are cedar waxwings “making companion calls.”
Characters:
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear,” says Ram Dass
- Suit Archetype/Feudal Class: Nobility, Warrior, and Political class.
Additionally, look up one of the Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) for personality traits.
For more information on the Twos in general, please refer back to the Two of Fire.
Image: Gaian Tarot
I can’t help thinking the two birds in the tree are giving her advice.
Maybe that’s where “A little bird told me” comes from. 🙂
I like it 🙂 They could be a visual of whatever she’s contemplating — good devil, bad devil — or just her conscience.
Thanks for stopping by Maria!
So, there are different kinds of decks? This question is in reference to your comment that the card normally is pictured iwth a blindfolded woman holding swords.
More decks than you can count, LOL. Most decks use images that tie back to the Rider Waite so that’s why I made that comment. But also, I want to show options for those who don’t have this deck. While this deck keeps to the same structure it focuses on nature and elements, Mother Earth, and we see less of the religious icons of the Rider Waite deck.
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I saw the two birds as a manifestation of her two choices, though they both are looking their same way, their bodies are not. Something is in conflict.
I didn’t mention that because I wondered if anyone would see it 🙂 Good eye.
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Looking at this card for a long period actually brought on a sense of calm. Nice.
That is nice Angela. Thanks for stopping by 🙂