The Pips

  • Cards: 10 of swords

    Cards: 10 of swords

    For the last card of this suit, the final 10, I will not be using another additional card from the Majors. Instead, I will look at the card from two perspectives. Defeat. Exhaustion. You have reached the end of your tether, two options are available now, find the strength to break out of the cage…

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  • Last week I had a series of one card draws, spanning three days, and for those three days the same card came up. The 10 of cups. When I look at the Marseilles 10 of cups, I think of excess and completion in the realm of the heart, the hearth, and in the home. Receiving…

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  • Cards: 9 of swords

    When I think about the number nine I inevitably and unavoidably think about the hermit, key 9 of the trumps. In this particular number 9, with an excessive amount of swords lying in opposition and the center sword piercing the hilts, I think about the negative aspects of the hermit. Alienation and mental vexation. This…

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  • Cards: 8 of swords

    It has been quite a few days since I posted on these card explorations. I have recently undergone a big move, hence my lack of writing activity. Here is the next one in the suit of swords. Looking at the 8 of swords, I see the transition from the challenges of the sevens moving into…

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