For the past two years or so, I've pulled eight Tarot cards every morning and then journaled about how they may be giving me insight and direction. One of the cards that I pulled this morning was the "Seven of Swords", which comes up often enough for me to do an ever deeper dive to understand what it's trying to tell me.
Most recently I've discovered several Tarot teachers who talk more about how this card speaks to our own self deception, with the swords representing the unconscious beliefs that we carry that are formed in childhood. Perhaps it's reminding us to choose carefully which beliefs we still want to carry with us, and which no longer or never really served us.
After pulling my cards this morning, I felt the need to re-read some pages from "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. On page 22 he says, "If we can see it is our agreements which rule our life, and we don't like the dream of our life, we need to change the agreements."
I can totally relate this to the Seven of Swords! In this quote Don Miguel refers to the deep seated childhood beliefs we form as our "agreements". In Tarot the suit of Swords is related to the mind. Both the passage and card are getting at the same thing, I think.
It's in leaving behind the old beliefs that no longer serve us, and to take a step further, changing them to the beliefs we wish to carry to create our new reality, where the real growth and healing occur. This insight reminded me once again about how much I love the Tarot, and how its lessons so often intertwine with so many other systems, including astrology, numerology and philosophy.
Wishing you all a most beautiful, peaceful, and insightful day.
With Love and Light,
Linda
