February 10-12, 2012: 2 of Swords
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PEACE RESTORED
Two of SwordsMeditation Pattern: Place Atu II, The Priestess, and Atu VIII, Adjustment, side-by-side, with the 2 of Swords above them.
Traditional Description: Two crossed swords, like the Air Dagger of an Apprentice Adeptus. Upon the point where the two cross is a rose of five petals, emitting white rays. At the top and bottom of the card are two small daggers, supporting respectively the symbols of Luna and Libra, representing the Decanate.
Chokmah of Air: Polarity established in opinion, conflict, or division. Balanced force. Quarrel resolved, yet with residual tensions. Actions sometimes selfish, sometimes unselfish.
Luna/Libra: Compromise, cooperation, friendship. Peace restored; truce; justice. Strength arising from difficulties and hardship (symbolized by the position of the rose, as though the pain itself had brought forth beauty). Indecision; contradictory characteristics in the same nature or situation. Pleasure after pain; sorrow and sympathy. Aid to the weak; unselfishness; injury when meaning well; given to petitions.
Chokmah + Luna: Emotional divisions creatively resolved. Ingenuity, innovative, attentive, perceptive. Acting on instinct, or impulse of will. If ill-dignified: excessive independence and self-interest; restless, impulsive, uncooperative, tactless, talkative; an agreement spoilt.
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Footnotes for this card:
"The Master Therion held that the word “restored,” used here, is an error; for (he argued) at Chokmah there has been no prior disturbance. Nonetheless, the Swords are inherently conflictual and active; and there remains, unsolved to our satisfaction, the question of whether the sequence of these Zodiacal cards is best viewed as emanating from the top of the Tree of Life, or ascending thereunto from the bottom. If To Mega Therion’s view is adopted, then the suggested interpretations here following must be substantially modified accordingly. – FRA.P"
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Some brief insight's I got from meditating on this arrangement: Complete acceptance of a matter with no resistance, subjugating the personal will to align it with the Universal will. Living and letting others live. Maintaining an attitude of objectivity that allows for the expression of Truth and authenticity. Holding one's self back due to confusion or uncertainty. Accepting and acknowledging a karmic debt.