Tarot Card Pull #66
Welcome to the sixty-sixth card pull for the Mundane Magic project!
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Every Sunday, I pull a card from an old Rider Waite tarot card deck I purchased years ago in Salem, Massachusetts. Once a card is chosen, it will not return to the deck. The goal: 78 cards, 78 stories.
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On to today’s tarot card pull!
The card pulled today was the Ten of Swords.
For my initial reaction to the card, check out the podcast, Episode 66.
First impressions from the image, which was pulled in reverse, or upside down in relation to myself, the reader: We have a rather grim illustration in this card. In the foreground there is a man, or a person with short hair, lying on their stomach. There are ten swords standing upright, stabbed into their back, starting at their left shoulder and trailing all the way down their spine.
The person wears a white undershirt, an orange vest, and there is a red cloak draped over them. The person is lying face down, head turned away from the viewer, on a sandy beach. There appears to be some blood around the head of the body.
Beyond the beach, we can see a large, blue body of water, gray mountains in the distance, on the other side of the lake or inlet, a yellow sky close to the horizon, reminiscent of a sunset, that fades into clouds, and then, finally, darkness.
There is a Roman numeral, ten, at the top of the card.
The Rider Waite interpretation of the Ten of Swords is as follows: A prostrate figure, pierced by all the swords belonging to the card. Divinatory Meanings: Whatsoever is intimated by the design—also pain, affliction, tears, sadness, desolation. Reversed: Advantage, profit, success, favor, but none of these are permanent. Also power and authority.
There is a lot to consider with this week’s card. It’s not a particularly happy card, but there is intrigue. The card meaning sort of describes a roller coaster of emotion that is definitely reflecting life around me at the moment. I’m seeing some ups and downs, some success, some disappointment, and also that idea of being manipulated by power or authority, or poisoned by power and authority.
Leave your comments below! I’d love to hear where you think this story is going!
Now what?
Our sixty-sixth card has now been drawn!
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