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Description in booklet: A woman is hiding a knife and her face under a veil.
This is one of the more sinister cards in the Etruscan deck ... a woman, fully clothed walks to the east clutching a knife in her right hand while her left hand holds her veil to ensure that the knife and her face will not be seen. There is one sword behind her and one sword before her. The five swords are above her pointing downwards.
Is she planning to kill someone or stab someone? What evil intentions lie in the woman's mind? Who is she hiding from and yet wanting to confront? Can she even see clearly where she's going and who she is intending the knife for? Is she bringing the weapon to give to someone else in secret so that he or she can kill or defend self, or is she just lending the knife for someone to use in the kitchen?
The problem is that we don't know the intentions behind the bringing of the weapon, or the utensil, as well as the hiding behind the veil.
Several interpretations can be attached to the card depending on the current state of the querent when the card is drawn up.
One thing appears certain - there is a knife (a weapon or tool), there is the veil (a shield or a cover to use for hiding), and there is the woman fully clothed (dressed to kill).
So what do we make of the card when we draw it?
a) Do we know what we are doing, what we really want to achieve, and how we intend to achieve this?
c) What are we afraid of? Do we have anxieties that somehow influences us to hide and do things in secret?
d) If we would like to confront the issue, what would be the safer and more trustworthy way to do this? Do we trust ourselves that we can handle the challenge? Whom do we not trust and what may be the reasons for this?
d) What do we need to watch out for, guard ourselves against, protect ourselves from?
e) Are we ready to take the risks in case we are compelled to act against our wishes, or in case our actions hurt us and someone else?
The Etruscan 7 of Swords may be giving us a gentle reminder to take precautions about our actions and plans, to rethink our intentions before we carry them out, to examine the possible consequences on ourselves and on others. Or it may also be a warning that there are others who may be planning to deceive us, hurt us behind our backs.
This is one of the more sinister cards in the Etruscan deck ... a woman, fully clothed walks to the east clutching a knife in her right hand while her left hand holds her veil to ensure that the knife and her face will not be seen. There is one sword behind her and one sword before her. The five swords are above her pointing downwards.
Is she planning to kill someone or stab someone? What evil intentions lie in the woman's mind? Who is she hiding from and yet wanting to confront? Can she even see clearly where she's going and who she is intending the knife for? Is she bringing the weapon to give to someone else in secret so that he or she can kill or defend self, or is she just lending the knife for someone to use in the kitchen?
The problem is that we don't know the intentions behind the bringing of the weapon, or the utensil, as well as the hiding behind the veil.
Several interpretations can be attached to the card depending on the current state of the querent when the card is drawn up.
One thing appears certain - there is a knife (a weapon or tool), there is the veil (a shield or a cover to use for hiding), and there is the woman fully clothed (dressed to kill).
So what do we make of the card when we draw it?
a) Do we know what we are doing, what we really want to achieve, and how we intend to achieve this?
c) What are we afraid of? Do we have anxieties that somehow influences us to hide and do things in secret?
d) If we would like to confront the issue, what would be the safer and more trustworthy way to do this? Do we trust ourselves that we can handle the challenge? Whom do we not trust and what may be the reasons for this?
d) What do we need to watch out for, guard ourselves against, protect ourselves from?
e) Are we ready to take the risks in case we are compelled to act against our wishes, or in case our actions hurt us and someone else?
The Etruscan 7 of Swords may be giving us a gentle reminder to take precautions about our actions and plans, to rethink our intentions before we carry them out, to examine the possible consequences on ourselves and on others. Or it may also be a warning that there are others who may be planning to deceive us, hurt us behind our backs.
