Centaur
Although this may sound odd, I consider the Nine of Swords to be one of my favourite cards in the RW. I find its imagery to be very much straight to the point, and I have always found myself drawn to this card. Not to mention the fact that it has been appearing as a regular in my daily-draw. Ha!
There is another thread on the Nine of Swords, but I wanted to start afresh and from a more general perspective, as the other thread seems to focus on the bedding depicted in the card.
Anyway, I was thinking about this card and how it can relate to worry and general-anxiety. I look at the image and I see the the figure sat in bed with her hands covering her face. I think: despair. The swords point to the bottom the bed, the hilt of the sword behind the figure.
I notice that the sword-points cannot be seen in the card. This suggests to me that what she worries about may be in the future... she does not know the outcome... she does not see the points, and therefore cannot know the outcome. This is a cause of much worry.
If we drag the figure back in bed, or lay her down so that her head is on the pillow, then the sword hilts would be directly above her head. This might also suggest that the figure may be worried about something that she has done, whether this be a misdeed, or whether she is involved in a situation which she feels that she cannot handle. What I mean is that, it is almost as though the position of the sword hilts might indicated that SHE is somehow the victim and perpetrator of her OWN anxiety... because it is as though she has sat up in bed and thrown the swords at whatever may be at the other side of the card.
I would also like to add that when we reverse this card, it is almost as though she is falling out of bed... waking up to the fact that her anxieties may be unfounded. The nine swords look almost like shutters to the world which she has to turn in order to let the sunshine in.
There is another thread on the Nine of Swords, but I wanted to start afresh and from a more general perspective, as the other thread seems to focus on the bedding depicted in the card.
Anyway, I was thinking about this card and how it can relate to worry and general-anxiety. I look at the image and I see the the figure sat in bed with her hands covering her face. I think: despair. The swords point to the bottom the bed, the hilt of the sword behind the figure.
I notice that the sword-points cannot be seen in the card. This suggests to me that what she worries about may be in the future... she does not know the outcome... she does not see the points, and therefore cannot know the outcome. This is a cause of much worry.
If we drag the figure back in bed, or lay her down so that her head is on the pillow, then the sword hilts would be directly above her head. This might also suggest that the figure may be worried about something that she has done, whether this be a misdeed, or whether she is involved in a situation which she feels that she cannot handle. What I mean is that, it is almost as though the position of the sword hilts might indicated that SHE is somehow the victim and perpetrator of her OWN anxiety... because it is as though she has sat up in bed and thrown the swords at whatever may be at the other side of the card.
I would also like to add that when we reverse this card, it is almost as though she is falling out of bed... waking up to the fact that her anxieties may be unfounded. The nine swords look almost like shutters to the world which she has to turn in order to let the sunshine in.