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Description in booklet: A warrior is killing an imploring and helpless priestess.
The Etruscan Three of Swords reminds me so much of the Greek warrior Ajax the lesser who captures the Trojan priestess of Athena Cassandra, rapes her and kills her. The source of the artwork is hard to locate although one Greek vase has an almost similar image but not quite.
This is also one of the most saddest and painful cards in the Etruscan deck because it seems to suggest that all is over for the priestess who begs for her life. In fact, the warrior appears emotionless and cold, plunges his blade on her chest while she looks up to him but she is not in tears, and so far, not a single drop of blood is evident. The hand of the priestess however seems to clutch on to the man's breast which may be close to his heart.
Could this card mean the triumph of the mind over the heart? In the two of swords, a struggle is about to take place between two wrestlers ... here in the three of swords, the killing has been done but the priestess is still alive begging for her life.
It is possible that we have made a decision or a choice and we are still somewhat bothered by the remnants of thoughts that pervade our hearts. Most likely, we are still wondering if we made the right or better choice -- we may have used our heads but is there something of the heart that we gave up, or that we neglected and now, our conscience may be bothering us a bit?
Are we worried about possible consequences we have not foreseen and only got to realize it when we have started to reap the first consequence of our choice? Could this be a card of regret, or an awakening, painful but eventually rewarding because of the new life which would result?
If we draw out this card, we may need to ask ourselves:
a) are we still creating monsters in our mind that might be haunting us and killing us needlessly? What is the best way to start getting rid of these invisible "mindset" we have created or are creating that may be compelling us to compromise our happiness?
b) should we reconsider our choices and if we do so, what will be our reasons for doing this? Would these be the right reasons for us?
c) Are we hurting ourselves in the process, listening too much to reason and forgetting that we should also synchronize our heads with our heart when we make decisions?
d) What would be a good way to remove the blade that has struck us, or can we still renegotiate the choices we made?
e) do we always need to put ourselves in a compromising or "victimized" position? How can we we get out of this, using reason and logic rather than pure emotion? Would it work?
f) What are some lessons we have learned so that we do not make the same mistakes again and re-live our pain?
The Etruscan Three of Swords reminds me so much of the Greek warrior Ajax the lesser who captures the Trojan priestess of Athena Cassandra, rapes her and kills her. The source of the artwork is hard to locate although one Greek vase has an almost similar image but not quite.
This is also one of the most saddest and painful cards in the Etruscan deck because it seems to suggest that all is over for the priestess who begs for her life. In fact, the warrior appears emotionless and cold, plunges his blade on her chest while she looks up to him but she is not in tears, and so far, not a single drop of blood is evident. The hand of the priestess however seems to clutch on to the man's breast which may be close to his heart.
Could this card mean the triumph of the mind over the heart? In the two of swords, a struggle is about to take place between two wrestlers ... here in the three of swords, the killing has been done but the priestess is still alive begging for her life.
It is possible that we have made a decision or a choice and we are still somewhat bothered by the remnants of thoughts that pervade our hearts. Most likely, we are still wondering if we made the right or better choice -- we may have used our heads but is there something of the heart that we gave up, or that we neglected and now, our conscience may be bothering us a bit?
Are we worried about possible consequences we have not foreseen and only got to realize it when we have started to reap the first consequence of our choice? Could this be a card of regret, or an awakening, painful but eventually rewarding because of the new life which would result?
If we draw out this card, we may need to ask ourselves:
a) are we still creating monsters in our mind that might be haunting us and killing us needlessly? What is the best way to start getting rid of these invisible "mindset" we have created or are creating that may be compelling us to compromise our happiness?
b) should we reconsider our choices and if we do so, what will be our reasons for doing this? Would these be the right reasons for us?
c) Are we hurting ourselves in the process, listening too much to reason and forgetting that we should also synchronize our heads with our heart when we make decisions?
d) What would be a good way to remove the blade that has struck us, or can we still renegotiate the choices we made?
e) do we always need to put ourselves in a compromising or "victimized" position? How can we we get out of this, using reason and logic rather than pure emotion? Would it work?
f) What are some lessons we have learned so that we do not make the same mistakes again and re-live our pain?
