Lady Iron Side
Mark Ryan & Jahn Matthews said:The bleached white skeleton of a great cave bear stands sentinel in the night, guarding the entrance to a cave. Within the cave's open maw, filled with jagged and sharp stalactites, is an unknown and untodden path. The guardian must be faced and mastery of one's own fears achieved.
To me when I look at this card, I find that I like it better than the traditional DEVIL, for this card put a different spin on it, which makes you look at it in a different light. Yet this card still carries the traditinal meaning as well.
I approach the Guardian, he stands fiercyly and bold infront of me not letting me pass, blocking every move I try to make, douges every angle. I feel as though the Guardian is hiding something from me, keeping a secret, not wanting me to know whats in the cave. I ask him WHY, he says Are you ready? I say ready for what? he asks what are your fears? I said I don't know, why do you ask, I don't understand. he says Are you ready to face them? If I let you pass, there will be tests and challenges that you must face, you will be walking through the cave with no light to show you the way. however when you reach the end there will be a lantern waiting there for you to walk back out with as your reward. Can you face and mastery your fears? Yes I can, even if I don't know what are all my fears.
This can be someone who has many secrets and is unwilling to let you/pass, or holding you back. Someone may delerbatly be hiding the truth and don't want you to find out. They can be vage and avoid you in many ways. or this can be your hidden dark cave, where your skeletons hide, fears, traumas, dysfunctional family issues, supressed that you have forgotten, or intentionally choose to never talk about or face again. Pretty much anything you have supressed will often resurface in ways you least expect it to. alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual irrational behaviors, eating disorders, etc. Lieing, cheating, sneaking, etc. So you could be holding yourself back.
Edit: I also wanted to point out that there are many other forms of addiction to some of us have to cover up emotional and psycological tramas of the past, sometime we know what these issues are we just don't know how to cope or deal with so it's sometimes easier to cover it up / sugar coat it with ways to kill the pain/hurt. Shopping, eating toliot paper, household cleaners, self inflicting cuts, tanning beds, Vanity, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes all day. Mine is the coffee and cigs, it's my way of escape when things get rough "Time out" lol There is a light at the end of the cave we just need to be strong enough to face the fears, etc nobody said we couldn't have someone hold our hand as we walk through the cave to meet them straight on.
This is a good thing, cause I'm tired of argueing with the Guaridan, liveing in the land of vag, denial, confusion, lost, world of false promises, illusions, fantasy. world which I have created. I don't wana be stuck here with The Guardian, he doesn't talk much, he keeps asking me the same question ARE YOU READY? lol