Ace of Swords
Sword of Strange Hangings
All together now:
Aces in any Tarot deck are cards of a new beginning.
Therefore:
~ How can you (how do you need to) begin your life anew, today, right now?
~ What changes can you begin, even in ways that may seem small?
~ What potentials can you believe in, hope for, reach for and remember?
When this card comes up in a reading, I tell the client, “Your new beginning has to do with going on an adventure, of giving yourself permission to go after something that really sets your heart and soul on fire. Please understand, it may be that your undertaking of this quest will involve the release of some element of your life that no longer serves you. Should you find that to be the case, strive to let the release be as quick and clean as possible, a very skillful surgery.”
I’ll stand by that set of interpretations. But as I’ve worked with clients who have had this card come up, I’ve also come to perceive that the adventure, the new beginning and the release tend to have an aspect of destiny to them: we often find that the person has reached a point where they must make some choices to move forward in order to evolve as their life offers them the potential to do. And what I often see is, in doing so, they do very well to remember that even big changes can be initiated and made without creating negative karma.
(By the way, I have also found that this card betokens a positive outcome for skillfully undertaken literal surgery. And for some people the adventure, and the release, can involve a kind of romantic healing.)
What is your new beginning? What adventure does your destiny call you to beginning today? And how can you undertake your quest in a way that is firm, yet considerate of the law What Goes Around Comes Around ?
Bright blessings!
Tags: Destiny, Karma, New Beginning
November 23, 2008 at 12:33 pm
As I have said before, your readings seem to speak to me directly. My frustration is that I’ve been working hard at following the advice and the insights. Yet, for every step forward it is three steps back. I will be 55 tomorrow and my life is a complete mess. Every attempt I make at improving my situation, including cutting things (ways of being, etc.) out of my life that no longer serve me, brings progress, but then I’m hit in the face with another big setback. If I sound frustrated, I am. Having said all this, I will continue, albeit a bit dejectedly, to make more positive changes.
November 23, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Neal,
These readings fit an outward leading spiral from you to this weblog subscriber group to the larger community of your acolytes to the local area to the whole country etc. Now your “client” is much bigger, perhaps you can address that once in a while in the readings.
Thanks, Jim
November 23, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Hi, Jim,
Thank you for your thoughts. (Although I have to admit, I tend to think of myself as the acolyte, rather than having them. And I suspect most of the folks who read the blog would soundly second that, with a boney foot if necessary.)
That being said, I’d be grateful for your ongoing ideas about how I might be able to address issues/desires, etc. and serve the Highest and Best of all.
Thanks again, Jim!