8 of Swords
Video Interpretation: 8 of Swords
Key Words: Fear of breaking free, indecision, paralyzed, limiting beliefs, blind-spots, need to take responsibility for your thoughts, self-imprisonment, self-imposed boundaries.
Key Feelings: The feeling that you can’t break the thought patterns that actively bind you into a state of fear.
Description: This card describes a situation where your own thoughts have captured your will and manifested a response in which you are paralyzed by fear. This card hints that we can be stuck not being able to make a decision because we have willfully refused to keep an open mind or do the research needed to fully understand our predicament. Blindly living your life based upon what others tell you will lead to situations in which you will have a limited ability to successfully come to a resolution. You must think for yourself and realize that you imprison and bound yourself.
Key Words: Fear of breaking free, indecision, paralyzed, limiting beliefs, blind-spots, need to take responsibility for your thoughts, self-imprisonment, self-imposed boundaries.
Key Feelings: The feeling that you can’t break the thought patterns that actively bind you into a state of fear.
Description: This card describes a situation where your own thoughts have captured your will and manifested a response in which you are paralyzed by fear. This card hints that we can be stuck not being able to make a decision because we have willfully refused to keep an open mind or do the research needed to fully understand our predicament. Blindly living your life based upon what others tell you will lead to situations in which you will have a limited ability to successfully come to a resolution. You must think for yourself and realize that you imprison and bound yourself.
Animal: Dragon
Key Words: Magic.
Description: This energy is a deep primordial power that has its roots in all the elements. It is a messenger of balance and magic and encourages you to see the world through the eyes of mystery and wonder. When this card enters your spread, it lights up the imagination with thoughts that take flight, stir the emotions and draw the situation smack into your face. It's as if that brick wall of resistance that just appeared to block your path arrived with an earth-shaking thunder because of some hidden black magic. Here, we are encouraged to be extremely careful with our thoughts. What you think is what so happens. If you want war, war is what you will get. If you want pain, pain is what you will get. It will look you in the eye laying bare all rationality and let you succumb to your own imaged torment.
Key Words: Magic.
Description: This energy is a deep primordial power that has its roots in all the elements. It is a messenger of balance and magic and encourages you to see the world through the eyes of mystery and wonder. When this card enters your spread, it lights up the imagination with thoughts that take flight, stir the emotions and draw the situation smack into your face. It's as if that brick wall of resistance that just appeared to block your path arrived with an earth-shaking thunder because of some hidden black magic. Here, we are encouraged to be extremely careful with our thoughts. What you think is what so happens. If you want war, war is what you will get. If you want pain, pain is what you will get. It will look you in the eye laying bare all rationality and let you succumb to your own imaged torment.
Animal: Rabbit
Key Words: Fear, realization.
Description: What you fear most you will become. This energy brings to you what you focus on. If you fear tragedy, illness, disaster, or separation, that is what will come your way. The more you focus on it, the more you feel it, the more you relate to the issue, the more energy you put into attracting it your way. It is the law of attraction in action on steroids. This card calls you to just stop. You must not empower your own destruction. Stop following the moon and hiding from the light.
Key Words: Fear, realization.
Description: What you fear most you will become. This energy brings to you what you focus on. If you fear tragedy, illness, disaster, or separation, that is what will come your way. The more you focus on it, the more you feel it, the more you relate to the issue, the more energy you put into attracting it your way. It is the law of attraction in action on steroids. This card calls you to just stop. You must not empower your own destruction. Stop following the moon and hiding from the light.
Suit: Swords
Words: Mind, communication, logic, reason.
Description: Swords are about the activities of the mind; thought, communication, logic, reason all fall in this category. The reality is that what happens in the mind is just as real as what happens in the physical plane so things might get confusing for people if they don’t look at all the details. It is the element of consciousness that is controlled and manipulated by the ego that helps direct how we perceive our experiences. It is the interpretation of the statistics. It is the categorizing what we experience.
Words: Mind, communication, logic, reason.
Description: Swords are about the activities of the mind; thought, communication, logic, reason all fall in this category. The reality is that what happens in the mind is just as real as what happens in the physical plane so things might get confusing for people if they don’t look at all the details. It is the element of consciousness that is controlled and manipulated by the ego that helps direct how we perceive our experiences. It is the interpretation of the statistics. It is the categorizing what we experience.
Number: 8
Words: Authoritative, professional, powerful.
Description: This energy tends to empower authoritative, business-minded professionals in leadership roles. They generally speak with confidence about what they know. They are in control and tend to be more powerful or effective than others around them. Their actions are based in reality and securely balanced. They tend to be materially detached and successful. Expect them to be elevated to managerial positions and apply good judgment to situations and other people. They tend to be street-smart, capable and efficient.
Words: Authoritative, professional, powerful.
Description: This energy tends to empower authoritative, business-minded professionals in leadership roles. They generally speak with confidence about what they know. They are in control and tend to be more powerful or effective than others around them. Their actions are based in reality and securely balanced. They tend to be materially detached and successful. Expect them to be elevated to managerial positions and apply good judgment to situations and other people. They tend to be street-smart, capable and efficient.
Element: Air
Words: Intelligence, power, spirit.
Description: Air is considered the universal power or pure substance. It is the intelligence and the soul that keeps order making the universe predictable. It carries the energy of spirit and fills the soul with ideas to aspire too. It is teaching and learning, communicative and social. It is the bearer of life and is compared to blood. It is considered hot and wet. It is associated with spring.
Words: Intelligence, power, spirit.
Description: Air is considered the universal power or pure substance. It is the intelligence and the soul that keeps order making the universe predictable. It carries the energy of spirit and fills the soul with ideas to aspire too. It is teaching and learning, communicative and social. It is the bearer of life and is compared to blood. It is considered hot and wet. It is associated with spring.
8 of Swords (↓)
Video Interpretation: 8 of Swords (↓)
Key Words: Freedom, a way out, self-acceptance, no longer playing victim, realizing you imprison yourself.
Key Feelings: The feeling of hope when you make the connection that your thoughts are leading to, or feed, your fear.
Description: Reversed, this card suggests that you may be experiencing the aha moment where you make the connection that your own thoughts are in discord with what you feel inside and they have led to your imprisonment. It is a moment of self-acceptance and release. It is the realization that you can be free if you so choose. It can be as simple as reassuring yourself that the sun will rise again tomorrow or a deep inner knowing that you victimize yourself. If you so accept this energy, you will be free from your self-inflicted bondage.
Key Words: Freedom, a way out, self-acceptance, no longer playing victim, realizing you imprison yourself.
Key Feelings: The feeling of hope when you make the connection that your thoughts are leading to, or feed, your fear.
Description: Reversed, this card suggests that you may be experiencing the aha moment where you make the connection that your own thoughts are in discord with what you feel inside and they have led to your imprisonment. It is a moment of self-acceptance and release. It is the realization that you can be free if you so choose. It can be as simple as reassuring yourself that the sun will rise again tomorrow or a deep inner knowing that you victimize yourself. If you so accept this energy, you will be free from your self-inflicted bondage.
Animal: Dragon
Key Words: Magic.
Description: When this energy appears, it indicates that you have looked the devil in the eye and survived. The dragon has been caged. The destructive out of control nature of the imagination no longer has dominion over your heart. It carries with it the sense that you just dodged a bullet. This card encourages us to hold our ground and breathe but remain on guard for the dragon is still there and ready to serve your imagination as soon as you feed it. You are encouraged to be fearless in your actions.
Key Words: Magic.
Description: When this energy appears, it indicates that you have looked the devil in the eye and survived. The dragon has been caged. The destructive out of control nature of the imagination no longer has dominion over your heart. It carries with it the sense that you just dodged a bullet. This card encourages us to hold our ground and breathe but remain on guard for the dragon is still there and ready to serve your imagination as soon as you feed it. You are encouraged to be fearless in your actions.
Animal: Rabbit
Key Words: Fear, stuck, frozen.
Description: Here the rabbit is frozen in fear. It may feel as if you are paralyzed, yet fully aware of the approaching danger. There may be a situation where you are stuck and unable to speak your mind. You may feel trapped or exposed. It could be as simple as being unable to ask for a raise or time off from work, or it could be as complex as thought patterns that repeatedly echo in your mind driving you to the sample fearful conclusions. This card encourages you to stop, rearrange your thoughts and expectations in a calm and rational way.
Key Words: Fear, stuck, frozen.
Description: Here the rabbit is frozen in fear. It may feel as if you are paralyzed, yet fully aware of the approaching danger. There may be a situation where you are stuck and unable to speak your mind. You may feel trapped or exposed. It could be as simple as being unable to ask for a raise or time off from work, or it could be as complex as thought patterns that repeatedly echo in your mind driving you to the sample fearful conclusions. This card encourages you to stop, rearrange your thoughts and expectations in a calm and rational way.
Suit: Swords
Words: Ego, manipulative, statistics, invalid conclusions.
Description: Reversed, the Swords are about the darker aspects associated with the mind that lead to more inharmonious situations when dealing with the thought processes, communications and logical thinking. These activities tend to break down rather than build things up. Thought processes may loop or become more obsessive. Logic may break down or the thinking process could draw irrational conclusions. There is a strong sense of ego which may create a point of view that is more self-centered. Facts and figures may be exploited to manipulate others into believing your point of view rather than what’s the actual truth. Experiences or memories may be recalled differently than what others remember. Reality tends to be skewed to fit your imagination rather than simply being what it is.
Words: Ego, manipulative, statistics, invalid conclusions.
Description: Reversed, the Swords are about the darker aspects associated with the mind that lead to more inharmonious situations when dealing with the thought processes, communications and logical thinking. These activities tend to break down rather than build things up. Thought processes may loop or become more obsessive. Logic may break down or the thinking process could draw irrational conclusions. There is a strong sense of ego which may create a point of view that is more self-centered. Facts and figures may be exploited to manipulate others into believing your point of view rather than what’s the actual truth. Experiences or memories may be recalled differently than what others remember. Reality tends to be skewed to fit your imagination rather than simply being what it is.
Number: 8
Words: Dictating, cruel, insensitive.
Description: Reversed, this energy brings out the desire to succeed at all costs for those business-minded professionals that have been elevated to positions of management. It empowers the darker side of a person to enhance their ability to be cruel, violent and insensitive. They will lead knowing full well that others will get hurt and that the desired outcome will not be what others want. Behind the scenes, they may tend to be more of a bully than a leader or they hide their devilish greed. At its worst, this energy activates the intolerant religious zealots.
Words: Dictating, cruel, insensitive.
Description: Reversed, this energy brings out the desire to succeed at all costs for those business-minded professionals that have been elevated to positions of management. It empowers the darker side of a person to enhance their ability to be cruel, violent and insensitive. They will lead knowing full well that others will get hurt and that the desired outcome will not be what others want. Behind the scenes, they may tend to be more of a bully than a leader or they hide their devilish greed. At its worst, this energy activates the intolerant religious zealots.
Element: Air
Words: Intellectual control, insensitivities, miscommunication, ego.
Description: Air is considered the universal power or pure substance. It is the intelligence and the soul that keeps order making the universe predictable. It carries the energy of spirit and fills the soul with ideas to aspire too. It is teaching and learning, communicative and social. It is the bearer of life and is compared to blood. It is considered hot and wet. It is associated with spring.
In the reversed position, it brings insensitivity or unwillingness to honor emotions. It can be an angel or devil without caring for the outcome. It accentuates selfish or superficial behaviors.
Words: Intellectual control, insensitivities, miscommunication, ego.
Description: Air is considered the universal power or pure substance. It is the intelligence and the soul that keeps order making the universe predictable. It carries the energy of spirit and fills the soul with ideas to aspire too. It is teaching and learning, communicative and social. It is the bearer of life and is compared to blood. It is considered hot and wet. It is associated with spring.
In the reversed position, it brings insensitivity or unwillingness to honor emotions. It can be an angel or devil without caring for the outcome. It accentuates selfish or superficial behaviors.