Ace of Swords
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
From a cloud, a sword rises crowned at its point
Truth that cuts the fog; a new clarity
An edge so keen it wounds in passing
The crown rides the point — truth carries the day
As your card of the day
If Ace of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Truth that cuts the fog; a new clarity”. When it tips toward “An edge so keen it wounds in passing”, remember the way the picture draws: The crown rides the point — truth carries the day.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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